CAN WIN 1900.
Jones , Chairman of the
Kational Coinmitlee , has
- folior/ing statement in reply
to iaqulrles that have come to
the headquarters of the Democratic
National Committee :
Trho claim.of the Itopnblican papers that
the ; Senate fs already irrevocably against
silver , and will so stand until 1003 at the
earliest , is like many of their extreme
daims , in my opinion , not well founded.
Upon the passageof Avhat is known as ihe
Teller resolution of .Ian. 28 , 1808 , which
declared that the bonds of the Govern
ment arc payable , "print-Mini and interest
in silver dollars , coins of the United
States , containing 432 % grains of stJinel-
: ird silver , " and that "to restoreto its
coinage such silver coins as n legal lender
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 AVJIS a niajortiy
of fifteen A'ote-s in the Senate in its favor , j
This may he reasonably accepted as a test {
vote > n the silver question. A. gold man
has since been elected from Ore'gon to fill
i
ji vacancy , which reduces our majority
now to fourteen. Of those who voted in
favor of that proposition at that time ,
seven Senators Avill probably bo sneceod-
eel on the 4th of March next by Senators
opposed lo the unlimited coinage of sil-
A-or , namely : Senators Allen of Nebraska ,
Mitchell of Wisconsin , Murphy of New
York , Koach of North Dakota , Smith of
Now Jersey. Turpie of Indiana and While
of California. This will leave the two
sides equal and the deciding A'oto will be
in Ihe hands of the Vke-Prcsielcut. This
condition of things hardly Avarrants the
triumphant claims of the gold men that
they hnve captured the Senate and Aviil j
hold it for many years to come. This year (
Jin umiMinl proportion of bimetallists , who j
come from close States , have had their '
terms to expire. In 1000 , however , all
this will bo evened up by a larger properQ (
lion of the gold men retiring , Avho come j
from close States. What is likely to bo
Ihe condition of the Senate in 1001 can be
easily seen. The terms of thirly Senators
expire at that lime. Of those thirty , eleven
Avho are now friendly to silver in ay safely
lie counted as absolutely certain to be suei i
reeded by silver men. These Senators j
come from the following States : Alabama ,
Arkansas , Colorado , Texas and Virginia.
The following States may he expected to
elect gold men to succeed gold men at
lhat time : MaineMassachasetts and
llhoelc Island. New Hampshire is now
represented by .1 silver man , Avhosc term
will expire in 1001. Much will depend in
that Stale upon the personal popularity
of tiie present Senator. Mr. Chandler , but
if he should be succeeded by a gold man.
Louisiana and Kentucky , now represented
by gold'-men , are certain to send t\\o bi-
metalHsts in their stead , leaving the ad
vantage so far with the silver men. In
two Stales South Dakota and Delaware
a
where wo now have silver Senators ,
there will be contests , and the most that
can be claimed by the gold men is that Ave
are not positively" certain to * iiold these
States : Avhile the following States , now
represented by gold nvcn , can certainly not
! be claimed as sure to return a solid gold
i delegation , namely : Iowa , Kansas. Michi
gan , Minnesota. Nebraska , New Jerst-y ,
Oregon , West Virginia and Wyoming.
From al ! this it is perfectly safe to assert ,
Avithout fear of contradiction , that if the
bimetallists succeed in electing the Presi PCLi
dent in JHOO , they will unquestionably Li
have a clear working majority in the Unit
ed Stales Senate.
JAMES K. JONES.
ej
Tribune for the Free Trade. in
H is our painful duty to call tiie at- ec
tciilion-fif the Itepublican snnhedrin to n
Hie fact that the Chicago Tribune is lif
openly -advocating free trade again. th
This fall -from grace occurs at intervals thK
of about four years , usually midway fo
between presidential elections , anil h.i
continues until the Republican nation th
al convention is called , when the Trib thAi
une rcstudies the tariff question and AiUi
I gets into line Avith more or lcs grace Ui
and enthusiasm. This time the Trib
une is approaching flic flop Avith the
shy and coy demeanor of a tomcat re-
a :
connoilering a saucer of cream. It has
begun by advocating free trade in coal. on
under the pretext that we can under an :
cli
soil the Canadian coal miners in their
own territory. But this , of course , is isan
merely an entering wedge. The symp an
toms are unmistakable. AVithin a few I'O '
lie
Aveeks the Tribune Avill be shouting for
free trade all along the line and quoting E
I heterodox authorities like Sum nor and siiW
Wells to prove that absolute commer W
cial freedom is the only salvation. The tai
sauhedriu Avili have to look after Hie
I ! Tribune if it would : iAert this distress
ing exhibition. Chicago Chronicle.
ini
ho
as Ifottoii
The Philippine Islands once annexed. tin
blc
how long would it be before the Republican )
ba
lican party Avould resolve that all Ma /
lays are brethren and entitled to full po
ori
political rights ? Does any sane man
du
Relieve that the free institutions of this
republic can Avithstand such an inocuj j AVI
lation of political disease as this would in :
be ? Does any man imagine that the St.
Republican party leaders would shrink
from increasing their power by the cre fj
ation of rotten boroughs in the Philip nei
pines ? We hope the opponents of an ha
nexation Avill prevent the ratification po >
of the treaty by all known parliament cai
ary methods until some guarantee is
given against the untold evils that y ,
would result from it.- -Cincinnati En- AVI
Qtiirer. glc
M :
No Pimiinc 3IcKiiiley Down.
In default of ail authoritative declar
ation of public policy there can befno I
.assurance whatever of the direction in ov > <
which the country may go , with McKinley - COl
Kinley at the helm of affairs , ne is arc
constitutionally averse to sliOAviug his Th
{ band ; he Is past master in the art of the
keeping things smooth and quiet and he me
. < ivjll always do so unless absolutely nai
compelled to declare himself. The Sen
alors Avho arc unwilling lo accept tiie
peace treaty unless some assurance is
j given of the public policy Avhich Avill
be 1 pursued under it cannot afford to
1r
rely upon any general promises nor can
j they hope to bring the administration
or its friends to a stand after the treaty
has once been ratified. Baltimores
News.
Water as "Solid" Prosperity.
Says Chauncey M. Depew , Senator
for the State of Vandcrhilt : "This pros
perity is solid. There is no doubt of
lhat , and conditions are such that it
ought fo lasi. The balance of trade is
in our faA'or for the first time in years ,
and It ought to continue. ' ' Some other
"authorities" express concurrences in
the opinion of the Vanderbilt Senator
that "this prosperity is solid. ' ' But
others Avho are less 'addicted to post
prandial eloquence are not inclined to
ihiuk , that the prosperity Avhich is said
fo have added over $150,000,000 to the
Avealth of twenty-seven men by a mad
tip-rush of stock in Wall street is as
solid'and lasting as the pyramid of
Gizeh.
Union Labor ami Prison-Mettle < Gools.
There is much force in the objections
of the labor unions against prison-
made goods , made cheaply because of
the cheap labor , coming on the market
in competition with free-labor-made
goods , but careful investigation SUOAVS ,
we believe , that the effect of this com
petition is much less than is the general
thought. An Ohio prison expert makes
the ehiim that only iifty-tAVo one-hun-
drvylths of one per cent , of the total
goods manufactured in this countrv is
mvle : in pennl/iustitutioiis , and if this
is true , theii the competition from pris
on-made goods is very insignificant.
.
Indianapolis NCAA'S.
' i"he Perilous Room 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 IIOAV
coming daily upon Ihe market in
squads and companies in the particu
lar interest of promoters , of stock mar
ket gamblers and of the owners of n
combined plants Avho want to sell out ,
and not in the interest of the public.
The more severely iirvestors let such e
securities alone the less disastrous Avill
PCbi
be the inevitable crash proceeding from
this reckless trust ballooning. Spring
field < , Mass. , Republican.
An Absurd . * ituation.
There is something bordering on the
absurd i when a great military leader in
the presence of the enemy , Avith complete
e-1
plete ) control of the situation , if undis
turbed , is liable to be checked , thwarted
trec N
ed , or even superseded by a man or set
of men Avho have no accurate knowl pe
edge of the real situation at lire front ,
no comprehension of military affairs.
and who 111:13be : under the influence of
advisers Avhose only object is to ruin
the commanding general , or to make
political capital for the next clcction.- SI
Loui ville Courier-Journal. ceNt
Nt
It Differently >
When President Cleveland appointed
c'x-Congressman Blount of Georgia to
investigate and report on the IlaAvaiian "u
conspiracy Republican papers indignantly -
nantly : proclaimed lhat Ihe President tie [
had exceeded his aulhorit3" in making iiu
the appointment. But President Me- sai
Kinley hasn't taken Republican opinion on
for his guidance in this matter , for he * !
' '
has appointed more commissioners *
than any other President AVO CA'er bad. hewl
And the Republican papers do not say wl
Avord about exceeding authority.
Utica Observer. ' O
OI
( > eernl lia-mii's Weak Flcrs. To
Does any sensible citizen believe foi (
moment that a court-martial , sitting 0o
tiie case of a private charged Avith o
offense against an officer similar in I
L-haracJcr to the offense General Eagan
charged Avith committing , Avould for
instant consider the plea of "tern.r ,
lorary insanity" or "mental abcrra-
Lion , " pleaded in defense of General Not
agan ? Every one knows that under ( .
similar circumstances flic priA'ate
ivould receive the full penalty of mili-
.ary laAv. Nashville American. .
fal
J-'epfin at the Primaries. l.v
It is more manly lo get riglit dOAvn cai
nfo the arena and Avork and fight for oul
lonest politics and good government fov
ban to stand off and whine and grum- Au
le because of dishonest politics and the
/ad government. Shove the selfish sni
lolitk-ians aside they are in ihe mill- nil.
n-ity if reputable Democrats do their an
Inly. Take up 30111share of party ovc
vork and do it. Start in with the pri- SIH1
naries and go straight up tiie line. ( lie
. Louis Republic. l\\-
fen
K an Unknown Policy. fen
The Republican members of the Con- if. . .
lecficut House of Representatives
on
lave voted to indorse the President's
olicy ! over yonder , but not one of them
explain why it is. Even Senator L
xnlge gaA-e it up in bis speech reeenl- Sla
for he admitted that he had no idea the
viiat : the future would bring forth. It's nry
glorious drifting , aiiyliOAA' . Springfield , nee
Jass. , Republican. per
Gei
That Shine Onf.
However ihe facts may be glossen poi
ver , ( be Avar , brief as It Avas , disclosed paii
ouditions in the military service which Li
not creditable to the county. lay ;
hose who did the fighting increased pice
fame of America , but some of the T
in high places did not enhance the prol
lational glory. Des Moines I/eader. Is f :
MILES OF STAMPS.
Some Idea of 'h-j Millions that "Were
Issuc.l Last Year.
Uncle Sam printed jusL a few postage
stamps during the year 1SUS. The mi in
ner of 2-cent stamps issued during the
year was about 2,500,000.000. Such a
number , obviously , is beyond the grasp
of Ihe human mind , but perhaps the
matter may be made more clear by put
ting it otherwise.
An ordinary 2-cent stamp is exactly
one inch long. From ibis fact , by a iit-
ilc calculation , it is easy to discover
that the number of stamps of'llite de
nomination ] issued iu ISO.S , placed end
to end. would extend a distance consid
erably exceeding 30,00o miles. In other
Avords. they Avould make a continuous
strip of stamps , wieli- one adorned Avilh
the- bead of the father of his country ,
stretching- a belt more than once and
a half around the eeiuator.
Of course * , though llioceut ! stamps
are those principal ' usad , there are
others. Enough 1-cent postage stamps
liaA'ebeen issued during' ' the 3ear 3898 to
stretch from New York City , by Av.iy of
Europe and Asia , to Bombay , India , if
similarly arranged iu one strip. All
other stamps , as to production and
sales , are of minor impenlance compar
atively speaking , but ii is interesting
to kiioAv that almost exactly one mile
of Jitf stamps Avere manufactured for
the demand of 1SOS. Of tfo stamps the
production was equivalent to a little
more than half a furlong , or about one-
fifteenth of a mile.
Now , 51' all the postage stamps print
ed by the United States Government in
1S)8 ! Avere placed one on top of another ,
as neatly as might be Avilbout putting
them under pressure , IIOAV high do you
suppose the pile of them Avould be ?
There is no use guessing ; you Avould
nerer ge't it nearly right , unless you
Avent to Avork to calculate it for your-
self. The : { . . " 00 , UO.f.00 stamps of all
denominations printed during the current -
rent year the statement , of course , is
aproximate Avould toAver to an eleva7'
fion of tAventy-oue miles. This is more
llmn three limes 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 100 hun
dred each , it follows lhat the stack
would be over a fifth of a mile high.
During the year ! St)8 ) the number of
special delivery stamps sold Avas about
VJ30,000. It is only reasonable to sup
pose that the aAera.e . journey of the
spc-cial delivery messenger is half a
mite. Inde ed , that is an absurd under
estimate ; but let it go at lhat. On this
assumption the total distance traA'eled
for spe-iial delivery in 3SOS was about
2.02.1.000 mile's That is a very consid
erable space to traverse , as may be
realized when it is considered that a
rem
messenger boy. in order to accomplish
that total distance1 , Avould have to go
about J.OOO times around the world , or
live times to the moon anel back.
II appears , from figures furnished by
the Postofh'ce Department , that the
aveM'age person in Massachusetts , in-
e-lueling men , AA'omen and children.
spends 2.-0 : on postage per annum ,
New < York comes second with an c x-
pendilure of S2.27. The District of Co1
lunibia third with $2.1 (5 , Colorado is
fourth Avitb J1.0o , and Connectivut is
.
fifth Avith Kl.fc'O. The States ranking
loAvest in this re-gard are South Carolina
lina , with 2. > cents per capita ; Missis
sippi. Avitb . .4 cents ; Alabama. Avitb . ' ' , . " >
cents : Arkansas , A\ith . ' 17 cenls ; and
North Carolina , with -il cent ; ; .
liu'n-j Out t'o IJyir.n.
A colored exhortcr , while holding a
nice-ling in Cie'orgla , s.iys the Atlanta
Constitution , solicited a special calkc-
jou to elefray the expenses of the moei- : k
ng. "We'll pass roun' ele hat , " he 11
aiel , "endurin * ele singin , ' of ele hymn 1cc
] > age No. 205 'On Jordan's Stormy cc
Kanks. ; ' " And then he procec'ded to
'line ' out" the hymn , but . ' o inte'iit was Ii
on the collection that lie forgot fr
ivhole : lines of it , and supplied others , AVa
iVfth ihe following result : a
'On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
En cast a wishful eye' fa
Canaan's fair en happy land in
0 Don't let ilnt hat i > : ss by ! ) te
of
< le trjinsiiortia' . rapturous scene si
Dat rises to m.v sighl I in
Drap in elat nie-kol. Ilniduc-r Green ! ) 11
En rivers of delight !
er
Could I lint stand whar Moses stood Of
En A'iew do landscape o'er , a
Jordan's stream , or Death'p cold fioo ; ] re
.We wants ten dollars more. " ) ne
nec
° *
°
The Real Knglaiiel.
A New Year calm seemed to have
in
'ii upon a certain village not 1 wen-
CO
miles from London as three Ameri-
tie
tourists sirolleel ihrough it. Not a
th
Avas abroad , save the geese and is
OAVJS on the common. "This , " said llif4 "
UiH'ricans , "is real England. ' ' And
y turned up a muddy by lane to
niff Englanei's NI'AV Year peace lo the
. In eloing o they stumbled upon lis
aiilieue collage witb a quaint board ly.
ly.Le
vcr the door. They approached to in- Le
pecl the board , and from ihe inside of LeDi
collage came the sound of about Dimi
\\-enfy yokels' voices , all singing dif- sy
lit tunes together in Alices all elif- our
eiently drunk. "This. " said the Ainer- CO
ans. , "is moiv real England. " Lon- on
Giobe. fO
reich
German Toj'S Arc Po'sonoiis.
ch
Dr. D. E. Salmon , chief or the United chW
We
itates Bureau of Animal Industry , iu
course of bis report to the Secre- ce
. of Agriculture , states that in collection and
dn
ection Avilb the examination of im-
orts from Germany it Avas found that ua
lermau toys and colored goods were
oisonous. : Dr. Salmon says all highly for
aintcel German toys may be regard- can
as very dangerous to children , AVUO fr <
suck off the paint or swallow for
icces that may be chipped off.
I
The : scarcity of religion in prisons is kn
i-obably due to the fact that salvation alA
free. toi
IJanks of Issue a Kiirucn.
Banks of issue Avere first created and
arerstill maintained to eke out the scan
ty supply of coin , always inadequate in
an era of business expansion. This
they do by the issue of their promis
sory notes , permitted tiy laAv to circu
late as money substitutes , lo be kept
at par \vitli coin by being made redeem
able in coin. For this purpose it AA'as
supposed that one dollar in coin Avas a
suJicient 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. The legal right lo collect in-
teres upon their debts , evidenced by
their promissory notes ( bank bills ) , AAas
an unjust concession to the banks. The
right to collect interest upon the great
er portion of their deposits ( their debt *
agaiu. In another form ) , Avas a still
more unjust concession. As greed soon
fattens upon Avliat 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 casii
deposits and redeposits of their cus
tomers. FaA'ored by Ihese unjust con
cessions and advantages , llicy have
now grown so powerful that they domi
nate the earth , through their power
lo raise or depress prices almost at will ,
by expanding or contracting their ficli-
lious credits , they hold all industry in
the hollow of their hand. No business
can UOAV prosper without their direct or
cJ
indirect J ! permission. Nations can no
longer go to AA-ar to vindicate their
honor Avilhout first gaining their con
sent. The greatest burden Avhich c'.vili-
nation lias ever imposed upon man
kind , they now pose before the Avorld
as the supporters of its industries and
the * conservative saviors of society.
\Y. H. Claggett.
Silvcr iht School Lesson.
Organize ! We Avant a silver night
school in every precinct in the United
States. Organize a school and send to
the Liierary 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 rchool-
house in the township , and incidentally
fo nominate and elect a safe silver
Democratic ticket at the- spring elecn
lion.
Example. In 1873. Avhen wheat was1
Avorth SL31 in the United States , Avhat
was it worth in the money of India ,
and AA-hat Avas it Avorth in Indian money >
in 181 > 3 when Avorth 03 cents in the
United States ? Both countries are exporters -
porters of Avheat , transportation to
European markets being about the
same. In 1873 the exchange was .HI.
In 1893 the exchange was .241 ; 5. e. . the
Indian ] rupee Avas worth but a little
over ? .241 in cur money.
AnsAvor : 1873 2' ' rupees per bjshel ; i
181)3 ! 2 3- . > rupees per bushel , or 51.32
ii our money ( silver ) .
The disadvantage to American wheat
raisers is apparent. The example may o
be easily explained to the school by any
one familiar Avith the rules of comput
ing exchange. Problems are ale given
in the lesson leaflets to show the dis 1
astrous effects of low prices in produc
ing business failures , fore-closures and
hard times.
"Value" of Money.
Our forefathers used the commonest
kind : of common sense in adopting the
then existing commercial ratio of 15 to
C
as their coinage ratio , Avhile they
could have legally adopted 10 lo 1 or 32 "i
tc 1 or any other ratio tilery SIAV ? fit.
Had they deviated , to any large extent ,
from the then commercial ratio , they
Avould have damaged their imputation
as men of good judgment.
Let us then restate what our fore
fathers did in defining the word "value"
1792. They simply made the "at
tempt" to make the exchangeable value
our gold and silver coins equal when
subject to the hammer test or to the
melting pot. Paper or credit money ,
lhat ] indispensable instrument of mod
ern civilization , should be issued and
controlled by Ihe government , Avhich is
,
alone I capable of giving security for its
redemption. The goA-ernment should
never abandon Ibis vital function of
governing.
It is our strong citadel of financial
independence. The loaning of cither
coin or credit money is a different func dc
tion from its issue. From the effect of pr
the statute buy and by the coinage and on
issue ; of these coins they all become se
"laAv made" or flat money. an [
Bimetallism in Ireland. of
In Ireland the question of bimetal he
lism is coming to the front A-ery rapid tei
. The Secretary of uhe Bimetallic SI
League for Ireland , Avhose office i * in ci
Dublin , Avrites : "It Avould help us very Tl
much. indeeVl , if our Irish friends and ha
sympathizers in the States , as Avell as ph
American ones , Avould interest their sh
correspondents in Ireland on behalf of shv
Avork here. All literature and in of !
formation ! in connection with the cur st
rency question Avill be supplied free of be
charge by this office to all inquirers. satin
have had a miuiber of A-ery suc
cessful ; meetings already in Ireland ,
we begin another series to bn ad
dressed by Hon. E. L. Hartley , in Jan-
tin
ho
Torn into shreds a nice amusement >
a child , by the way newspapers
be put into AA-ashing ticks and , if
frequently changed , make a good bed
a small child. Ti
fla
In the man whose childhood has
mown caresses and kindness there is bk
ilways a fiber of memory that can be shi
touched to gentle issues. George Eliot. be ;
SMALLEST LOT IN NEW YORK.
It Occupies a Curious Niche 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 corner
property and has a frontage of a feAV
inches on botb these Important streets.
Taxes are regularly paid on it and the
high rent Avhich its OAvner 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 Tjeen
used for several purpocs. A .news
stand was once located there and at-
XKAV YOIIK'S SMAI.MCST LOT.
tracted cu-lomcrs f-oni both streets. In
using the lot even for this purpose1 , .
however , it Avas found necessary to cc-
cup3' part of trS : sidewalk in front. The I
entire estate was taken up with but
two or three piles of folded papers. |
The man who presided over the news
t
stand was obliged to stand oa his
neighbor's proper - Avhile he reached
over his own to hand a customer a pa
per. At another lime a peanut stand
was set up and Ihe entire nroperty Avas
taken up with the roasting apparatus ,
and if a peanut Avas knocked off the r
stand it fell on the next neighbor's
grounds. }
The smallest estate is now occupied a
by a substantial little pavilion , cover aSl
ed Avith an elaborate roof Avhich ex Slb
tends out over its limits. This diminu A
tive estate is supposed to have been 1)f
due to a mistake of the siineyors years f
ago. The present owner will not listen it
to anj" offers for its sale. .It has been *
}
rented for A-cars for $ no a month anil
J is well satisfied Aviththe , investment.
The most determined effort to bii3' the f
estate lias been made by the owners of I >
the | hotel which occupies the adjoining
site , but fho owner of the smallest in
estate declares that his property is not * li fen
on the market. 0
> >
MILLIONS TO WED MILLIONS.
Scion - of tiie Vaudcrhilts Will Marry w
a California Heiress. on
The interesting announcement lias-
been made of the engagement of Will
iam K. Vanderbilt and Mi'-'s Virginia hi
Fair , the California heiress. William a i
FE . Vauderbilt , Jr. . is the sou of William in
K. Vanderbilt , Avho is the second son
of Ihe late William IL V.ndarbilt. Miss ;
Fair , by this alliance , will become the CO
sister-in-hiAv of the Duchess of Marlborough - > , r
; '
borough , and Avill add her own independent - '
:
pendent fortune to that of her husband , , 'r ,
who is ihe oldest male descendant of .
William Kissam Vanderbilt and who ae
will Oe the possessor of most of the aedi
millions of the second branch of the di
family.
Young Vandcrbiil 1 = not very good- ai
looking , but he inherits much of the ind
commercial genius and thrift of his ip.
lie
grandfather and ol the old "commo- da
ho
n
iill
tig
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r
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v/Wi ers-
d.
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VIKGIXIA. FAIJ : . ! < - ' °
tlu- !
ore , " who began the upbuilding of the bill
L'odigious material Avealth his numer- ing
LIS descendants now enjoy and con- : ind
H've. Little AYillie K. is 21 years old , tin'
id will graduate in two years. fjin
Miss Fair is one of the most winsome lie
L the girls in New York society. To } ' ill
3r personal charms 'is added the Ins.- ta'i '
ir of immense wealth in her own riglit. vre '
lie made her debut in Nov.- York so-
j
: id
ety ( live years ago. at''tHoage ' of IS. t > xit
he future Mrs. William K. Vanderbllt The
is black eyes and hair , lively com- / : ing
exiou and a ] > lump figure. Although Con
ie is under the medium height , she jiy
eighs < 130 pounds. The precise amount '
Miss Fair's fortune it is difficult to Jiul :
ate. The great Fair wealth can only * ? !
[ n".n
lid to be in the neighborhood of .
( .op
1,000,000. tl , to
Strategic 3Iovo.
"I remember , I remember
ie little bo ; - on the country school- )
use platform began , and then he -
uck. The poem had gone completely. J > un
lie boy lie hated most began tittering.
tie occasion Avas becoming critical. jors
tie little boy , with a grand rally and a the
ish of inspiration , pulled from his theCi
icket bis red , white and blue ( and ly d
ack , more or less ) handkerchief , soss
outed and wound up with "I remem-
r the M > .ine. " Indianapolis Journal- Fra
apai
f
The controversy in the Senate over the-
vote upon the various resolutions inter
pretive of the peace treaty took an acute
turn late on Friday. The opposition to a
A-ote first came from the friends of the
treaty , who held to the llieory that it
could bo ratified without compromise.
Those who apparently Avero then willing
that a A-oto should he taken that day , held
an opposite view and absolutely refused
to agree to a liino for takiirg a vote ; . The
contest occurred in the executive session.
The next hour and a quarter was spent
in a A-ain endeavor on the cue side to got
an agreement to a date for a vote upon
the resolutions and on the Otlier in a more
successful effort to bring the day's session
to a close Avithout allowing anything to he
accomplished in that direction. Fen- more
than live hours the Senate iu open session
listoiicel to arguments in opposition to ex
pansion and in opposition to the ratifica
tion of the tre-aty of peace. The speakers
Avoro Mr. Money ( Miss. ) and Mr. Daniel
( Va. ) . Mr. Halo ( Me. ) presentee ! the con
ference reporl on the diplomatic and con
sular appropriation hill , and it was agreed
to.
At Iho opening of Saturday's session
Mr. Allen ( Pup. . Neb. ) offered a resolution
declaring that the United States , in rati
fying the treaty of Paris- , does not commit -
mit itself to the doctrine thilx the isianels
acquired through the war Avith Spain are
flt
to he annoxrei to or become n part of the
United States. Mr. Chillon ( Dem. , Tex- )
addressed ihe Senate on Mr. Vest's anti-
.1I1
e'xpansion resolution. Senator Wolcott
I1I
made ) a strong speech in favor of expan
sion. The Senate went into executive ses
sion without voting on any of the pending
.
resolutions regarding expau ion. The
time of the Senate behind closed doors
Avas 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 e'xpenses of the
military sicaelomy at West Point
The treaty -of peace with Spain was
ratified by the Senate Monday afternoon ,
the vote.- being ; 77 to 27 , only one more
than the two-thirds majority required.
Monday Ava s .suspension day in the Ilouse
and quite a number of bills wore passed ,
some of them of importance. The census
biil prepared by the House committee
Avont through by a vote of 147 to J2. The
bill differs in several essential fo.'tluros
from ] the Se-nato bill , particularly in that
makes the census iuiroau entirely inele-
pendent of any existing department. A
bill Avas passed to e-xtend the anti-con
tract labor laws over the Hawaiian isl
ands , and another biil \ \ us passed to refer
forty-four war claims for stores and sup
plies 1 to the Court ol' Claims.
In the Senate on Tuesday n bill grant
ing a right of way through Indian Terri
tory to the Choc-taw , Oklahoma and Gulf
Railroad Company Avas passed. Mr.
Rpoonor of Wisconsin presented the cre
dentials of Senator-e'lof-t
- Qtuirle . 31 r.
Tillman of South Carolina , in accordance
with notice given , addressed the Senate
the MeKnery resolution. Tuesday
ivns the first of two days set aside for the
ponsidiu-ation of public building bills. The
committee had reported seventy-eight
bills for buildings In thirty-live States ,
inlhorising in the aggregate an expendi
ture of 914.OJiO.noO. Little or no opposi
tion doveJoprd and bills wr-re favorably
ie-ted upon almost as rapidly as they
otId l.e road. There was. however , more ?
icssoodnKtiiretl chaffing throughout
lu session. As a result fortybills' cur-
'ying or authorizing appropriations
aggrc-
rarinsr t1.8lM,000 , had boon lai.i aside
.vitii favorable recomiiionilatiou * before
leljonrnment AV.MS reached.
In the Senate on Wednesday the IH-
lian appropriation bill , which "has been
ion-ling for sove-ral weeks , was comolotoel
ind pas-ed. The legislative , exo.-ntive
judicial appropriation bill was taken
. but after twenty-four pages of it had
icon disposed of it was laid aside for the
lay. A few measures of minor inipor-
ance were passed. The not result of the
vork during Iho two days allotted fox.
consideration of public building bills
the House was the passage of a singles
providing for the erection of a build-
at Newport News. Va. , at n cost ol
: > ,000. Sixty-Jive bills in all. carrying
autliorixing the expenditure of about
12,000.000. were favorably considered in
ommitte'o of th < Avhole Avhon the com
uittoo rose , but because seventeen other
ills reported had not been acted upon
committee all efforts to advance the
ills favorably acted upon in committee
-ere blocked. Mr. Corliss ( Rep. ) of.
lie-Iii era n called up the Sen.ito bill to
inpiid the law requiring ballots for mcm-
ersof Conirress to bo written or print-
so as to pei-mil the use of machines
-hore authorized by the laws of the
Itate- . The nil ! was passed 04 to 44. -
Chairman Cannon of the Appropriations !
'ommitte-o of the
House , in the coarse of
general debate on the sundry civil
on Thursday , sounded
a note of warn-
against ox triA-a scant appropriations ,
practically serve-el notice that neither
ship subsidy bill nor the Nicaragua
iinal bill coulel be passed at this session ,
general debate upon the > indry : civil
was not concluded. P.efore ft was
ikon up quite a mimbpr of minor bills
pijssesl by itnaniiisoi : * consent ,
'hror.uhont its- open session the Senate
under consideration the legislative ,
weutivo and judicial appropriation bill ,
- following bills were pa.-sod : Anthor-
the Sioux City and Omaha Ruihvay
ompany to construct and operate a raif-
through the Omaha and Winnobago
'servation in Thur < ton County. Neb. , , -
to restore to their original status as- "
promotion ] ollicers of the navy and ma
corps who lost numbers by reason of
advance-nient of other officers for ox-
ptional , and meritorious service during-
war with Spain.
Nerrs of Minor Note.
Eussia soils to other countries l.jOO- . '
K,000 eggs a year.
The Illinois State fair will increase its
n-scs this your 10,000 for trotters and
icors.
The best three in five style of racing is a
jrse-killing system , says a veteran of
turf.
Customs receipts at Havana have near-
doubled since the Americans took
pos-
ssion of the city.
What is known .as ' "Mission Rock. " San
rancisco Bay , has been officially set
for a coaling station.