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DAILY B&E-TtttmSDAiT JULY 17 , 1884 , ; , THE OMAHA BEE OttMha OOlco , No. O10 Furnnm Sf. Council Bluffs Ofttco , No. 7 Vcixrl 'SI Btrect , Near Bro ulw y. , < | Now York Oflico , Iloom 05 TrltMin Building. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Published Tery irornlngt * eiwpl Bands jft nl > Monday morning dally. ivis T WAru One Veu . . .110.00 I Three Monthl , . . . . . t3. ( BUHontW . B.OO j One Mont * . . . . . ! . ( Pet Week , 15 Cents. ran wxtuT tm , runusniro iviwjT ? DnuiDAT. ! Ons Year . $2.0 } I Throe Kenth . I I Bli Months. . l.W | Ono Keith , . . , . i American Hewj Company , Bolt ( Vgontf , Newidei II In the United BtaUs. All Communications relating News and Edltorli natters should be addressed to the EDITOB or Tn Bli. All Business Letters Und Romlttunoes''should'h addressed to Trt BBS Frniumxa OOMPAHT , QMAHJ Drafts , Checks and rostoftlco orders to bt "made pa ; able to the or for of the company. THE BEE MIMING CO , , PROPS E. R08BWATEK , Editor. A. n.ntch.Mancr Drily Circulation , P. 1 0. Boj 489 Omaha Neb tt Wn are told that Mr. Boyd'a proxy which Dr. Miller carried triumphantly ti Now Vork , was signed in blank. Now that James E. Boyd lias roturnoc the JTcratd will at once order n gonorn illumination and a torchlight procesBion JOHN KULLY'S Now York morning Slai rofuBoa to bo the guiding atar of Orovci Cleveland. It has boon a cloud of ligh in thn day and a pillar of flro in the night for the benighted democracy 01 Now York. THOSE heavenly messengers from the democratic national convention bearing the benediction of the d. o. p. ( dead old party ) have not yet reached Grammorcy Park. It will bo an affecting BCOIIO when they got thoro. WHEN Orovor Cleveland aaked John Ivolly to sit down on Orady last October ho addressed him na "My dear sir. " The next confidential letter that Cleveland - land writes to the Tammany boss will probably begin with "Dear John. " A COMPARATIVE statement of the quan tity of food and liquid * consumed at the Falmor liouso during the two national conventions , shows that the democrats nobly maintained their reputation as the greater drinker * . During the democratic convention the quantity of whisky con sumed never ran below GO gallons a day atthoFalmorhou3candontho nomination of Cleveland GO gallons of the stuff found its way into bourbon gullets. During the republican convention only 30 gallons lens a day were consumed at the Palmar. Thoao statistic ] will no doubt have a valuable bearing on the campaign. They will bo referred to with pride by Petro leum V. Nasby at thoOonfodrit X Roads. How many moro cornerstones will they lay for the state capitol of Nebraska ? They laid , a cornor-stono when the loft wine of the capitol was begun. Then they laid a cornor-stono when the right wing tras commenced. Now Ihoy have laid a cornor-stono for the contor. If another additon is built wo presume another cornor-stono will bo laid with grant cere mony. The l&sfc oornor-stono wo are told was taken from Stout'a limo-stono quarry at South Bond , and was out and dressed at the ponitontlary. The names of the artists who dressed the stone were not engraved upon it ; but the names of the boss and the ponitontlary contractor were cut into the rock to bo handed down to f uturo generations. A IIECENT telegram to the Now York Jlcrald from Mexico states that the nom ination of Cleveland is received with great satisfaction by the Mexicans. This roust bo vary pleasing news to Mr. Cleveland. Ho now has the support of the British lion and the Mexican groasnr. The Mexican greaser is laboring under the impression that Blaine will iuvado and capture his country. Immediately after Mr. Blaino's nomination a Mexican paper advised the umostvigilanco on the part of the national guard , the arming of private citizens and preparations to pre vent the threatened invasion by the plumed knight. It is probably for the came reason , if the truth could bo known , that the British lion now roars for Clove- land. Ho is perhaps afraid that Blaine and Logan will invade Canada and annex it to the United States. TUB Now York Herald publishes a map showing the paths followed by the cholera during its several visile in this country. In 1882 cholera came from Ireland to Quebec , and thence to Mon treal , Kingston , Buffalo , Detroit , Chica go , St. Louis , up the Ohio river to Cin cinnati , and down the Mississippi river 1 to New Orleans. In 1848 it came from Havre to New Orleans , then procoedcd up the Mississippi river to St. Lctiis and overland by the emigrant route to Lcav- onworthj Fort Larainio , through the couth pass to Salt Lake City , San Fran cisco and Sacramento , and also up the Ohio river to Cincinnati. In 180-1 it came to Now York from England , Franco and Germany and was distributed through the United Slates. In ifiCO it came to Now York from England , Franco and Germany and was can led to Albany , Buffalo , Detroit , Cincinnati , St. Louis , Memphis , Nashville , Now Orleans and f all otbor principal cities and towns in the United States. It was nho carried to the Indian Territory , along the route of the Union Pacific , then building. In 3873 it came to New Orleans from Havre , Bremen and Hamburg , and was carried up the Mississippi river to Memphis , "Vkksburg , St. Louis , Chicago , and up iho Ohio liver to Cincinnati , Wheeling and PHUburif , and aJnioat to Philadel phia and New York. The episode of 3854 followed Iho same coumaaa that of MCO. JURIES AND JURYMEN. In the North American Ilovlow for Ji ly , Judge Robert 0. Pitman presents n article on "Juries and Jurymen , " 1 which ho says that "tho theoretical qua ideations of jurors in all the states ni reasonably high. " This may bo trtro , bi the fault lies in the practice of Bolcctir jurors without regard to the proper qua ideations. Such indeed has boon 11 practice all ever the country , and parti ularly in Omaha , until quite frcquontl ; The fault lies with the officials and m with the laws providing for the manni of selection. It is a gratifying fact , hov ever , that in Omaha there has boon du ing the last ttvo or three years a gradui and perceptible improvement in the a loction of gwnd and petit jurors. Ti reform BO far has been in response I the demand of the people , who * are tire of seeing the professional jurymen ni : the irresponsible nobodies constant ! filling the jury box simply to pass awe time ana draw pay. Such juries cai not , and will not do justice , ar hence their rcdiculoua or outrageo : verdicts , as the case may bo , while cau ing little or no surprise , excite great it dignation , Such juries afford a profltab ) occupation for the profcusional jury flxoi It Booms , however , that the commissior era are at last beginning to realize th importance of selecting grand and poti jurors with some reference to their moro and business atanding in the community and if they aticced as w H in the future as they have in choosing the juror of the present term of court , tin public will have no reason to find fnul with them. It is too often the case that roputablf businots men , when drawn as jurorn endeavor to avoid their duty to the pub lie , and the court is too apt to accopl their excuses and dismiss them. Sucl : mon should remember that if they will not perform jury duty they become re- iponaiblo to a largo extent for the pooi : omposition of juries. Upon this point loint Judge Pitman says : "It is a cur- ont notion that the reason why so ow first class business men are bund upon our juries is that ; hey are excused by the courts. Clio returns wo have given show that mch mon rarely got upon the jury lists , [ n the nxcoptional cases , whore auch mon ire returned to uorv , it is no doubt one > f the most important duties of a judge o brace himself up against yielding to my but the best of excuses Boards of rado would do well not only to indicate t as n point of honor that none of their aombors should Book to shirk this grave mblic duty , but to see to it that their lass bo properly represented. And here at mo add that the general hardship of ho jury duty is over-estimated. I have opoatodly had business mon , at the end f a term , confess to mo not only the sat- ifaotion they have felt in performing his function , ni > d the interest they have olt in their workbut * their aurpriso that t was ao little onerous. " Judge Pitman very properly advocates ho hotter treatment of jurors BO that licit duty will bo performed under moro * grooablo circumstances and moro com- ) rtablo surroundings. However , nprovomonts in this respect re gradually being made , ad the discomforts of jury service are ot half so Bovorc os they were some years go. In the olden times the jurors were opt without food or dro until they grcod , and it was only at a comparatively Dcont date that jurors were allowed to oparatc during the trial of a criminal aso. aso.Tho The judges of the superior , circuit nd county courts , in Chicago , propose o hold a conference this week to discuss , proposition to improve the jury system iy calling for the attendance of jurors lurinq only ono session each day , from 1 o D p. m. Under the present system ho courts open at 10 o'clock , and at least n hour is taken up in the hearing of notions , granting orders , aiid other bust- icss , before the regular trials begin. ? hua the jurymen are compelled to lose icarly the whole morning , which they night profitably devote to their own bus * ness. It is the same in Omaha , and the Jhicago plan no doubt would bo found o work equally as well horo. It is u natter worth considering by the judges nil the members of the bar. Under ho proposed plan the Chicago courts rill devote the morning to motions , irdors , &c. , and the afternoon to jury rials. It is bo believed that by this di- ision of the day , business will bo expo- lited , and jury duty will bo loss onerous , nd consequently business mon will not 10 so apt to make oxousos for not solving , a jurymen. This of course will bo the aoans of securing a batter clam of jurors. fho Chicago News , in urging the odop- ion of this plan , says that the advantages ,10 , so obvious that it is difllcul ) to under- tand why it should moot with any oppo- Ition ; the whole judicial system will bo lonoGttod by it } lawyers will have the iiorning to devote to olllco work or mo- ions , judges to the hearing of motions nd the examination of a uthoritios , and urors to their own business. ' . 'JUS JiOYCOTTEJiS ONCE MORE The protest , filed with the city council , gainst letting the city advertising con- ract to THE Bin : is another specimen of 10 feeble attempts to boycott this paper , 'ho ' protest la signed by ninotopii por- me , who are put forward as the ropro- Mitativca of the eutiro organized labor lomont of Omaha. Upon its face the 3inonstranco boars evidences of the utter urcgard for truth and common sonso. t is alleged that Tim BKB la a "rat" 111co and does not pay fair wages. The fact is that the printers in the BKE Ilico got better wages than those employ. I in any other newspaper olllco in Omn- a. Wo pay il ! cents per thousand , liilo the Jfcrald and Republican only ay U3 CvUt3unii .he essregatu amount of small typo sot in tb.'ig olllco is greater thai that many otb < jr. Every union printo that loft this oFlico would bo only too gla to como back. Union printers are not cj eluded on account of their unionism , bu only when they are sent to this oflico ti create trouble. If our wages are unfai why docs the Omaha printers' union giv permits to members to work in this ol fico ? The boycottora ask the city council t lot the advertising to the paper that h.i the largest bonn fide circulation. Th ! is precisely what wo demand. Wo ar ready not only to establish that wo nc only have the largest actual circulation ii Omaha , but wo are willing to do the ad vortislng free of charge if our circulatioi Is not four timoa larger in the city o Omaha than thai of either of tha morn ing papers. Wo are not only willing t make affidavit as to the circulation o Tin ; BUB , hut wo are ready to place th subscription Hat with the names and res ! donco of the paying subscribers bofori the council for inspection. The stupid fabricator who concoctoi that remonstrance says that the morninj BHR circulates only in Council Bluffsnnc as a clincher declares that the circulatioi in Omaha has bcon almost wiped out b ] the ivitlidrawal of the workingmen fron its lists. This is decidedly rich. Wo d ( not pretend to deliver the morning cdi tion of the Bin : in Omaha by carrier , nm therefore the reference to the Counci Bluffs delivery is moro buncombe. Bui it is a fact , nevertheless , that the genera circulation of the morning BEE is full ; double that of any rival paper printed if Omaha. The workingmen , however , have never boon subscribers to that oil I tion. They take the evening BEE , nnc the boycotters have never boon able tc reduce the circulation among workingmor to any appreciable extent. Our subscription books show that the largest number of [ [ patrons , of all kinds , that were induced to drop the BEE dur ing the recent strike was 100 and moat of those have renewed their subscriptions , Wo can show to-day that out of 3,600 patrons in Omaha not loss than 1800 laborers and mechanics are regular subscribers to the evening edition of the BEE , and where ono workingman subscribes from three to five road the paper. The reason of this la that the working people have never lost faith in the BEE as a true friend of labor , and the moat effective proof of this is that ono third of the men who have bcon induced to sign Lho remonstrance are now regular sub- ioribora of the BEE , and there is no doubt that the others road the paper just ai regularly aa those Trho subscribe. Why. Ed. Walsh himself , who certainly kicked is hard as anybody , now tikes iho BEE is regularly as ho docs his snppor. And fet the boycotters advise the council to ; ivo the city advertising to the paper that is road by the workingmon. If the : ouncll acts upon their request It can do nothing else but make the BEE the ofli- sial paper. The boycotters are only making themselves ridiculous to try and injure this paper. THE Denver Tribune is again agitating ho Bubject of the removal of the mill ary hoadquartora of the department of ho Platte from Omaha to Denver. It ays that the officer * at Omaha are unan- mously in favor of moving "from the lido of the murky waters of the Missouri .o the moro genial climate of tlio Queen 3ity of the Plaina. " The Irlbunc la limply wasting KB time in trying to raise .ho hopes of the people of Denver that inch a removal will take placo. The itatomont that the officers here are unan- moualy ia favor of moving to Denver is i falsehood. The oflicora located here ire Kablo to removal to other pointsfrom .iino to time , but the hoadquartora will remain horo. The Tribune aooms to 'orgot that Omaha is the natural location 'or the headquarters of the department ) f the Platto. Furthermore , Fort Dmaha and the government corral or lopot are permanent establishments , and mvo their influence in retaining the head- luartora hero. There ia no more likoli- lood of the military hoadquartora bolng novud to Denver than there ia of the removal of the headquarters of the Union I'dciiia or B. & M. WK have always boon 111 favor of all iho public improvements that the city : an legally pay for , but there is danger of incurring liabilities which wo cannot noot. It is not desirable that our war rants should bo hawked about , nor that vo should have a largo lloating dobt. iVo can better afford to delay Bomo of , ho work for another yoar. Rome was lot built In a day , aa the saying goes , ind Omaha should not attempt to ovor- lo itself. HENDIUUKH has bravely como to the eacuo of his wlfo , who has boon indis- root in expressing opinions about Mr. Jlovoland that are far from coinplimen- ary. Fortunately Mr. Cleveland has no rife or there might have boon"troublo iu ho democratic household. Olnna anil Franco. SHANOHAI. .Tuly lo. The French minister itTlou liua clomumlocl the withdrawn ! of Ciil- icio troops from the frontloraof Tomnitu ami ho payment of lutlomulty nski'd by Frnnco. I'uo demand \vm delivered to Tmiug Li Ya- non , who rejected It. The time nllowod ylilun by Franco ( or compliance with the urnia uliu ottered expired July 1'Jtli , nml war > l < I > arciiUy U inevitable. Tlio JUomlly i'aK ! o. $ MA113KIU.E8. July 17. i'weuty deaths from holern yoeterduy , TOULON , July 17. Dantlm from cholera oat ntifht , ! , Including' the wlfo'of the Adml- ul Fltqult. Mnnluiiml Cuuimollor Allzarcl triuattucku.l by thodlsoneo hut night nml illuii Ills morning. Uosuonu , minister of 'tlio lute- icr , and Horrluon , mliiUtor of commlrco , nr. ivud. Tiioywero Invited tpvUHSt. Man. Irlor hosjilul. Cnilavorn Carried On . CONSHOHOCKKN , Pn , . J uy ] 10. IJoJy anatch- ru oarrlud oil tha badly of Jolm Muy , wko mrdorad. lila daughter and suicided Us WESZ OF THK MISSOURI. The statistics from the records of t ! county assessors of the state , publish recently in Tnn BEE , f urnish a variety Interesting information concerning ot rapid growth in wealth and populatiot The reports covered twenty five countlo from Buffalo on the west to the Mi souri river , and from Ilichardson on tl ; south to Knox on the north. Th < embrace a majority of the best count ! ' in the state. The assessed valuation i real estate in these counties shows an it oroaso of $1,811,017 ever that of 188. while personal property increased In tl : same period $2,325,080 , or a total in crease in taxable property of $7,137)301 This is certainly a remarkable showln for ono year , Eittmating this to bo one fourth the actual value of the prop or t assessed , wo have a total increase c $28,519,212 in the gouoral wealth c twenty five counties. Taking It ft granted that the counties referred to roj roaont ono half the wealth of the state , low estimate , the total Increase would I 557,098,424 , or $150,434.14 per day. The increase in wealth is the natun result of the vast number of omigran ! from the crowded east and the old worl who have Bottled in the etato during tli past yoar. The government census of 186 sravo the state a population of 452,40 ! and the ochool census of last sprin showed a population of 090,000. Th reports of the assessors show a populo tion of 453,549 in forty counties , whil the census of 1880 gave the oamo countic 321,742 , an increase in four years o 131,807 , or an average of 32,920 a year Should this ratio of increase continu until 1890 the population of the state wil reach 1,100,000. _ Ono important feature of these slntis tics is the faot that the cultivation o wheat is rapidly docroasing. In thi twenty-five counties referred to there ha boon a decrease in the area under wheat compared with that of 1883 , of 20,591 acres. Only six counties Nanco , Sunders dors , Stanton , Platte , Woyno and Dou glas show an increase , amounting to 82. . acres. But while wheat is being abandoned donod , corn ia becoming the great staple the increase for the present year boinj 105,005 acres. The counties of York am Saundora show a decrease in area of con planted , the former of 10,590 acres , one the latter of 30,534. The total increasi In land under cultivation in twenty-five counties foots up 3,810,100 acres. In 1881 there _ were 5,504,702 asres cultivated and it is safe to estimate , from the abovi Dgurcs , that fully 10,000,000 are undoi cultivation the present year. These fig urea speak louder than columns of word ! af Nebraska's rapid growth iu populatior and wealth. A correspondent at Bordeaux , Sioua jounty , Neb , , writes : Where Is the Omaha Indian reservation ? If t sold or being sold to Bottlers and how an Ihoy Bold , under the homestead or pro-omp- , ion lawa , or can nny ono purchase them bj ottllnt ; on them ? Are the lands Rood ! What 3 the price of them ? and who nolU thomt The Omaha reservation lands , situated > otween Burt and Dakota counties , were > poncd to pro-omption settlement last \.pril. The lands were first appraised af iricos ranging from $0 to $20 per acre , tccording to quality and location. The onus cf the government wcro the ap- nralsod price of the land filed on , one 'ourth cash'Und'tho lialftncoia five years. Dho lands were appraised in forty aero clocks. A largo number of people have ilroady settled on the land and doubt- ess the cream of it is taken , The land s among the best in the state , well ratorod and suitable for all kinds of arming. The Noligh land oflico haa hargo of it. Reports from Cheyenne indicate that lie Burlington will tap the Union Pa- ifio at that point. This ia not surprising 3r scarcely a week passes that the push- ig and progressive "Q1' people do not rive a wedge into a root of its mammoth ival. The plan is to build north from [ udson on the present line to Cheyenne , distance of forty miles. The now boom allowing on the hoola of the Yellowstone aad makes the magio city broaden at or girth and fool aa if the rest of the rorld was doing homage to her greatness. 5ut Ohoyonno dosorvoa her good fortune for pluck and poraorvoronco aho takes ho boanory. The Leader says of the now road : 'Oonorol Manager Potter , of the Chicago turliugton & Quinoy road , Baid to ono f the loading citizens of Chuyenno , a ontloman who haa very largo internals oth in Ohoyonno and Larainio county , nd indeed thowholo territory , that ho as astonished to hoar of the amount of usincss being done in Choyono , and it ould bo for the interest of his road to xtoud their line at once to this city , 'his substantially is what ho said , they itend to dc and to do the right way , unt as Boon as the necessary arrange- lonta can bo made and conaummatod. If the fact that this company will then rpparo to extend their line at | ouco to iiis city there can bo no reasonable oubt. At the present time it is less )33 than sixty miles from , the Colorado no to the northern terminus of the Bur- ngton & Missouri road and it ia there- sro plainly to bo scou that just so soon s the authorities of that road are con- inced ( as they appear to bo now ) of the ct that it is for their interests to run un their road to Ohoyouno they can and rill do so at onco. Hon. John Dillon , the well known Irish gltator and cr-mombor of p&rliamont , rho moved to Colorado last opring , has tarted a colonization scheme , backed a lumber of prominent Irishmen of the rest and oast. It is proposed to purchase 00,000 acres of land In the Ogden Vol- ay , Utah , which will bo colonized with minigrnnts from the Emerald Isle , The otails of the scheme are not madn public , 'his is a praleo-worthy undertaking and no which will result iu much practical oed to his follow countrymen. Mr. Hllon has devoted the greater portion of is life to improving the condition of the ooplo of Ireland-aud extorting from an uwilllng , alien government a few half ivillzed laws saddled with coercion. ) no of the utraugoat features of Irish emigration to this country ia the fact tiat at homo the majority of them strug- lo against high routs to make a living If a few acres of ground , yet iu this ountry where land can ba had for a gift , lioy crowd the tenements of largo cities is toad of taking advantage of the atinn's bounty and making for them- lives a homo and competence on a farm , roe of rout and rasping landlauds , The Denver papers are handling Prosi- cat Lvrj"y , of the Bio Grande read , without gloves and contrary to all pug listio rules. It if ill bo remembered thi Lovojoy came from the east as a rallron reformer , and the result of his managi mont of the Rio Grande property is to I found in the foot that the road dofaulto the July interest on its bonds and a ri ccivcr has bcon appointed , Lovojoy BI'J nalizod the clcso of his career by toarin up ono milo of the road where it joins th Denver & llio Grande Western , in a spiii of spleen because the latter road , boin operated under a lease , would nc Knuckle down to his whims. Spoakin of hia rise and fall the Denver Opinio says : "Tho probabilities ore that Prcsi dent Lovojoy , of the llio Grande , wi ! never como back. In any event , ho wi ! not como back as president. "Ho has boon a lamentable illustratio of the folly of placing on ass in a place c power. At no time has ho known anj thing about the road. Utterly ignoran aa a railroad man , ho has depreciated th property to an extraordinary oxtoul Frequently in a state of beaatly intoxica tion , ho has boon unable to devote eve the small intelligence ho may bo possosse of in his sober moments to its aflairs. H has boon the most disastrous fizzle in th railroad history of this country. "His order to tear UD the track of hi road _ is an illustration of his theory a fighting. An ordinary president wouli have boon content with having the tracl washed away through hia own igtioranc and carelessness , lie would not wish ti add to the damage by hiring mon to stea money from the stock and bond-holdon by committing malicious mischief. Mr Lovojoy appears to bo an ass of origin ality , howovor. Ho has a fertility o idiocy. Or , perhaps , ho waa drunko than uaual when ho nont the dispatch t < rob the stock-holders by doatroyiug thoi property. "It is about time that thoao who hovi money in the company should rW themselves solves of thia failure. The suddonneai of his elevation lost him what little heac ho had and ho has been running on the remnant ever sinco. The sooner ho ii driven out of control the better it will beer : or the Colorado and for the RioQrando. ' " f NOTABLE VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Records of Ttioso "Who Worthilj Filled the Important Oflico. Chicago Herald. The oflice of vico-prosidont was intend ed by the founders ot our government to bo an oflico of great dignity aud impor tance. Under the mode of election as at firstcontrived _ , tho- vice president was to bo , in fact , the second choice of the elec tors for president. The electors were to assemble at the time appointed in their respective states and vote for two per sona. The votes were to bo transmitted to the senate and there opened. The per- aon having a majority of the electoral vote was to bo the president , and the person having the next highest number of votes , without respect to a majority , waa to bo vice-president. At the first election Washington received the unani mous vote of the electoral college , but John Adama received only thirty-four votoa out of sixty-nlno , not a majority but the next highest numbor. Ono of the first questions that Adams addressed his mind to waa to the titles which ahould go with the offices of presi dent and vice president. Sturdy patriot and great man that ho was , ho liked the trappinga and the suits of oflice. Ho appeared on the streets accompanied by four scrord-bearers , and ho thought and said that the chief officers of the nation should bo surrounded with splendor and pageantry. "High Mightiness and Pro tector of our Liberties" waa the very lowest designation ho could think of with which to approach the president. As to his own title ho was uncertain. At the inauguration of Washington the arranged ceremony was that the president-elect should bo received by the senate and bo escorted by it to the house ot representa tives , where the oath was to bo adminis tered. This throw Adama into great per plexity , and ho addressed the aonate as follows : "Gentlemen , I do not know whether the framers of the constitution had in view the two kings of Sparta , the two consuls of Homo , or the two auffetos of Carthage when they formed it the ono to have all the power while ho hold it ind the other to bo nothing. Gentlemen , [ feel great difficulty how to act. I am possessed of two separate powers the DUO in ease , the other in posao. I am rice president. In this I am nothing , but 1 may bo everything. But 1 am president also of the senate When the president comes into the senate what mall I bo ? I wish , gentlemen , to think ivhat I shall be. " A solemn sllonco ensued , though the ! on. io of the ridiculouslous was BO strong ivith Bomo of the senators that they came near bursting into laughter. Tlion Ells- worth aroao , with most profound gravity , md aaia : " 1 have looked ever the con- itltutiou and I find , air it ia evident md clear , air that wherever ; ho fsonao is to bo there , sir , you must > o at the head of them ; but further , air , [ shall not pretend to say. " The sonata lold out somu time for titles , but the louse of representatives would not listen , o It , and it was finally ordered that the iresldont should bo addressed by his ofii- sial tltlo only Mr. President. As to the rico president , ho had no designation prhntovor. Adama continued vice president during .lie yoaraof Washington's administration , md then succeeded to the presidency , joing followed in the vice presidential ; hair by Jofl'orson. It was during the attor's incumbency that ho composed the manual of parliamentary rules that lies at the foundation of parliamentary law of the United States. Aaron Burr succeeded Jollerson after that memorable contest for the prosldon- : y of 1800 , which led to a change in the , inothod of choosing the vlco president. It was while ho waa vice president that hia luol with Hamilton took plnco. Ono of the best presiding officers that ever filled that chair , ho ia described as having "the impartiality of on angel , and the rigor of ) devil. " Hia farewell to Iho eeimto at the close of his term produced an unex pected and profound sensation. At its ; oncluaion the whole senate was in tears md so unmanned that it was some time jcforo they could recover themselves lulliclontly to como to order and choose- I'ico president pro torn. To Burr succeeded Goorqa Clintontho 'amoiiB war governor of Now York , dur- tig the revolution , Ho waa an able , vary , aolf-wlllod man , very popular , but lospotio ia hia nature. He wns one of ho strongest opponents to the federal ionstitutiou , and mine near defeating it n the Now York convention. Ho was n cry imposing figure in the politics of his iino , bat ha is known loss as vlco prssl- lent of the United Status than i > a gover- lor of Now York. _ Governor Clinton ho vas to the end of hia days. Ho was vice iroeidont under Jotfersou's second tonu , nd Madison's firef term. HP gave the casting vote against the renewal of th United Stotos bank charter in 1811. H died In the oflico at Washington In Apri The next vice-president was Elbridjj Gerry , signer of the declaration of indi pondonco and 'member of the constiti tional convention , minister to Prance an governor of Massachusetts , a wily an adroit politician , whoso nome ia no chiefly remembered because of associatio with gerrymandering , a political dovic that ho Invented. Ho also died in oflic in Washington in 1814. Daniel D. Tompkins , of Now Yor ) wa < vlco-prcsldont for eight years , froi 1817 to 1825. Ho had boon the govorne of Now York during the war of 1812 , an as such had rendered great service to h country. At the close of his term e vico-nrcsldont ho was ono of the moi prominent candidates for the "presidency but unfortunately for him , the careless ness with which ho kept his account during the war governorship gave rise t accusations of default against him , am ho sank Into an obscurity so profoun that oven his vice-presidency is hardl romomborod. The next was John 0. Calhoun , botto known as a senator than aa vico-prcsi dont. Ho was in fact a loading caudidat for president in 1824 , with Crawford Adams , Jacksou and Olaybut his friend prevailed upon him to take the Bccom place , with a chance for the succcssioi afterward. But for him that time novo came , owing to Jackson's hostility , am then it was that ho began to brood eve secession schemes. Ho delivered hi casting vote against Van Buren's confir mation as minister to England , where upon Old Hickory swore that Van Buroi should bo the next vice-president , will succession to the presidency. All o which happened in accordance with tin iron will of that old despot. Van Buroi waa Buccoeded by "Col. Johnson , wh < killed TccumBoh , " Richard M. Johnaon of Kentucky. Hia caao was the firsi whore the senate waa called upon to olecl a vico-prcaidont , there being no choice bj the electors. Ho was an amiable and somewhat garrulous old ignoramus , when the people of Kentucky delighted to honor with high ollico. Hia lucky ahot at Tecumseh made his evorlaating fame. The evidence in regard to that same ahot , pro and con , delivered before the people in 1840 , when ho waa again a candidate , would fill many bushel baskets. It ii now agreed by the historians that ho is entitled to the honor. But no Whig would believe it in 1850 , and "Tippoca- nee and Tyler , too , " laid out VanBuron and Johnaon. John Tyler was the first vico-presidont that succeeded to the presidency in the constitutional method , and it ia generally agreed that ho did not increase his fame by his acts thereafter. The people laid down the rule in hia case which they have confirmed in three succeeding once , that his accidoncy shall not become hh excellency by vote of theirs. George M. Dallas , of Pennsylvania , next succeeded , a man of dignity and uharactor , but of no great ability. Ho had boon United States Senator and had hold other offices. He was afterward minister to England under Buchanan. Aa vice president ho gave the casting vote in favor of the tariff of 1840 , a free trade ncaaurc , much to the disgust of his Pennsylvania constituents. Ho has also jntorod the realms of the great obscure , The remaining incumbents for this ; reat oflico are noted chiefly for the re peatability of their mediocrity. Fill- nero , King , Brockonrido , Hamlin , John- ion , ColfaxWilaon , Wheeler and Arthur ire names that will certainly never bo listoric in any very high sonso. John- ion will always remain the moat notori- ma as well aa the most celebrated. His inly act of vice president was to take the iath of ofllcoi while oxcosaivoly drunkam1 hen to deliver himself af an inaugura creed that shocked everybody botl riends and foes. At such a apoctacl roll might the dignified ghost of oh ohn Adams repeat to itaolf , "I wish ontloman to think what I shall bo. " Contract Labor , 'ho Million. The bill prohibiting the importation o Droign laborers under contract to work jr a stated time at stated wages , or pay. ig their ocean passage , has passed thi ouse. The spirit of thia bill ia right. It I lie first attempt at any real protection 3 the American workingmon. It does ot forbid any of God's creatures from joking a homo in any portion of Hii omuins. It will , if successful , simply rovent an unnatural migration , now irrlod on to the detriment of earlier sot' ' era and the derangement of the aocia rganlzatioiiB naturally growing up among linn Thia unnatural , congested migration is iko the slave trade or the coolie iniigra ion , a thing to bo deprecated witnou rojudioo to natural migration. iJNVo all believe In the payment of the ublic dobt. But these who have stud id the matter must carefully are con inccd that a too rapid payment of pub- c debts , especially when , as ia our caao ho debt is interwoven into the business f the country , ia injurious. But while thia unnatural migration is bad thing , and while tno framers of the w against it mean well , end may do Jiiio good , wo fear that they have under- ikon a big job. There are some things rhlch plainly ought to bo done if pos- Iblo , which are yet provoklngly impossl- lo. There are others which plainly pght to bo done if convenient that i , ! their doing would not involve collat- ral damages of injustice equal to or roator than the bonofita and rightfl to bo onsorvob. Wo very much fear , while hoping for lie boat , that in ono of these two classes ill fall the attempt to reatrict the im prtatlon of laborers. It "may bo down- ight impossible ; it may bd only inoxpo- lent. For ono thing , certainly , it will grlov- usly disappoint its friends. The labor nported under contract is only a tithe f what comes in , to compote with Amor- : an labor , There are a thousand other ays of unnaturally stimulating lmral ra- ion , which are beyond the reach of law. .nd if not ono of thorn were used , cheap cean passage , increasing war burdens nd other burdens in Europe , ml [ 'increasing population there , reeding social disturbances , all taken jgother , will Inevitably force upon us > r years to come an immigration which will bo idle to attempt to stem. So while wo welcome any attempt to o what scorns feasible in that direction , 0 are satisfied that the protection of the orkiiignutn , or the farmer , to amount 1 anything , is an utter impossibility. ; is because wo rcalko this Impossibility lat wo so halo the Injustice and coarsu loannesa of a protection which from tha sry nature of the case gmuat bo one- ded. 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