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OMAHA 'DAILY BEE
H YEAR OMAHA NEB THOJKSDAY MORNING JANUARY 4 1883 41GS
OBLIVION'S ECHO.
A Doleful Sound From Out tlie
Depths of Political
raoy ,
The Blennifil Narrative of Qo\ .
Nancse , With NumerouB
Ecubit iBh.menta.
Tbo Giant Stridoa of the State
Described in Daz
zling Colors ,
Wih B Few Full-face FiRurea
Hera and There to Fortify -
tify the Foot.
V
A Well-Worded Plea For a
Monopoly Protection and
Preservation ,
And a Vicious Kick at the Vi
tals of AntiMonopoly
ely Leaders.
Glorloi of Camp Dump Ro-
oallod to JJoo t an Ap
propriation.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
Ocntloir.un ot thi > Hcnate and House of
BcritatUc :
Legislative -authority has boon con
ferred upon you at ( in. auspicious period
in the history cs ! f o state. Since
thu last regular ee > i of the legis
lature there baa b a marked de
gree of proaporitj every depart
ment of industry , i u our growth in
population and woo. ' has been a mar
velous event , even thpso who had
indulged the moat guine anticipv
tiona in contemplating tie pjaaibi i.iut
of the future. A bri- review of our
atate hiatory msy 1 profitably con
sidered in this co line j tion. At the
date of admission into the union , 1807 ,
the population of KjL ika was ottl-
mated at 70,000 , md the aggregate
valuation of taxabli 'voporty ot the
atato w a $20,115,2. The popula
tion at thu urosouc IL j ; , -a oetimated
on the bi-.is of u rr < 'lere.to increase
ovur the census of ) 0 , ia not1 lota
than (500,000. ( Th/juotol assessed
value of property at ' own by the
grand asacramont ri'ij , ' 1882 , on iilo
In thn ofli'j of thu X'a auditor , ia
$98,537,47 ? 11. J
Thu npnr ecttlomei " of 18G7 were
remote fr < o centres , [ trade and
railroad r . j.aotlona s l were de
prived ! ' * in coraf6I' | ( { Ufa. 'The
people o [ , pbr ka Qtow broV.ght
into clo lr 'ationa J * ho
o1 * otm-
. . . . M , - _ . .
gratifying .fabt" that ovary organised
county la the atate , except eight , iaa
railroad facilities. Two principal
agencies have accomplished this trans
formation. The homesteaders , under
the liberal policy of the general gov
ernment , accepting a heritage , which ,
was a valuable 'legacy , have toiled
from tolled from year to year with un
tiring energy and splendid success in
improving the lands thus secured.
Thu capitalists of this and other cjun-
triua , having a degree of faith in our
future , which has been more than
justified by the results , pushed the
work of railroad extension in No-
break with unexampled zaal , and thui
opened the way for the largo immi
gration which lollowod from tha oast-
'orn Btntca and thu old world ,
The policy of the general govern
ment , in granting aid to railroads , ua
in giving liomea to settlers , waa de
signed to promote the common wel
fare , and it speedily gave na a railroad
aystein which haa boon a potentagoncy
in developing our natural resources ,
The practical oi-opurationof thoabovo
mentioned agencies has brought ua tea
a period of prosperity which in con
templated with froliiiga of pride by
every citizen of Nebraska.
FINAMMAI , .
The condition of the elate ilnancoa
has materially improved since the
date of my laat biunuiil mosaayo , al
though the treasury Ima not yet fully
recovered from tlftj embarrassing ro-
aulta of the act of 1879 , limiting the
rate of taxation for general purposes
to two mills on the dollar. The in
creased Jovy'of 1881 has afforded par
tial relief , and under the onorgotio
management of the treasurer , all lia >
bilitiaa of thu atato have been prompt
ly met. It ia boliavod that no seri
ous complications can occur before
the general fund will bo suflioiont to
cover all expenditures.
Oa the 19th of Oclobpr , 1882 , the
board of investment , created by Art.
13 , Chap , 83 of the Compiled Slat-
utt , decided that the U. S. 4 per
cent bonda , amounting to 950,000 ,
heretofore purchased by direction of
the board , should bu aold on the beat
terms to bo obtained for thu purpoau
of sustaining Ihe public credit and
mooting current demanda upon the
treasury. The sale was effected and
upon the 23d ot October the returns
were placed to the credit of the Rtalo.
The transaction la aouratoly sot forth
iu the following atatmont : Original
cost of bosda at $1 03 1-10 'leta
charges ) 51/718 7' > , Amount realiz
ed on saloat 81 19A , S5 ! ) OHO , ProGt
on investment , Sd,0L2l. ! Interest
received on banda to date of aale by
the Btnle , § 5.500 , Tolal profit , 813. .
531 25.
Th teceijiU and disbursements ol the
treaimry for tbe two years ending Xovoin-
berliOtb , 1BS2 , uanhown by the traasurer's
report , were as follow * :
Balaucn in treasury November
30 , IBS ) . , , . ? S13.01S 01
] teceIUfrom | ) all source * riur-
B. endiufNov ,
, tiii07 ) ) : 01
Tot\l amount . 2,280 3JO25
DUbuni'd during same period ,
transfers . 1,814,211 70
Bilanre on hand , Nov 'OJ8ja , 412,11 J 50
The bonded indebtedness of the utate re.
repotted In tnylkit blcnnUl tncs-
Kelitf bond * due In 18SX . . . ? 5 < WO fO
Funding bond * dua la 1837. . 4lU,207 35
TotU 400,207 35
Under the relief bond act of 18.75 ,
provision wr.a undo for paying the In-
turoat , nnd prtncipnl ot the bond * by
levying an annual lex of ono-tenth of
one mill. Subsequently , this part of
the act was roppated and , it wna pro
vided that the 5 itcrcst find principal
of the bunds abnll ba paid out of the
slnkinp fund. Thia lofta bttnnce of
$10,043 33 crcdltod to the relief tymd
fund , and as the bonds will become
due in 1885,1 ooncqr ia the opinion
of the treasurer that the above amount
should bo transferred to the sinking
fund.
AUDITOR'S DKVAKTMENT.
The aggregate valuation oi property
araoasod for taxation in 1881 , as shown
by the auditor's report , ma S0' < 142-
468.00 , and in 1882 , $98,53775'11. .
The rates ot levy and amou > < that
wilt accrue to the atate onUio , AMOSS-
mont of 1882 , are as follovti ;
General fund , 4 } tnllli 8JS7 874 44
Sinking fond , f , " , .
Bohool fund , 1 . . IX537.4J
University fond jf * . S. . ! 9150
Total . . . $597,089,0'
A special effort/ , eon TUAio tc
collect delinquorlr , /s by county
treasurers , aiv ' riivo uniformly
successful.
The audited Mention to the
fac : that SC.afl ' ho $10,000 ap.
propriated in ho purpose of
lurniahlng rote and black i
to the several * , . . neoassariiy
used to pay 'V ' and blanks
previously far ? ring only the
small amount ; ' ' " ; ( to bb uaed
for that purrf the past two
ypaw , and thft doucionov of
87,612 54 bit ion of 818-
000 to cover aad pro-
vide supplies . xl two years is
recommended /auditor.
The fees cr , the inturanco
department cf iuditor'a office dur-
ing the /ending Nov 30th ,
§ 14,178 02 being
JLOO f QlAAWUt < * CM , ,
nount appropriated
for the oxpf of that " department "
during the ue tried of"
Under See , A.rL 3 , ofto1'
atitution yoii to1'
for the payt oxponlrot'f
the stain gt
Slat , 1883 to
estimate raa'c BJ' w provide ,
by the seven era nnd he'ails
of the amounia
that will be ; t purpose ,
appear in thi ewith sub-
muted ,
UND.OOMMl
A very a a' 1' is Biade
ia the roper \ " dssionor
ehowing tin at cffico
during the Novem-
ber 30 , 188 Ij'thode-
partment ha'J J system-
atized oud.'B STOM has
btoamado i "i * \ statusof
iformer
to the state , and have boon-f S.
loaaod to other parties. |
The amount of intoreat and 'rentals
duo tbe state and now delinquent , on
Bchool land sales and leaioa , Is § 92-
984 , an increaao of $13,950 over the
amount due in 1880 This njsult ia
doubtless dui to the fact Vflk many
irresponaiblo persons have /i jchaaed
or leased school lands sole1 j w spoon-
live purpoaea , and to/tBoi fj"16' t0
that the power of thc.Bta | > o enforce
or annul these coimrftcftla not suf
ficiently well doQr5. therefore
recommend that tt/ j.-d of educa
tional lands and f r * - " authorized
to cancel all sob Jnd con tracts
upon which the pi , jfser or lessee ia
in default for nor jf mont of inter-
eat or rentals for & < P > ger period than
two years. . j
In my last blon < it message I culled
atlnnliou to the iu7'l''on ' ° f the ait.
of 1879 , allowingfturllca holding odu-
cationu ) lends unQir lease to purchase
thorn , nnd iv Jj ' /iat it bo modlBodao
01 to ausWfoj-L Line bsard of educa
tional lauds p/Tfunda to withhold
contracts wheq aa appraisement la
manifestly 10 * . ( Tw. No action waa
taken by the liJUslaturo. and this ob
noxious feature/ the uw oontinneu
in force. ParjJ/i may conspire to de
fraud the sttffe by a dishonest ap-
praiseraent , and the board has no
power to defeat the conspiracy , as a
contract must issue when the law has
been complid ; with. I urgently re
new the recommendation I made at
that UmoKlliovir-B | 'you will retllzj
the iapbrt Dce of amending tha" act
In tbo manlier suggested.
In July , 1880 , the general land
commissioner addressed a letter to
the land' commissioner of this elate
informing him that ! in order to reach
a satisfactory netUemont of claims for
Indemnity duo tile date outaido of
Indian reservations , a carefully prepared -
pared llat'of the deficiencies occurring
ia each of eaid sootloas (1C ( and 30) ) ,
"giving credit ; against each Bectlonfor
tbe indemnity which may have been
selected therefor and approved , "
should be forwarded to the general
land office for comparison with the
rocorda.
Of the class of lands above referred
to , over 8,000 acroa are atill dua the
state. The recorda
of the land com-
raisBloner'a ollico do not fnrniah the
necessary data required by the gen
eral land commissioner , In order to
prtpiro such a report a viit to each of
the United Slales land oflicea In the
state for the purpose of examining
plain and recorda would bo ncccasary.
The force employed In the laud com
missioner's pfllco will not admit of a
detail sufficient for that purpose. I
concur in the recommendation of the
commiusionor that an appropriation bo
made to unable the board of educa
tional lands and funds to procure the
necessary data and prepare the listu
called for by tbo general land com-
mistioncr ,
In conformity wilh a decision
made in 1880 by tha comrninsionor of
thu gouornl land ollico , thu substance
of which waa embodied in my last
biennial motaage , under which the
atato v/aa allowed indemnity for
tuhool lands in lieu of suctions 10 and
30 within the _ Otoo and P. wnou In
dian reservation * , the land commis'
atoncr and attorney general , noting
under the direction of the board of
educational lnm' ' and fundu , made n
( election of laiidt on the 14 h of Oc
tober , 1881 , in lieu < > ( a portion of the
double minimum lauds within said
reservation opgregnling 11,914 CO
ncra ? . A list of the Innds selected
was lilod in the land oflloo At North
I'latto , nnd Iho attention of the general -
oral land CTtmnitsioncr ha been ru-
poalcdly called to the subject , but
these lands have not yet been con
firmed to thosUto. Ia view of thin
extraordinary delay the land commis
sioner suggests that an agent of the
atato should ncraonally represent
its interests in this matter at Wash
ington.
The largo and increasing volume of
buaineta and numerous complications
th&t have arisen in consequence of the
imperfect manner In which the man
agement and diapoiltlon of educational
lands waa conducted prior to the or-
gan'zition of the land department ,
has oromplcd the commissioner to
draft a bill embodying proposed legis
lation which is considered essential to
the proper managomunt of that de
partment. The various suggestions
therein contained will bo considered
by the board of educational lands and
funds , with a view to reporting the
bill to the legislature- a satisfactory
form. I trust that it will have tour
careful consideration , and that a liber
al policy will be pursued in affording
facilities which will enable the land
department to property control , pre
serve and utilize our largo endowment
of educational lauds and funds.
The number of no.04 of these Undo
hold by the state , November 30th ,
1882 , wan 2582,30003. Of this
amount 217,080 acraa have been sold
but not deeded , 480,440 have boon
loaned , leaving 1,872,840 05 acres anb
joct to oalo or lease. During the two
ynara preceding the above dale 274-
099 70 acres were teased at an caii-
mutud aggregate valuation of S824-
099 10. During the same period 88- ,
627 anroa wore sold for the oum of
$057,971 42 , being an average of $7 42
per asrb.
The report of the atato superintend-
$ nt of public ion tuition embodies a
fund of valuable information concern
ing the common school system of the
otdtc , the various institutions of learn
ing , and' other educational intorosls.
Tit o school attendance in 1882 was
, nn 'inorenja of ; 14,770 over
o number in atlondoncp the provi-
oui year. The tola , ! valuo"of aohool
property is cstinwfdiL alf $2,054-
04910. The ro ttoontllns. a Carefully
' / thtfpor-
fully prepared stafolittit'/olf -
mannnt school fuu"d-fflRgtiQ | ma'n-
ner in which.lt ia nvBMWarid tho'ng
gregate amomit , as fbllo a : ' '
Cnsh in treasury Nov. H3tb ,
.1882 . , . . . . . : -T..S 135J2D8 37
U , 3. i per cent bonda . . . . ; . 1 iUlOO 00
County bonds . . " . . , . . KOS.UOO 00
Mortgage ? . > . 4,001 00
Bute funding bondi . : i20ai7 35 1
Claims in hands e [ Attirnej
. Gfnsrulfor oolloctlou , . . . . ' 7ifll | ! 2ft
Notes from i > alei-of iscluol
Grand total 32,262 08 ? 44
The fund dot ived from thia endow
ment his insraue d from year to year
in about the 'sarno proportion , aa the
increaao of population consequently
the distribution per capita , baa not
materially changed.
The graded schools of the state are
justifying the anticipations of these
who have given attention to thia feature - .
turo of our educational Byt3in , and it
ia evident that they have established
a higher profoslional atandnr. ! among
tpacnura , from which pupils have derived -
rived corresponding bonufita.
The superintendent of public in-
alruction recommunds that the law in
regard to holding institutes bo changed
BO aa to make the attendance of leach-
era compulsory. If held vrhilo nohooln
are in progress , It is recommended by
him that they bo temporarily BUS-
ponded , and that the several - school
boards ba required to pay half wages
for the time that the touchen are thus
necessarily absent.
A small appropriation is atkud for
by the atato superinlendont to bo used
in publishing and distributing plane
for the construction of cchool housoa.
In view of the fact that the moat ob
vious and important sanitary consider
ations are frequently ignored in the
construction of such buildings , any
suggestions that may load to improve
ment ia this particular , ehonld have
proper considerations ,
8TATK UN1VKU81TY.
The unfortunale controversy which
wa ; | for aomo time a disturbing element -
mont in connection with the affaire of
the atatu university has been brought
to a close , and tbo faculty is in process
of roorganl/.UIon upon a basis which
enables the institution to enter upon
a period ol enlarged usefulness and
prosperity. The position of chancel
lor will undoubtedly ba filled by the
board of regents at an early period.
A fund has been accumulating in
the Btalo treasury known aa the
regent's fund , derived from thu leasing
of university lands and from other
sources. It ia suggested by the boaid
of regents that the amount now on
hand , \iz : $8,115,01 , ba appropriated
for the use of the university to make
necessary repairs and cover other in
cidental expenses , It in recommended
also by the board that thu levy of j > of
a mill bo continued for the precont.
bTATK N011MAL SCHOOL.
A period of interrupted prosperity
la reported by Iho principal of the
State Normal school thn laal year bo-
inij thu moil prosperous in hahiatorj ,
Tl'o catalogue shows an attendance of
318 etudentn. It is boliuved that , in
point of efficiency , the school will
compiro favorably with similar inati-
tullona In other states.
Thia institution ia oxclnclyoly devoted -
voted to the work of preparing Btu
dents for thu profession of teaching ,
and whllo all who graduate may not
follow this vocation , it will undoubt
edly add largu numbara to thu rolls of
thoroughly competent teachura in our
'
common aihoola , The wants of th'o
iuhool and appropriations required for
the ensuing two years aru fully set
f' rth iu thn report of the principal ,
[ UvnCtmted on Fourth l'o je. ]
SHAKINC WITH ACEE.
"Oold Days" For Monopolists
in the Vioinity of the
State Capital.
Th < Ueutennnt Governor Shiv
ering Severely Theas
Arctic MoruinRe.
The Pawnee Squaw Falls to
Sjmddle Both Fnotlooa
in the Senate.
BatFJtiJtliiSn.ro Footlntc 'With His
65.0UO in the Monopoly
ely Camp-
The Bonatorml "BMY1 Anxiously
Looked For formation of
tbe Committees.
Special Dispatch to Tu Dan.
l-KOCKUDINQS IN THE HOUSE.
LINCOLN , January 3. The houto
was called to order at the usual hour
by the speaker.
The jonrual cf yesterday was road
and approved.
The llev. Mr. Sjott offjrod a pray.
01 , and the permanent organization
was thou pr > omdcd : with , the follow
ing cllhors buing elected : Second
assistant clerk , Frank A. Woods , of
Otoe ; enrolling clerk , Oora $ mith , of
Otoo count ; ; chaplain , Ujv. Mr.
Soott , of Oloy count ) ; abrpcant-at-
anna , Martin Warren , of Itichards
county ; doorkeeper , Jet Sauduio , of
Polk county.
It was moved and carried that the
speaker appoint the balanuo of the
otllcora of the homo and ho announced
Win. H. Kaokly , of York county , M
postmaster and T. S. Bailer , of
Franklin county , as mall cirtur. On
motion MeaaH. Johnson and Grant
wore appointed a committee to wait
upon the chief justice and request
him to administer the
OATH OP OFMCE TO 1\IB
ollicora oloot. Asjoolatn Jaiao Cobb
appeared ahd administered the obli
gation and the bruaniztVon of the
honao was complete. Th ( cuuvaas of
the vote for atato oflicora wj'l ' bo had
thia afternoon in the hi.'il ' of the
houae. ? . ' it
THE 'SENATK , .
*
W1 : at 10 a. ro. , A rosolyti.va provid-
ift , < fas f ho election of p ( 'Mvaa voted
upon. Carried iby a yet * 18 to 15
nV th > will bo " ) cl . w to'mor-
i . . jjfiees . . . .
ni. i , - - "f .i . - 4,1 > * .
row morAiuK-v * m..n'rJj > - -KuL3- .
troducod the following roaolution
which was laid ovur until Monday at
2 p. m , the anti-monopolists agreeing ,
to the proposition , preamble and resolution
elution : "Whereas , It ia deaira-
bio and highly important that this
legislature should have a most perfect
and distinct understanding of nil
matters bearing upon uuy subject that
may comu before it , and whereas
Till ) IUIUUOAI ) QUESTION
ia one of first importance to the otatr ;
thcroforo bo it
Je olr l , That'si committee of three
on the part of the senate be now ap
pointed by the noniUo to not and con
fer with n committee of four on thn
part of the lioueo , to ascertain the
bearing of thu present system of rail
way management upon the public wel
fare , and to report what legislation , if
any , is needed to hotter define the re
lations of railway companies to the
state , and
Resolved , That said committee filiall
have the power to j onnd for portions
tions and papers , and other materials
necessary to such investigation.
Aftornoou Nciilnn.
Special Plirutch to Tint HUH.
LINOOI.N , Nob. , January 3. At U
o'clock the homo waa called to order
and the usual preliminaries ovnr work
was once inoro commenced by a re
port of the oommittoa on ruleu. Thin
report was a recommendation that the
ruled of the Sixteenth general session
except the dxty.first rulu which reg
ulates the number of members for
each committee in the houaa bo
adopted , which wan airrood to , The
committees will bo as follow * : Judic
iary , member * ; flounce , ways and
moaoB , 11 ; rai'icia ' , I ) ; public Janda
bnildlnga 11 , engrossing and enrolling
bills 9 , account * and expenditures i ) ,
connty boandnrito , county seats and
township organizations ! ) , railroads
15 , prl volumes and elections 11 , em I-
Kration 11 , school lands 11 , claims'.I ,
live Block and grazing Interests 0 , and
all other committees 7 each ,
On motion , the speaker appointed
olght pages aa follows : Frank Oou"of
Otoo county ; Harry Kliss of Doug
las , Paul Shade of Innoaator , Biu-
noyS , Harris of York , Harry Ilock-
noy of Saunuera , Kddio Uoberfu n (
Lancaster , Oharlca Squirea of Jtll'r-
BOII.
BOII.Tho Bcnato convened nt 2 p , m. No
buiineca of importance iris done , At
3 the satiate repaired in a body to the
hall of the lioiibc , where the governor
delivered hlu nietBa u , nftur which the
aunato and houoo in joiut convention
listened to the reading of the nbotraot
of votes irom the different counties
us read by the tponker , but without
computing thu canvusi the conven
tion adjourned until to-morrow ut 10
a in ,
After the adjournment of the joint
convention thu eunuto again convened ,
when Senator Butler , of Pawnee ,
, inovod to add the name of Senator
So\jora ol Adams , Senator Day of Fit-
more1 , nd Senator Walker of Ijino.is-
tor to the coinmltloo which was you-
tf rduy cloaked to nnko up the stiwd-
in-- committee * of the snnato. Thn
motion \vtvs voted down by a vote of
17 to 10 , whim the nonnto adjourned
till 2 p. m. to-morrow.
THF. AN M'S O * TOP.
Tnotimt Adrr is HHAKINO.
P d\l Ooironpondenco ot Tni Him.
LiNnoi.tf , Nob. , January 3. To say
say that Lcul-ov. ! ! Agoo Is mad docs
half express It. When ho came to
Lincoln about n week ago hn nought
out the railroad strikers .ami n scheme
was devised whereby ho was to ap
point the committee * of the senate , aa
did his illiuttious predecessor two
years ngo , but the nntt-monopa thought
that inismnoh as the railroads had
yono ; out of politic ] and loft the Hold
with only twonty-fivo or thirty lob
byiats on the ground , that they would
look at tort ha committees themselves ,
nnd yesterday they proceeded to knock
the pins higher than GiHoroy'n klto.
They not only clovatod , an entire sot
of anti-monopoly otlloon , but they
also appointed n committee to form
the ntanding committees for that body.
And thia is why
Mil. AIIRKIH MAD ,
In onnvorsatlou with n gentleman
from York county yontcrday , thu lieu
tenant governor said York county has
ra'flid ' h 1'in Bonding n delegation
hero to work with the democrats.
The gentleman need not worry him'-
self. York county's delegation will
take care of itself , and ho can sot it
do ITU in his book now that they are
not railroaders. These gentlemen
who are howling about democrats
helping lo onatiizo thu senate , forpot
that it look five democrats to organize
the houao. If Mr. Ageo fuels that ho
has boon slighted , ho can know that
in oauo of his abaunco from the chair
that his plaou will bo filled by a good
f quiirtt-topd unti monopoly republican ,
wtioeo views will ncoord withthe , ,
viowa of a majority of the aonuto.
IN .MAKIN\1 Ui * TUB UOMMITTKE8
It ia harily likely that Mr. Brown , ol
Lancaster , will bo chairman of the
committee on public lands and build-
inijB and the 600,000 capitol appro ,
ptiition mny poasibly sutt'ir in couao-
qiienco. Of ouo thing the people ol
Nebraska may bo reasonably curtain ,
and that is that the aunato railroad
committee will not bo made up w
cording to the dictation of railroad
attorneys , an has boon heretofore thi
oiso. The oomraittoo appointed tc
make the standing cotnmittooa of tin
aouato will probably complolo theii
labors by to-iucrrow.
On the night of the lit of January ,
when all wan hubbub , ttio nntt-monop :
had a caucus cillod for the purpose o !
deciding what to do. Et-Qov. Jiutlei
was invited nud participated , bnt it
was soon discovered that ho waa
AW ELEMENT Ol' DIHCOUU
and thu mooting was obliged lo ad'
. - ; . . . , ! di > , .Tin.miidliitoljtin9thei
meeting was called armUutlor vdo ntf
invited and then and there the antf
monopoly alato was made up and the
combined railroad in ten H ; and all
thnir lobby was not able to nmaoh it.
In the houjo the railroad crowd
claim to have everything , and while
the olcction of Hon. George M. Hum
phrey as speaker docs not warrant
such a conclusion , thu election of
Drad Slaughter would. Mr. Hum
phrey haii pledged himself to a largo
number of people to anpolnt a rail
rend oammittoo that will do the will
of thu paoplu and not bo controlled by
thu nihrrail ? , and wu Irnv * frith to bo-
lievu thiit ho will do it. The houou
dooa not divide aa many Htippoaod it
would , \vith thn railroad republicans
on ono ( ildo and thu nnll'inonopolintn
and domoarrttn on the other ; the rail
road division knows no party linua
and many of thu democrato prefer re
publicans to dcmocrata when railroad
int rcRl8 uru to bu jeopardized.
Thu oli'.ction of Mr. Slaughter uu
chief clurk waa fatherud and urged , by
the Jj\ncuster ( 'olpgntion , Mr. Hessiona
making it special plea in bin behalf ,
end it is fair to presume that this dol-
I'iiution have a right to oxpcct uuch
I'RdUUMI AND l-AKTIOUI-AK AIt >
as he cm ( tlvo , us koepur and custo
dian of the records in the paeaago ol
a aapitol appropriation bill , ue shall
bo especially adapted to the rcqulro <
mwnts of the ring.
This early in the game it Is ovidpnl
that there will be muohdlsnatlafaotion
in the committees of the house , as at
leant fifty men expect to bu put on the
railroad comtnitteo , and forty-three
disappointed members nro not likely
to toke it kindly , The gentleman
from Lincaster , Mr , Session , has al
ready commenced to make himself
diHagrnoahlo by taking the floor ovury
five minutes , and circulating around
among the tioats on the lloor. In leua
than R week every thing he advocates
will bo duad to start with , and unless
thu citlz'jiis of Lincoln choke him of !
early in thu game they may aa well
hang up the fiddle ,
J. 11 .MILLAUD , 1JIK IIAIlUia CANDI
DATE
for the United Status ronatu , ia ex
pected hero to-day , with all necessary
bagguifr. Most cf the other boya uru
already 011 the ground smiling and
bowing in thu most approved manner.
A * uiual , just before an election of
United Status tenator , the Commer
cial holu ) is crowded to uuH'ocation ,
and the second-hand lobaoao amoku
lhat provadea the hallu and pasaago-
ways is lufliclent to kill a Sioux In
dian in leas than a month.
A St. Joe Fire.
Spodat IUi > atcli to Tim UK * .
ST. Jcsurn , Mo. , January 3. A
disastrous oonlligrution ocjurrod hero
c.110 o'clock tliin morning , The lira
bognn iu an unnsnd grain oluvator of
the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad ,
and spread rapidly destroying the old
patsengur dupot of thu Hannibal &
St. Joseph , two box cure , aoveral till
curs loaded with lumber , and a numbui
of email frame houats. The clivatoi
originally coat $100,000.
THE NATIQHAL CAPITAL
A Test Vote on the Porter Bill
Shows a Strong Ma
jority iu Favor ,
Logan and Conger Unfurl the
Bloody Shirt and Mop
the Eonato Floor.
The Army Appropriation Bill Still
TJndnr Flro in tlio Hou n.
The acuato Committee Blaun the
Tantl' on nil Artlalaa.
CAPITAL NOTES.
SIK > C | I Ul5 ] < atchcB to Tin But.
TIIK TAV.H-P IIIIL.
WAsnixoToU , January I ) . The
finance committee of the senate to-day
virtually completed the tariff bill ,
which will bo reported to the senate
to-morrow. Two or throe items re
main tc bu finally noted upon , among
them brown silk , silk threads , or yarni
of every descripHnu , purified or dried.
The tariff cotninuuton recommend hd
upon the former a d-ty of $1 GO per
pound , and upon the latter $2.00 ,
ThoBo figures have boon reduced by
the committee to $1 nnd $1 75 , res
pectively subject to final action. More
important changes were made by-the
committee on various articles.
TUB STAU noUTKUH.
It is stated on apparently good
authority that the members of the
house committee on expenditures in
the department cf justice , contem
plate inquiring into the dotalla con
nected with the star route prosecu
tion.
SOUHOE8 OP 11EVENUE.
The communication of the nocrotary
of the treasury trannmltting the sen
ate estimator ! of the commissioner of
Internal revenue of the amount of
money required to refund taxoa on
clgare , cigarettes , tobacco , distilled
spiri's and matches , notes the diffi
culty of arriving at an accurate esti
mate , aaying there are 304,1192 deal-
urs in manufactured tobacco , 1,328
rootiflaraof distilled spirits , and 4,2-11
wholoealo dealers In distilled
liquora. The tax paid on distiller !
spirits in the 'hand * of the trado.ifl ,
$2U,500OCO ; the tar paid on manu
factured tobacco' ia the hands/of
dealers 40,821,223 pounds , in S8.2B5-
721. The number of cigars tnd/cig- /
arottoa ia 782,224,107 , the tax on
which is 54.204,242 ; the tax on
matches in the Hands of dealers h
81,090,703 ; total amount of taxes tc
b'o refunded , $ .10,080,710- consid
erable portion of the artales ! above
mentioned are now on broken pack
age H.
Standard silver dollar * in clrculiv
tion January l t , 1888 iras $35,701 ,
043 ; January 1st , 1883 the amount
wua 838,008,233.
to-day. No opmlona aJounced.
The profits cf the Gatuold fair were
nearly § 10,000.
CONGRESSIONAL
Special Dispatch to Till III * .
HSNATK rUOOEKIIIIfOS.
WASHINGTON , D. 0 , Ja iary 3-r
Senator Logan , in conolA
opoeoh on Fltz John Pr
Why Is it that whenever
comus up Iho senate is d'r .
political linen ? It ought nutl M0 M ,
bcaauio there was no politick' uja
oiao. It was merely a quostiofy
versing thu vurdiat of a court i * '
upon a man convicted and B <
at a limu when ugood many
on the other eido of the chamber' * . ,
having their own court martial dr"j
south. Could It bo possible' tp
gentlemen und others of their pop/t
would now vote , without roforenouJM
facia or law , that thu action of tCj
court martial bo ruversed and 'thlfc
man put back into thu army , merely
bocauau hu belonged to their party
and because they were prejudiced
diced agalnat the oourt that convicted
him and the president who approved
tbo conviction. There waa no othei
ground on which they could give auch
voto. lie had hoped these old preju
dices had passed away. 11 o did not
think it was either uood taste or good
policy for the gontlbmon on the other
aldo to undertake to rovieu and reverse
what had been done hero during the
war according to Inw and facia. They
had bolter lot thu inon who had
proved dirolict on the Union aide , and
who had been dealt with by the' gov
ernment , alone. "They are of no
service to you , " uaid Sanator Logan ,
"and of nonoto ua. They are of no
aervico to the country , They may
servo themselves , but no onu olao. "
Senator Suwoll replied briefly to
Logan. IIo eaid the verdict court
martial that convicted Gen. Portoi
was based on the idea put forth bj
Qen , Pope ; that there was no force
in Porter's front ; that Longstroet hac
not arrived at the time the order wai
sent to Porter , and that if that ordei
had been obeyed Porter woulc
have encountered no obstacle untl
hu struck Jackson's right fhnlf
showed clearly that General Pope did
not understand thu situation , llii
whole campaign was dlreotod agalnsl
onu corpa of the confederate force ,
thu onu commanded by Jacknon , ut
terly Ignoring the fact that Longstrou
had paesud through I'horoughfari
Clip and waa in front of Porter urn
McDowell with 25,000 men. Howol
read copiously from the testimony ant
documents in the case in support o !
hia views ,
Senator Halo inovod that the bill
bo Indefinitely postponed ,
Senator Sowoll called fur thu ayut
and noes and the motion lost by tin
following vote :
Ayoa Aldrich , Dlalr , Oampron ,
( Wia.J.Ohiloott , Oougor , Davia , ( Ilia } ,
D.iwea , Eimunda , IIaln , Jluwley ,
Hill , Liphum , Miller , ( Oala. ) , Win
dom ; 20.
NousBeck , llrown , Oaraeron ,
Oooku , DivisV. ( . V * . ) , Garland , Gor
man , Johnaon , Jonaa , Jones ( FJa )
, MoPhorson , Mahono * Maxoy ,
Morgan , Poodloton , Pugh , Siulsbury ,
Swnll , Slater , Vance , Yorhooa ,
WAlkor-28.
The foliowino paira were announced :
Allison with Bayard , Anthony with
Harrow , Harrison with Oockroll ,
Plumb , with Vcat , McMillan with
lUnsom , Perry with Farley , Sawyer
with Oamdon , Van Wyok with Fair ,
Saundota with Williams , Ingalls with
Harris ,
The bill was then reported to the
senate.
Senator Hoar moved to postpone its
further consideration for a week in
order to give the senators time to examine -
amino uvory evidence in Iho cnso.
Senator Ganger raid twenly-oight .
senators , one-third of the senate ,
wcro not present to record their votoa
and take their share ot the responsi
bility for thia work , and h'o thought
th Bonato ought not act finality upon
thn bill without tholr presence.
Scator Allison moved to proceed to
consideration of oxrcullvo business
lost , nycs 24 , noes 20.
Senator Conger aikod for the reading -
ing of the report of the committee on
the Porter case and the secretary be
gan reading.
Senator Sowoll eaid it waa evident
Conger waa determined to prevent a
vote on the bill this evening and
therefore moved to adjourn. Agreed
to. Adjourned.
HOUSE rilOCKEDINOS.
The army appropriation bill was
taken up. *
Howltt IN. Y. , ) called ataention to
the fact that in the various Items of
the bill there was a reduction in the
appropriation ! ! nnd Inquired whether
the reduction waa for the purpose of
making n good showing.
Buttorwprth (0. ( , ) replied that the
appropriations were sufficient. Ho
would nssuro the nnntlomon the re
publican party would not turn over to
the next congress aa many opportun
ities for making up deficiencies aa It
had encountered when it came into
power.
r- * lengthy debate of a political
otv } aotor followed.
At the close of the day considera
tion of the bill wna practically con
cluded ( with the oxcootton of compen-
fl < jtlon allowed the Pacific roads for
tr nuportation ) , uud the committe
rose.
rose.Tho District of Columbia ttpproprl
tion bill waa reported and rcferrodjtoj
committee of the wholo. It oppro-
priatoa about $3,350,000 , a decrease
of $30,000 from the appropriation of1 ,
the current year. Adjourned. , "
" "
THE DEAD STATESMAN.
Special DIspntchca to Tim UKS.
THK BEMAINfl IK PARIS.
PAIIIB , January 8. The body of
Gambotta baa arrived. A deputation
of the Jlarflelllea corporation accom
panied the remains from Belleville
The Aloaco-Loralno delegates pre
cede the hoarse at the funeral. { , /
UKMOIUAT.3.
The memorials of Gambotln were
placed in the coflln , including a bronze
medal bearing his efllgy , and an Ingrav
ing representing thowamouB 1C3 , eoy
rnLgold and sllrcr cJina and P ' cop
of the letter of invitation to" the
funeral , eignod by Joseph Gambotta
Luria , Madame Lorla , and Michael
Gambolto , hla father , brother-in-law ,
sister and' uncle ,
A national monument ia proposed.
The Cadets Ecolo Polytochniqno
asked to bo allowed to act aa n special
escort at the funeral.
It ia stated Gambotta repeatedly
expm Had a wish that ho bo interred
with his mothor'n remains.
A HISIIIOUH C1IAKOK.
BisitUN , January 3. Dr. Noumoyer ,
an eminent phvalcian here. In n public
looturo asoribud Gambotta s death , duo
to iucompotoncy of the doctors attend
ing him.
| AN AMHUIOAN WnUATH.
KKwYoBK , January 3 , The Cer-
clo Francabo Da 1'Harmonlo to-day
L-cablod The Uopubliqno Francalao to
[ placq a wr oath on the colllu of Gam-
\betta. \ French aociotlos nold a me-
norlal mooting Sunday.
A WISE Sl/OOESTION.
CinoAao , January 3. The DMy
wa will say editorially : "It would
a fitting mark of respect for the
emery of the greateat and truest ro-
ilbHcan France has produced einoe
Ufayette , if congress and the various
IVialaturea of , the aovoral atatea , as
tr.oy may bo in nossion , should ad-
iobrn over Friday In honor of Gam-
boUn. "
AUSTRIAN
January 3. The Auatrfan
ofllctal journal * observe a great reserve -
servo in their references to Gambotta'a
death.
Thu Noue Frcl Prosao conaidora it a
mistake to Buppoao that the rovungo
idea baa died with Gambotta.
Tbo Friendenblatt doubta if Gam-
botta'a death will be favorable to the
peace of Europe.
INVESTIGATING TUB WOUND.
PAHIS , January 3. Strenuoua ef
forts have been making to procure a
judicial inveatigation into the clrcum-
atancea under which Gambotta re
ceived his wound.
COMMENTS ON TUB 1JKAU FBKNCIWAN.
ST. PRTKUSIIUIIO , January 3. The.
Novoo Vronaja aayo : Gambotta'a
death IB an irreparable Icaa to Franca
and to Europe. _
Waiburno ou Qambatta-
Sjwclnl Ulnjutcb to Tuit 'tut.
' OiuoAdo , January 2. The Tribune
has a long letter by telegraph from
the lion. E , B. Wushburnu , at San
Antonio , giving romlniacanaej of Gatn-
betia while Waahburno was minister
to France , Ho saya a great light has
gouo out , and thu world loeoa ono of
lla moat gifted , brilliant and eloquent
men ,
Drying
Bpocltl Dispatch to Till li .
LEXiNoroN , Ky. , January 3 A
Winchester apocul to The Daily Press
aaya , three colored ' laborers on the
Kentucky Central railroad extension
put wet dynamite In the sUva to dry
this morning , It exploded , blowing
the two to atoms , seriously injuring
the other. Iho house was completely
demolished. ,
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