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E IP THE MESSAGE. Drooi'danf narrionn An tho Sfafp iitJiuvui inuujuu un mu uiuiv of tbe Nation. i i THE WORK OF FOUR YEARS. ; Farting Discussion of Important ] Public Questions. ! i i Pensions, Elections and the Treas- J nry?New Mail Subsidies Urged? ( Also Continued Work on the New i Navy?Chief Acoompllshmencs of ' the Departments. j To the Senate and House of Representatives: j In submitting my annual message to Congress I have great satisfaction in being able to say that the general conditions affecting the commercial and industrial interests of I the United States are In the highest degree j favorable. A comparison of the existing t conditions with those of the most favored (j period in the history of the country will, I r believe, show that so high a degree of pros- l parity and so general a diffusion of the com- 8 forts of life were never before enjoyvi toy j oar people. r The total wealth of the country fax 1S60 <] was $16,159,616,06s. in 1890 amounted to c 162,010,000,000, an increase uf287 per cent c Tue total mileage of railways in the 1 United States in I860 was 30,626; in 1893 it was iof,i4i, an increase ot 440 per cenu; 0 and it is estimated that there will be about t 4000 miles of track added by the close of the a year 1892. 6 CENSUS FIGURE*. . t The official returns of the Eleventh Cen- 1 ens and those of the Tenth Census for 75 r leading cities furnish the basis for the fol- ? lowing comparisons: , t In 1880 the capital invested in manufac- * tor ins: was $1,232,839,670. In 1890 the capital invested in manufac- a turi ng was $2,9'JO, 735,884. 1 In 1880 the number of employes was c 1,301,388. \ In 1890 the number ot employes was c 2,251,134. t In 1880 tHe wages earnel ware $501,965,- s 778. y In 1893 the wages earned wore $1,221,170,- t 4M. 0 1 In 1880 the value of the product was $2,- 0 711,579,899. c In 1890 the value of the product was $4,- * fWf>28ASH7. S 1 am informed by the Superintendent of the Census that the omission of certain in- s d us tries in 1830, which were included in ' 1890, accounts in part for the remarkable ? increase thus shown. But, after making t toll allowance for differences of method ana p deducting the returns for aft interests not p included in the Census of 1880, there remain t in the reports from these seventy-five cities t an increase in the capital employed of a $1,522,745,604; in the value of the product a of *2,124.236,166; in wace6 earned of 1677,- a 943,929, and in the number of wage-earners n employed of 856,029. The wage-earnings not only show an increased azcregate, but b an increase per capita from |3S6 in 1880 to g 1547 in 189) or 41.71 psr cent. n The new industrial plants established since f< October 6, 1890, and up to October 22, 189?, d as partially reported in the American Econo- n mist, number 345, and the extension of ex- a feting plants, 108; the new capital invested r amounts to 140,449,050, and tne number of & additional employes to 37,285. t The Textile World, for July, 1892, states n that during the first six months of the pres ent calendar year 135 new factories were tl built, of which 40 are cotton mills, 48 knit- e tine: mills, 26 woolen mills, 15 silk mills, 4 plash mills and 2 linen mills. Of the 40 fr cotton mills 21 have been built in the South- to era States. Mr. A. B. Shep person, of the New p Tork Cotton Exchange, estimates the nam- b bear of working spindles in the United 1< States on Ssptember 1, 1892, at 15,200,000, v an increase of 660.000 over the year 1831. a The consumption of cotton by American tl mill* in 1391 was 2,393,000 bales, and in 1892 ii 2,584,000 bales, an increase of 188,000 bales, v From the year 1889 to 1892, inclusive, tl there has been an increase in the consump- w tion of cotton in Europe of 92 per cant., o while during the same period the increased o consumption in the United States has been ei about 150 per cent. , t< The report of Ira Ayer, special agent of fl the Treasury Department, shows that at the tl date of September 80, 1892, there were a thirty-two companies manufacturing tin and terne plate in toe unitea o?wa nuu i< fourteen companies building new works for * neb manufacture. The estimated invest' p ment in building and plants at the close of it tbe flcal year, June 39, 1893, if existing con- ti ditions were to be continued, was f5,000,000, J and tbe estimated rate of production 200, - o 600,000 pounds per annum. The actual pro(taction for tbe quarter ending September p 80, 1892, was 10,9)2,725 pounds. r The report of Labor Commissioner Peck, tl of New York, shows that during the year e: 1891, in about six thousaud manufacturing ii establishments in that State embraced p within the special inquiry made by him, and - n representing 67 different industries, there v was a net increase over the year 1890 of e |S1,315,130.63 in the valuo of the product, and of <6.377,925.09 in the amount of wages paid. The report of the commissioner of labor for the State of Massachusetts shows t: that 3745 industries in <bat State paid c 8129,416,248 in wa?es during the year 1891, e gainst *126,03.),3J3 in 1S9J, an increase of ? 83,335,945, and that there was an increase t of 19,932,490 in the amount of capital and of ~ 7346 in the number o? persons employed in b tbe same period. 8 During the last six months of the year v 1891 and the first six months of 1892 the to- u tal production of pig iron was 9,710,819 tons, 11 :?k <1 oni rn<l rraor 1RO? F S UOUUU <r/w, I v/u wug iu vuv j vw? ?v? ?t which was the largest annual production ever attained. For the same twelve months ol 1891-92 the production of Bessemer ingots was 3,878,5S1 tons, an increase of 189,710 gross tons over the previous unprecedented early production of 3,688,871 gross tone in 1890. Tho productian of Bessemer steel rails for the first six months of 1893 was 772,436 gross tons, as against 702,0 50 gross tons during the last six months of tae year 1891. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. The total value of our fbreign trade (exports and imports of merchandise) during the last fiscal year was SI,857,(583,610 an increase of $128,283,604 over the previous fiscal year. The value of our exports during the fiscal year 1892 reached the highest figure in the history of the Government, amounting to $1,030,"278,148, exceeding by $14?,797,33S the exports of 1891 anil exceeding the value of the imports by $202,873,683. U'JASIWISfc AAU intunau maui,. In our coastwise trade a mo3t encouraging development is in progress, there bavins: been in the last four years an increasa of 16 per cent. In internal commerce the statistics ?how that no such period oi prosperity has ever before existed. The freight cirried in the coastwise trade o the Ore it L ikas in 1890 aggregate 28,293,959 ton-. On tie Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio Rivers an 1 J tributaries in the same year the traffic a~- J gregate.-i :i9,40o,04fi tons, and the total ves- J tel tonDage passing through the Detroit : River during that year was 21,6 >4,000 tons. J The vessel tonnage entered an i cleared in ( the foreign trade of Lmiou during 1S^) ' amounted to 13,480,767 tons, and OtLivarpool 1",941,800 tons, a total for thesa two 1 great snipping ports of 2 4.42 2, a'# tons, only c slightly in excess of tae vesse: toiiuage pass- 1 ing through the Detroit River. < S'.VIKOS OK THE PE0PI.5. < *? ? nt Mi* iTBn?rA.l nro?- , AHUl/Uri IUUIVO.... r perity of tbe country is found in the fact J ] that the number of depositors in saviujs banks increased from 693,870 in IS6J to 4,- ( 258,898 in 1890, an increas? of 518 par coat, i and the amount of deposits from $149,277,- , 504 in 186.) to $1,524,844,5 x> in I89J, an in- i( crease of 921 per caat. lu l?9l tiw amount of deposits in savings banks w $1.623,07J,749. It is estimated that 90 p?r cent, of these deposits represent the savings of wage- j 1 earners. Tho bank clearance* for nine 1 months ending Septe-nber 30,18'Jl, amounted to 141,049,390,808.* For the same months in 1892 they amounted to $15,189,(501,947, an ex- I cess for the nine months of $4.149,211,139. ; v-i^-e has never been a time ia our his- < tory when work was so abundant or when wanes were as high, whether measured by the currency in which t^ey are paid or by their power to supply the necassaries and comforts of life. It is true that the market nrifPK of cotton and wheat have .been low. It is one of the unfavorable incidents of agriculture tliat the farmer cannot produce upon orders. He must sow and reap in ignorance of the agsre^ate production of the year, and is peculiarly subject to the depreciation which follows overproduction. VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS. The value of our total farm proluct? has increaspil from $1.363,64li,St}!5 in 1360 to $4,500,000,000 in 1S91, as estimated by statisticians, an increase oE 230 nor cent. The number of boss January 1. 1S91, was50,625,106 and their value $210,193,925; on January I, 189?, the number was 52.308,010 and the ralue $241,031,415. On January 1, 1891'tbe lumber of cattl? was 38,875,648 and the ralue $544,127,908; on January 1, 1S92. the '[ number was 37,651,239 and the value ?570,749,155. If any are discontented with this state here; if any believa that wa?es or prlcas, ;he returns for honest toil, are inadequate, :hey should not fail to remember that there 8 po other country in the world where the conditions that seem to them hard would lot be ao<$pted as highly prosperous. The English agriculturist would be glai to ex;hange the returns of his labor for those of he American farmer, and the Man:hester workmen their wages for those of heir fellow? at Fall River. A WORD FOR PROTECTION. I believe that the protective system, which las now for something more thin thirtyb rears continuously prevailed in our legisla*a ion, has been a mighty instrument for the levelopment of our national wealth and a nost powerful agency in protecting the tomes of our workingmen from the invaUm of want I have felt a most solicitous n teres t to preserve to our working people ates of wages that would not only give laily bread but supply a comfortable margin for those home attractions and family omforls and enjoyments without which ife is neither hopatul nor sweet. They are American citizens?a part of the ^reat people for whom our Constitution and iovernment were framed and instituted? .nd it cannot be a perversion of that Contitution to so legislate as to preserve in heir homes the comfort, independence, oyslty and sense of interest in the Govern aent which are essential to good citizenship n peace, and which will bring this stalwart hron?, as in 1861, to the defense of the flag fhen it is assailed. It is not my purpose <rto renew here the jgument in favor of a protective tariff, . "he result of the recent election must be acepted as having introduced a new policy. Ve must assume that the present tariff, instructed upon the lines of protection, is o be repealed, and that there is to be subtituted for it a tariff liw constructed solely rith reference to revenue; that no duty is 0 be higher because the increase will keep pen an American mill or keep up the wages >f an American workman, but that in every ase such a rate of duty is to be imposed as eill bring to the Treasury of the United States the largest returns of revenue. The contention has not been between chedules, but between principles, and it could be offensive to sugzest t&at the profiling party will not carry Into legislation he principles advocated by it ani the iledges given to the people. The tariff bills assed by the House of Representatives at he last session were, as I suppose?even in. he opinion of their promotors?inadequate, ' nd justified only by the fact that the Senate J nd tlouse of Representatives were not in ccord and that a general revision could ' ot, therefore, be undertaken. 1 recommend that the whole subject of iriff revision be left to the incoming Con- ' resa. It is matter of regret J;bat this wo;* c ;' lust be delayed for at least toree month ; j' or the threat of great tariff changes intiv- j ' muAli unrortainf.r t.hnf: ati amount, i s UV#P3 SV IUUVU uuwwa ? - , ot easily estimated, of business in&ctio i ad of diminished reduction will necessarily esult. It is possible also that this uncertainty may result in decreased revenues rom customs duties, for our inerchaots will' lake cautious orders for foreign goods in iew of the prospect of tariff redactions ana be uncertainty as to when they will take ffeot. Those who have advocated a protective stiff can well afford to have their disastrous forecasts of a change of policy disapointed. If a syste n of customi duties can ' e framed that will set the idle wheels and < x>ms of Europe in motion and crowd o?r rarehousea with foreign-made goods, and I t the same time keep our own mills busy; * lat will givj us an increased participation < i the "market* of tne world" of greater \ alue than the home market we surrender; bat will give increased wort to foreign ; rorkmen upon products to be consumed by ur people without diminishing the amount < f work to be done here; that will 1 aable the American manufacturer < ) pay to his workmen from < fty to a hundred per cent, more in wages ; nan is paid in the foreign mill and yet to 1 Dmpete in our market and foreign markets 1 rith the foreign pro iucer; that will further 1 .-i nf sohpiiM nt w(wp and food ' OUUVO bUO WW Wfc IM ?tw.ww ^r- ?. rithout reducing the wages of those who 1 roduce them; that can be celebrated, after ' a effects have been realized, as its expects- 1 ions have'been, io^ European as well as in 1 imerican cities, the authors and promoters f it will be entitled to the highest praise. We have had in our history several ex- ( eriencas of the contrasted effects of a : avenue and that of a protective tariff; but , ais generation has not felt them, and the xperience of one generation i9 not highly j istructive to the next. The fronds of the i rotective system, with undiminished con* < ience in the principles they have ad- i oca tod, will await the results of the new xperiment. LABOR AND THE TARIFF. The strained and too often disturb3.1 rela- , ! ions existing between the employes and J tie employer* in our great manufacturing ( stablishments have not been favorable to a , aim consideration by the wage -earner of he effect upon wajei of the protective sys e Ulo nr.rpa, nrara t.hn 9UI. XUO 1CH.-WO bU4V uio *> w. M ^ igheat paid in liie callings ia the world nd that a maintenance of this rate o! , rage?, ia the absence of protective duties j ,pon the product of his labor, was [ possible, wete obscured by the tassion evoked by these contjsts. He nay now be able to review the question in I he light of his personal experience under 1 he operation of a tariff for revenue only. If < hat experience shall demonstrate that pres- i int rates of wa^es are thereby maintained i ir increased, either absolutely or in their < turchasing power, and that the aggregate rolume of work to be done in this country , 3 to be increased, or even maintained, so i hat therfe are more or as many days' work 1 n a year at as good or batter wages for the i American workmen as has been the cose i inder the protective system, every on3 will j ejoica. i A general process of wage re luction can lot be contemplated by any patriotic citiesa i vithout the gravest apprehension. It may indeed I believe it is, possible for the i &.ui ricau manu'aeturer to compete success- i uily wita nis ioreign nvai in many jranchas of production without the defense >f protective duties, if the pay rolls are >qualiz;d; but the conflict that stands ba;ween the producer and that result and the listress of our working people when it is at ainod are not pleasant to contemplate, fhe Society of the Unemployed, now holdng its trequ.u: an 1 threatening parades in ,he streets of foreign cities, should not be illowei to acquire an American domicile. FOREIGN RELATIONS. Our relat:ons with foreign nations are now miisturbed by any serious controversy. L'ne complicated and threatening differences vith Germany and England relating to &moan affairs, with Eugland in relation to ;he seal fisheries in the Bering Sea, and with 3hile growing out of the Baltimore affair, lave been adjusted. "" a a 1.. J.J i nere aava Deea uogouaio i ana conciu aeu luder saction 3 of the tariff law, commer:ial agreements relating to reciprocal trade vich the following couatriei: Brazil, Dolitnican Rjpu'.>!ic, Spain for Cubs ani fuerto Rico, Guatemala, Salvador, the >erman Empire, Great Britain for certain VS'est Indian Colonies and British Guiana, Nicaragua, Honduras and Austria-Huagary. The alarmed attention ot our Europaan :oiupetitors for the South American market has been attracted to this new American policy and to our acquisition aud ttieir loii )[ South American trade. THE BERING SEA. TREATY. A treaty providing for the aroitration of the dispute betwem Great Britain and the United State?, as to the killing of seals in tbe Bering Sea was concluded on the 29th of February lost. This treaty was accompanied by an agreement prohibiting pelagic sealing ponding the arbitration, and it vigorom jffort -was made during thia season to drive WF*?; ' 1 f nut all poaching sealers from the Bering Sea.Six naval vessels, three revenue cutters, and one vessel from the Fish Commission, all under the command of Commander Evan?, of the Navy, were sent into the seas, which was systematically patrolled. Some wai?a morlo an/1 if. ia KfillAVAf) t.hftt; the catch in the Bering Sea by poachers amounted to less than 500 seals. It is true, however, that in the North Pacific, while the seal herds were on their way to the passes between the Aleutian Islands, a very large number, probably 35,000, were taken. The existing statutes ot the United States do not restrain our citizens from taking seals in the Pacific Ocean, and perhaps should not, unless the prohibition can be extended to the citizens of other nations. I recommend that power ba given to the President, by proclamation, to prohibit the taking of seals in the North Pacific by American vessels, in case either as the resu.it of the findings of the (tribunal of arbitration, or otherwise, the re straitits can be aopiie 1 to the vessels of all countries. The case of the United States for the tribunal of arbitration has been prepared with great care and industry by the Hon. John W. Foster, and the counsel who represent this Government express confidence that a result substantially establishing our claims and preserving this great industry for the benefit of all nations will be attained. * CANADA AND THE UNITSD STATES. The contro7ersy as to tolls upon the Welland Canal, which was presented to Congress at the last session by special message, *- 1 J>? i I _ J ? D ? T #Alf rtrtn oaviug ianou wx ajjuaoaiuuv, * m*v w?strained to exercise the authority conferred y the act of July 28, 1893, and to proclaim suspension of the free use of St. Marys Falls" Canal to cargoes in transit to oorta in Canada. The Secretary of the Treasury established.such tolls a; were thought to be' equivalent to the exactions unjustly levied upon our commerce in the Canadian canals. If, as we must suppose, the political relations of Canada and the disposition of the Canadian Government are to remain nochanged, a somewhat radical revision of our trade relations should, I think, be made. Our relations must continue to be intimate, and they should be friendly. I regret to say, however, that in many of the controversies, notably those as to the fisheries on the Atlantic, the sealing (interests on the Pacific, and the canal tolls, our negotiations with Great Britain have continuously been thwarted or retarded by unreasonable Eind unfriendly objections and protests from Canada, in the matter of the canal tolls, nni? rraa rr rierhtq ware flawautlv disre yarded, ft is hardly ton muca to say that the Canadian Pacidc and ottier railway lines which parallel our northern bouadary ire sustained by commerce having either its Drigln or terminus, or both, in the United States. Canadian railroads compete with those of th* United States for our traffic, ind without the restraints of our interstate:ommerce act. Their cars pass almost without detention into and out of our territory. There is no disposition on the part of tae people or Government of the United States to interfere in the smallest degree with the political relations of Canada. That question is wholly with her own people. It is time 'or us, however, to consider waetaer, if the present state of things and trend of things s to continue, oar interchange? upon lines )f land transportation should not be put up>n a different basis, and our enure independence of Canadian canals and of the St. Lawrence as an outlet to the sea secured by Che construction of au American canal wound the Falls of Niagat a and the opening of ship communication between the Great Lakes and one of our own seaports. We should not hesitate to avail ourselves >f our great natural trade advantages. We ihould withdraw the support which is given ? the railroads and steams tup uues 01 uanida by a traffic that properly belongs to as, iud no lunger furnish the earnings which i.ghten thj otherwise crushing weigat of the :uorihotu public subsidies tbat have been ;.Vdn to tbem. The subject of the power of cue Treasury to aeal with this matter withjut furtuer legislation has been under consideration, but circumstances have postponed a conclusion, it is probable tbat a xmsideration of the propriety of a modification or abrogation of the article cf the rreaty of Washington relating to transit of goods in bond is involved in any complete solution of the question. THE caiLSAPT TRDUBLR. Congress at the last session was kept adriaed of the progress of the serious and for a Lime threatening differences between the United States and Chile. It gives me now jreat satisfaction to report that the Chilean Jovernment, in a most friendly and honorable spirit, has tendere i ani paid as an indemnity to the families of tae sailors of the Baltimore who were killed and to those who were injured in the outbreak in the city of Valparaiso the sum of 973,030. This has been iccepted, not only as an indemnity for a wrong done, but as a most gratifying eviienoe that the Governmant of Chile rightly appreciates the disposition of tbls Government to act in a spirit of t'ae most absolute fairness and frienilia?sj in our intercouse with that brave people. A farther and conjlusive evidenca of the mutuil ro3pec t and zonfldsnca now existing is furnished by the Tact that a oonvention submitting to arbitration the mutual claims of the citizans of the respective Gjvernmants has been agreed upon. the italian affair. The friendly act of this Government in axpressingto the Government of Italy its reprobation and abhorrence of the lynching sf Italian subjects in New Orleans, by the payment of 123,000 francs, or 124,330.90, was accepted by the King of Italy with every inanifestation of gracious appreciation, and tha incident has been highly promotive of mutual respect and good will. help the nicaragua canal. I repeat with great earnestness the recommendation whicn I have made in several r.~?riniia moocgrraz fhnf: nrnmntand fLdeail&te rapport be given to the American Company angaged in the construction *f the. Nioaragua Ship Canal. It is impossible to overstate the value from every standpoint of this great snterprise, and I hope that there may bs time, even in this Congress, to give to it an impstu8 that will insure the early completion )f the canal and secure to the United States Its proper relation to it wben complete!. HOPEFUL FOB SILVER. , The Congress has been already advised that the invitations of this Government for the assembling of an International Monetary Conference to con3idar tha question of an snlrfrgai use of silver were accapted by the nations to which thev were ad lre3sed. The conference assembled at Brussals on the .'21 of November and ha3 entered upon the consideration of this great question. I have not doubted, and have not taken occasion bo express that belief, as well in the invitations issued for this conference as in my public messaTpes, that the free coinage of silvar upon an agreed international ratio would greatly promote Che interest of our people and equally those a.' other nations. It is too early to predioc what results may be accomplished by the conference. If any temporary check or delay intervenes. I believe that very soon commercial conditions will compel the now reluctant Governments to unite with us in this movement to secure the enlargement of of the volume of coined money needed for the transaction of the business of the world. THK TRKA3UBT. The report of the Secretary of the Treaa ury will attract especial interest m view or the many misleading stitemants that have been made as to tin state of the public revenues. Three preliminary facts should not only be stated, but emphasized, before looklag into details: First, thit the public debt has been reduced since March 4, 18S9, $259,074,20.'), and the annual interest charge $11,631,469; second, that there have been paid out for pensions during this administration up to November 1, 189 3, $432,554,173.70, an* excess of $114,466,336.09 over the sum expended during t&e Denoi from March 1, 1885, to Mar^h 1 18?9. and third, that under the ex istin? tariff u.j to December 1 about 193, 000,000 of revenue, waich would have been collected?upon imported sugars if the duty had beeh maintained, has gone into the pockets of the people and not into the public treasury, as before. If there are any who still think that the surplus should have been kept out of circulation by hoarding it in the Treasury, or deposited in favored baaks without interest while the Government continued to pay to these very banks interest upon the bonds deposited as security for the deposits, or who think that cne extended pensioa legislation was a public robbery, or that the duties upon sugar should have been maintained, I am content to leave the argument where it now rest-, while we wait to see whether these criticisms will take the form of legislation. The revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30, 18SW. from all source* were $425,/ * ' l 'ii -v 868,360.23, and the expenditures for all purposes were $415,953,806.56, leaving a balance of 19,914,153.60. There were paid during the year upou the public debt $40,570,467.98. The surplus in the Treasury and the hank redemDtion fund, passed by the act of July 14, 1890, to the general fund, furnished in large part the cash available and used for the payments made upon the public debt. Compared with the year 1891, our receipts from customs duties fell off $42,06J,241.08, while our receiota from internail revenue increased $8,334,823.13, leaving the net loss of revenue from these principal 80urces $33,754,417.95. The net loss of revenue from all sourcoa was 531,675,97J. 81. The revenues, estimated and actual, for the fiscal year ending; June 30, 1893, are placed by the Secretary at $463,336,350.44 and the exoenditures at $461,336,351.44, showinz a surolus ot receiDti over expend!- j tures of $2,000,000. The cash balance in the Treasury at the end of the fiscal year it is estimated will bo $20,292,377.03. The estimated receiots for the flscii year ending June. 33, 1S94, are $49), 121,865.38, and the estimated appropriations $457,261,335.33, leaving an estimated aurD'm of receipts over expenditures of $32,8(50,033.05. This does not include any payment to the sinlring fund. The public confidence in- the purpasa and ability of the Government to maintain the purity of all our money issues, whether coin J or paper, must remain unsaaken. The demand for gold in Europe and the consequent calls upon us are .n a considerable degrea the result of the efforts of some of tue European Governments to increase their gold reserve, and tneee efforts should be met by appropriate legislation on our part. The conditions that have created this drain of the Treasury gold are in an i moor tan t degree political and not commercial. In view of the fact that a general revision of our revenue laws in the near future seem to be probable, it would be better that any changes should be a part of that revision rather than of a temporary nature. 8ILVEB BOUGHT AND COINED. During the last fiscal year the Secretary purchased under tbe acc oc July 1.4, law, 54,355,748 ounces of silver, and issued in payment therefor $ >4,106,603 in notes. The total purchases sinca the passage of th9 act have been 120,479,981 ounces, and the aggregate of notes issued 9116,783,590. The average pric9 paid for silver during the year was 91 cents per ounce, the highest price being $1,025^ July 1, 1891, ani the lowest $0.83 March 21, 1892. In view of the fact that the monetary confereuce is now sitting and that no conclusion ha3 yet b9en reached, I withhold any recommendation as to legislation upon this subject. RUT REORGANTZA.TION DEMAND RD. The repjrt of the Secretary of War brings again to the attention of Congress some important suggestions as to the reorganization of the infantry and artillery arms of the servica, which his predecessors hare before urgently predated. Our army is small, but its organisation should all the more be put upon the most approved modern basis. The conditions upon what we have called the "frontier" have heretofore required the main te nance or many small pasta, out now the policy of concentration is obviously the right one. The reorganization and enlargement of the Bureau of Military Information which the Secretary has effected is a work the usefulness of which will become every year more apparent. The work of building neavy guns and the construction of coast defensss has been well begun and should be carried on without check, CLAIMS AGAXN3T THE QDVJSBLUETT. The aggregate of claims pending against the Qovernment in the Court of Claims is enormous. Claims to the amount of nearly $400,000,000 for the taking of or injury to the property of persons claiming to be loyal during the war are now before that court for examination. When to tlese are addei the Indian depredation claims and the French spoliation claims an aggregate is reaoiei that is indeed startling. In the defense of ail these cases the Government is at great disadvantage. The claimants have preserved their evidence, whereas the agents of the Government are sent into ths field to rummage for what they can find. The difficulty is peculiarly great where the fact to be established is the disloyalty of th9 claimant durT# 4-Uim O fffl i n Q t Mlg IUO TTCM. XL uuio ?UiW-? . oar revenues is to have no other check car* tainly Congress shoull supply the Department of Justice with appropriations sufficiently liberal to secure the best legal talent in the defense of these claims and to pursue its vAgua search for evidence effectively. POSTAL ATPAXR8. The postal revenues have increased duria? the last year nearly *5,000,000. The deficit for the year ending June 3D. 189 i, is $849,311 less than the deficiency of the preceding year. The deficiency of tha present fiscal year, it is estimated, will ba reduced to $L,553.423, which will not only ba extinguished during the next fiscal year, but a surplus ol nearly one million dollars shoull tnen b9 shown. In these calculations the payments to be made under the contracts for ocean mail service have not been included. There have been added 1590 new mail routes during the year, with a mileage of 85ft3 miles; ani the total number of new miles of mail trips added durinz tha year i< nearly seventeen million.-. The number of miles of mail journeys aided during the last four years is about seventy-six millions, this addition baing tweuty-one millions of miles more than were in operation in the urhstlA ortnnfrv in Iftftl The number of posfcofficae has been increased bv 2790 during the year; and 'luring the past four years aa i up to October 29 last the total increase in the numbar of offices has been nearly nine thousand. The number of free-deli vary offlcss has baen nearly doubled in tie last four years, and the number of money-order offlcas more than doubled within that time. For the three years ending June 3), 1893, the postal revenue amounted to $197,741,339, which was an increase of $53,263,153 over th9 revenue for the three years ending June 30, 1806, the inorease during the last three years being more than three an 1 a half times as great as the increase during the three years ending June 30,1898. A wholesome caan;e of policy and one having in it much promise, aa it seems to me, was begun by the law of March 3, 1891. Under this Taw cjntract3 have been made by tne xroiitmasier-oraaardi lUl oia you iu?u route3. The erpaaditura involved by thesj contracts for the next fiscal year approximates $915,123.33. As oa9 of the results already reaohed 10 American steamships of an aggregate tonnage of 57,403 ton9, C03tin? 57,400,000, have Been built or contracted to be built in American shipyard*. No subject, I think, more nearly touches the pride, the power and the proiosrity of our country than this of the development of our merchant marine upon the S9a. If we could enter into conference with other competitors and all would agree to withhold Government aid we could perhaps take our chances with all the rest, but our great competitors have established and maintained their lines by Government subsidies until they now have practically erclu lei ui from participation. In my o linion no choics is left to us but to pursue, moderataly at least, the same lines. OETB NAVAL PROGRESS The report of the Secretary of the Navy exhibits great progress in th9 construction of our new navy. When the present Sscretary entered upon his duties only three modern steel vessels were in commission. The vessels since put id commiasiuu uuu ou i be put in commission during the winter will make a total of 19 during his administration of the Department. During the current year 10 war vessels and 3 navy tugs have been launched^ and during the four years 25 vessels will have been launched. Two otner large ships and a torpedo boat are under contract and the work upon them well ad vane kI, and the four monitors are awaiting only the arrival of their armor, which has bean unexpectedly delayed, or they would have been bsfore this in commission . Contracts have been let during this ad ministration, under the appropriations for the increase of the Navy, including new ves sels and their appurtenanc33, to tne amount of $35,000,000, and there has been expanded during the same period for labor at navy yards upon similar work $8,000,000 without the smallest scandal or charge of fraud or partiality. It is believed that as the result of new processes in the construction of armor plate our later ships will be clothed with defensive plates of higher resisting power than are found in any war vessels afloat. We were without torpedoes. Tests have been made to ascertain the relative efficiency of different constructions, a torpedo has been adopted, and the work of construction is now being carried on successfully. We were without armorpiercing shells and without a shop instructed and eauiDDed for the construction of them. We are now makin? what Is be- ai lieved to be a projectile superior to any be- st fore in use. A smokeless powder has been cl developed and a slow banting powder for ai Runs of large calibre. A hitch explosive, ti capable of use in large shells tired from ser- N vice gunp, has been found, and the manu- tc facture'of gun cotton has been developed so aj that the question of supply is no longer in ol doubt. ti i ViTTiT lm.Wi ti The development of a naval militia, which ^ has been organized in eight States and " brought into cordial and co-operative relations with the Navy, is another important achievement. There are now enlisted in ~ these organizations 1800 men, and they are 6J likely to be greatly extended. I recommend such legislation and appropriations as will ? encourage and develop this movement. ^ WORK IN THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. The work of the Interior Department, al- p< ways very burdensome, has been larger re than ever before during: the administration ti of Secretary Noble. The disability pension tt law, the tak ng of the Eleventh Census, the sh opening of the vast areas of Indian iands to sti settlement, the organization of Oklahoma, ol and the negotiations for the cassion of In- ai dian lands furnish some of the particulars of lit the increased work and the results achieved ot testify to the ability, fidelity and industry gt of the head of the Department and his em- at cient assistants. ? , ' sb The work in the Indian Bureau, in the exe- W cution of the policy of recant legislation, has ot been largely directed to two chief purposes: in nrab, tiue cuiubruuub ol muaa in severalty, so to the Indians oni the cession to the United ar States of the surplus lands: and, secondly, to to the work of educating the Indian for his own bj protection in his closer contact with the white man and for the intelligent exercise of bis new citizenship. I have several times been called upoa to remove Indian agents PJ appointed by me, and have done so 01 promptly upon every sustained complaint of m unfitness or misconduct. I believe, how- w ever, that the Indian service at the agencies has been improved and is now administered on the whole with a good degree of efflc- 38 iency. If any legislation is possible by which the selection of Indian agents can be wholly removed from all partisan suggestions or considerations, I am sure it would be a great relief to the Executive and a j great benefit to the service. m , THE SUBJECT OF PENSIONS. le< The report of the Commissioner of th Pensions, to which extended notice is given jn by the Secretary of the Interior in his u, report, wiil attract great attention. juagea t>v tne aggregate amount oc work ;tl done the last year nas been the greatest ia 1L the history of the offloa. I believe that the <ju organization of the office is efficient, and W( that the work has been done with fidelity. ^ The pa&sage of what is known as the disabilitybill has, as was foreseen, very largely og increased the annual disbursements to je the disabled veterans of the civil war. The estimate for this fiscal year was $144,- jm 958,000, and that amount was appropriated. A deficiency amounting to $10,508,021 must be provided for at this session. The estimate for pensions for the fiscal year saj ending June 30, 1894, is $165,000,COO. Tae to Commissioner of Pensions believes that if da the present legislation and methods are an maintained and futher additions to the pen- of sion laws are not made, the maximum ez- m< oenditure for pensions will be reached June vo 39.1894, and will be at the highest point ap $188,000,000 per annum. th: I adhere to the views expressed in previous to mposAQ'aa that the care of the disabled sol- hn diers of the war of the rebellion is a matter pa of national concern and duty. Perhaps no mi emotion cools sooner than that of gratitude, all but I cannot believe that this process has tic yet reached a point with our people that va would sustain the policy of remitting the hlj care of these disable! veterans to the inade- fr< qoate agencies, provided by local laws. Toe eq parade on the 2oth of September last upon of the streets of this capital of sixty thousand of be the surviving Union veterans of the war of wl the rebellion was a most touching and thrill- an iag episode, and the rich and gracious welcome extended to them by the District of ne Columbia and the applause that greeted sh their progress from tens of thousands of poo- wl pie from all the States did much to revive eli glorioui recollections of the grand review, th when these men and many thonsand others ou now in their graves were welcomed with te grateful joy aa victors in a strangle ia which ar the national unity, honor and wealth were qt all at issue. uf AQRICtfl/nraXL DKPXBTXENT WOBE. *a u< The report of the Secretary of Agricul- hi ture contains not only a mo3t interesting fr statement of the progressiva an 1 valuable ar work done under the administration of th Secretary Rusk, but many suggestions for pi the enlarged usafulneu of this important tb Department-. In the succaesful effort to qti break down the restrictions to the free in- to traduction of our meat products in the in countries of Europe, tne Sezratary has been pc untiring from the first, stimulating and aiding all other Government offloars, a* home and abroad, whose official duties enabled them to participate in the work. The total trade in hog products with ?D Europe in May, 1893, amounted to 82,000,- jT000 pounds, against 43,900.000 in the same month of 1891; in June, 1892, the exports J3? aggregated 85,700,000 pounds, against 46,- ~ 500, OOJ pounds in the same month of the oc previous year; in July there was an increase J" of 41 per cent, and in August of 55 oer cent. st ??? rki>>?MiPMnnTi/)in(r mnntlwnf 1891. OtTflr 9? 49,000,000 pounds oC inspected pork have ^ been exported since the law was put into operation, and a comparison of toe four * months ot May, June, July and August, mi 18i \ with the same months of 1891, show an la increase in the number of pounds of our ex- cu port of pork product of 62 per cent., and an 51' increase in value of 06>? per cent. The exoorta of dressed beef increased from ctl 137,900,030 pounds in 1839 to 220,500,0-30 pounds in 1893, or about 60 per cent. Dur- tU] inz the past year there have been exported ,W1 394,6)7 head of live cattle as against 295,780 141 exported in 18S9. This increased exportation has been largely promoted by the inspection authorized by law and the faithful D< efforts of the Secretary and his efficient sub- th ordinates to make that inspection thorough fo and to carefully exclude from all cargoes an diseased or suspected cattle. he The requirement of the English regula- pr tions that live cattle arriving from the e* United States must be slaughtered at the co ?* J- *? 1-4- nr doc lis naa its origin ia ma uituu uubk jjwuiu- ? pneumonia existed aicoa^ American cattle, 1*1 and that the existence of the disease could is only cartaioly be determined by a post-mor- TX tem inspection. ^ The Department of Agriculture has labored with great energy and faithfulness to exfcir- P pate this disease; and, on the 26th day of m September last, h public announcement was m made by the Secretary that the disease no P? longer existed anywhere within the United States. 1'ne value to the cattle industry of 10 the United States of t lis achievement can w hardly be estimated. We cannot, perhaps, at once insist that this evidence shall be accepted as satisfactory by other countries; but if the present exe motion from the disease is m&intaine 1 and the inspection of our rattle arriving at foreign port', in which our own veterinarians participate, confirms ;v it, we may justly expect that the requirement that our cattle shall be slaughtered at the doc'is will be revoked, as the sanitary restrictions upon our pork products have be9ii. If our cattle can be taken alive to the interior the trade will be enormously 08 increased. es Agricultural producto constituted 73.1 per l cent, of our unprecedented exports for the fiscal year which closed June 30, 1892, the j tottl exports being 81.030,278,030, and the p value of the argricultural products 1733,- jj 717.676. which exceeds by more than 8150,000. (XH) the shipment of agricultural pro- j, ducts in any previous year. p An interesting and a promising work for the beneSt of the American farmer has p been begun through agents of the Agricultural Department in Europa, and con- p sists in efforts to introducs the various products of Indian corn as articles of human food. The hi^h prica of rye offered a favorable opportunity for the experiment in Germany of g< combiniDg corn meal with rye to produce a p' cheaper bread. A fair degree of success has been attained, and some mills for grinding corn for food have been mtro luced. The ^ .Secretary is of the opinion that this new use of fcue products of corn has already stimulated exportations, and that if diligently persecuted large and important markets can presently be opened for this great A American product, It may, I think, bo 3aid without challenge that in no corresponding period has so much I been done as during the last four years for fe the benefit of American agriculture. oi XEER CF .VATION'AL QlT ATlANTnOS. V The subject of quarantine regulations, in- ti spectiou and control was brought suddenly w to my attention by the arrival at our ports oi in August last of vessels infected with p; ! cholera. Quarantine regulations should be t! ' filform at all oar ports. Under the Conitution they are plainly within the elusive Federal Jurisdiction when and so far i Congress shall legislate. In my opinion le whole subject should be taken into 'atinnnl Anntml ?nd ftfiwinstfl nower tfiven > the Executive to protect our people jainat plague invasions. On the 1st ! September last I approved regula* ons establishing a twenty-day quaranne for all vessels bringing immigrants om foreign porta. This order will be oonnued in force. Some loss and suffering ive resulted to passengers, bot a doe care ir the homes of the people justifies in such ises the utmost precaution There Is dan;r that with the coming of spring cholera ill attain appear, and a liberal appropriaon should be made at this session to enable it quarantine and port officers to exclude ie deadly plague. We are peculiarly subject in our great >rts to the spread of infectious diseases by tason of the fact that unrestricted emigra* on brings to us out of European cities, in ie overcrowded steerages of great steam lipS) a WI^O UUJIUUI Ul |fV*0UUD *VUVO(7 irroundings make them th) easy victims ! the plagrie. - This consideration, i well as those affecting the po* Heal, moral, and iadostrial interests of ir country, lead me to renew the sug* sstion that admission to oar oouutry id to the high privileges of its citizenship ould be more restricted and more careful. re have, I think, a right and owe a duty to ir own people, and especially to our work* g people, not only to keep out the vicious, ie ignorant, the evil disturber, the pin per, id the contract laborer, but to check the o great flow of immigration now coming r further limitations WORLD'S TATB pntOBESS. The report of the World's Columbian Ex* >ritiou has not yet been submitted. That the Board of Management of the, Govern* ent exhibit has been received and is here* [th transmitted. The work of construction id of preparation for the opening of the (position in May next has progressed most tisfactorily and upon a scale of liberality id magnificence that will worthily sustain e honor of the United States. PROTECTION FOE RAILWAY EMPLOYES. In renewing the recommendation whioh have made in three preceding anlal messages that Congress should jislate for the protection of railroad iployes against the dangers incident tov e old and inadequate methods of brakg and coupling which are still in use ton freight tram?, I do so with the hope at this Congress may take action upou' e eubject. Statistics furnished by the Inrstate Commerce Commission show that iring the year ending Juue 30, 1S91, there jre 47 different styles of car couplers rerted to be in use, and that during the same riod there were 2630 employes killed and , 140 injured. Nearly 10 per oenfc. df the aths occurred in the coupling and uncouple or cars, and over 86 per cent of the in ries had tbe same origin. ELECTIONS AM) APPORTION MEJTT8. r have, in each of the three annual messes which it has been my daty to submit Congress, called attention to the evils and ngers connected with our election methods d Draotices as they are related to the choice officers of the National Government. In j last annual message I endeavored to iake serious attsntion to the evils of unfair portionments for Congress. I cannot close is message without again callinz attention these grave and threatening evils. I bad ped that it was possible to secure a nonrtlsan inquiry, by means of a commission, to evils the existence qt which is known to and that out of this might grow legislam from whiQh all thought of partisan ad? -KahW Ka alimlnofol art A ftnlv thA OUVU4U wv VUlUtMWV ? ??. - J _ jber thought appear of maintaining tfye j jedom and purity of the ballot and the aality of the elector, without the guaran4which the Government could never u?. en formed and without the continuance c lich it cannot continue to exist in pete d prosperity. It Is time that mutual charges of Unfairss and fraud between the great parties ould'cease, and that the sinoerity of those so profess a desire for pure and honest actions should be brought to the test of eir willingness to free our legislation! and ir election methods from everthinz that ads to impair the public confidence In the inounced result. The necassity for an inilry, and for legislation by Congress, ion this subject is emphasis 3d by the cS that the tendency of the Iegisla* >Q in some States in recent years ts in some important particulars been away om and not toward free and fair elections " r. i* id equal apporuomown. &-> uw? At wa should come together upon the high ana of patriotism while we devise method* at shall secure the right of every span lalifled by law to caat a free ballot aoi giro every such ballot an equal value in chooe* g our public offlcarj and in directing the ilicy ot the Government? AGAINST LYXCH LAW. Lawlessnesi is not less such, but more, ] are it usurps the functions of the peace .leer and of the courts. The frequent aching of colored people acm3sd of crime without the excuse which has sometimes en urged by mobs for a failure to pursue e appointed methods for the puuisntneut crime, that the accused havj an idue influence over courts and juries, ich acts are a reproach to the mmunity where they occur, and so r as they can be made the subject of lieral jurisdiction the strongest repressive filiation is demanded. A Dublic seat!ant that will sustain the officers of the w in resisting mobe and in protecting acsed persons in their custody should be proDtedby every possible means. The of er who givea his life in t&e brave a is- i arge of this duty is worthy of special mor. No lesson nee is to be so urgently | ipr&jsed upon our people as this, that no >rthy end or cause can be promoted by svlassness. LJlST words. This exhibit of the work of the Executive . ?partments is submitted to Congress ani to e public in the hoDe that there will be und in it a due sensa of responsibility and i earnest purpose to maintain the national mor and to promote the happiness1 and osperity of all our people. And this brief :hibit of the growth and prosperity of the untry will give us a level from which to ?te the Increase or decadence that new gislative policies may bring to U3. There no reason why the national influence, >wer, and prosperity should not observe e same rate of increase that have charao r zei the past thirty years. We uarry the *eat impulse and Increase of these years to the iuture. There is no reason why in any lines of production we should not sur133 all other nations as we have already >ne in some. There are no near frontiers i our possible development. Retrogression ould be a crime. bzn-jaia.v Harrison. Executive Mansion, December 6, 1802. THE NATION'S NEEDS. stlmated Expenses ot the Govcrn? ment lor Next Year. Secretary Foster, of the Treasury Departent has submitted to Congress the book of itimates for the fiscal year 13'J3-'94. The itimates are as follows: sgislative establishment.... #3,748,414.71 xecutive establishment 21,52?,3)1.10 udicial establishment 664r6'X).00 oreijrn intercourse 1,737,079.90 lilitary establishment 26.301,855.96 aval establishment 23,671,315.21 idian affairs 8,123,211.31 ensioos 166,831.350.00 ublic works 18,030.673.72 ostal service (Not incorporated) [iscellaneous 35,307,139.93 ercianent annual appropriations 115,463,278.92 Total 9431,612.215.66 The estimates for 1S92-98 were mi.wi,* >3.10, and the appropriations for the same sriod were $423,'..'61,970.67. The estimates s submitted age $1,649,753 less than the apropriations fof the current fiscal year. FASTING- FIFTY DAYS. . Man's Attempted Abstention From Food in Cleveland. Arthur Wiullmeau has began a fifty days' ist at Clevland, Ohio, under tbo auspices t the Western Reserve Madical University. Hullmeau for weeks has been in careful aining, and enters the fast with a bndy ell prepared. Tho entiro medical faculty I tho Western Reserve University will bo resent to observe tho faster's condition at id i tart. ??????mmmwmrnmm CONGRESS REASSEMBLES. The Senate and House Form* all/ Organize for Business. Scenes Attending the Opening ot the Short Session ' : < - fbe session ot the Fifty-seoond Congress was opened at noon oaths appointed day for assemblage, and with probably a brief Intermission daring the holidays will continue until March 4, when a new Conand a new Administration vriil CTme gajS into ezisteooe. The President's message was not ready for transmission, so tbere was nothing to do bat to aljoarn over. antQ next day. An unqnsstfoned quorum was present in each branob, so that the routine work ot the ?ilon wfli no" doubt be nromotlr resumed after the Preei dent's recommendations have been received and read. A beautiful crisp .winter day ushered in the sesnoa, and long before the' hour of noon spectators began to arrive at the House wing of the Capitol in order to secore advantage of seats in the galleries. Members also began to arrive early and the scene presented on the floor was a iuvely and bustling one. Ip both Senate and Hottse there was a rare j j display of beauty in the galleries anl flowers on the floor, for although it was geoer-! ally understood that no boriness could be transacted to-day, and that no commnnica-; tion would be receivel from the President, t it is the habit of the Washington women to be in attendance on. the opening ceremonies of Congress, and to see that the desk of her favorite statesman is snttablv decorated. Sharp upon the stroke of l&Vies-Fresident Morton brought the gavel down, barely missing a circular -shaped basket of roses that rested on his desk, and the Senate came to order. Chaplain. Butler, in his prayer, referred feelingly to the Presidents recent afflictions. 'There was a surprisingly large number of Senators present, seventy-one, of the eightyeight being ready for busifces*. Among the " r absentees were the two New York Senators. After the ooening prayer by the Chaplain, Senator Morrill presented the certificate of election of his colleague, Senator Bedfield Proctor, of Vermont, (or the unexpired term of George F. Edmunds, terminating March 8,1S9S, and for the ensuing term of six years. Upon the arm of his venerable colleague, Mr. Proctor, advanced to, the dais of the Vice-President's dssfc, and Mr. Morton administered the statutory oath. Senator Sherman presented the en* tomary resolution instrucdn? the Secretary to inform the House that the Senate wm reedy to procced to business. Senator Hals offered a resolution authorising the President to appoint a committee at two to join a similar committee on the part of the House to inform the President . that a quorum of eseh Ebon mis nrnesnf. and that Congress was ready to nostra any communication h# might hare to make. The resolution was adootel and Maws. Hals and Gorman went named as the committee. Mr. Sherman suggested that the 8en? ate should take a recess until 1 o'clock, which was agreed , to. On reaesembling the Senate received a 5 massage from the Hbnse of Reprsssatatirss by Mr. Kerr, its Clerk, announcing that a quorum had anpearsd, and that it was ready to- oroeeed to business. At 1&} Senators Hale and Gorman appeared, and Mr. Hale reported that they had performed the duty assigned them. The President had responded that he would send a message in writing to Congresl at the beginning of tomorrow's session. Thereupon, the s*aat%4sn on motion of Mr. Sherman, adjourned. In the House, as the hands of this clock oointed to twelrev Speaker Crisp escsuied to the Speaker's chair, and as his gsre? droppad a solemn hush followed the noise and i confusion. The blind chsplsfa. . tha Ear. Dr. MUburn, delivered a brief and impressive prayer.. Two hundred ?* ? romnadM BUU bnouuj'LVIu m _ to the roll oall, the Clerk wu ordered to inform the Senate that tiie House was ready to proceed to businee*. A committee, composed of Heestts. Springer, Forney and O'Neill ^Pennsylvania), was appointed to join a committee of the Senate to announce to the President that both Houses were in session and ready to receive any communication he saw at to make. Mr. Payne, of Naw York, presented tile petition of John L Davenport; Chief Supervisor of Elections' tor the Southern District of New York, for a hearing before the bar of the House of Representatives, "he having been- denied 'a bearing by a oommlttee of the Hotm." It was referred to the Select Committee appointed to Investigate the administration of United States election laws in the dtrof New York. ,n" ?/if jnHn T. HfiLtnraL from the Sixth District of Soath Carolina; 8. G. Hilborn, from the Third California District; . Lewis B. Oneghan, from the Sixteenth Ohio District; John B. Brown, from the First Maryland District, and Sykefc from the Twenty-fourth Pennsylvania District; were read and approved. The memberselect came forward and were sworn in. The report of the Utah Commission, the report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the report submitted by the Board of Managers of the Home for Disabled Soldiers were read by title and referred. At 12:40, upon motion of Mr. MoMillin, . the House took a recess for thirty minutes in order to give the committee ap- ' pointed to wait upon the President opportunity to report. At 1:85 the committee returned, and Mr. (Springer announced that the commission with whioh they were * charged had been executed and that the President would sen! a communication ?to the House next day. Mr. English, of New Jersey,* announced the death of bis colleague, cue iawj nc^nmuutlve Edward F. McDonald, and stated that at a future time he hoped to submit some f appropriate remark*. He offer* i the usual resolutions of respxt an i asked that as an additional mark of respect the Housa adjourn. The resolutions were adopted, and at 1:40 the House adjourned. PBOMINEM' PEOPLE, Gladstone earns on an average (15,000 a year by his pen alone. Dr. Oliver Wkjtdell Holmes suffers somewhat from asthma. Fope Leo still vrritas Latin poetry, though eighty-two years old. Bisxabck admits that he deliberately precipitateu the war with France. Gexeral Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-Indian army, has been super* seded. Mrs. Charles S. Pars'ell has filed a petition as a bankrupt in the English courts. The Prince of Wales is quite a virtuoso on the baujo: the Princess Is a distinguished pianiste. Justice Field has been a member of the United States Supreme Court for almost thirty years. You no "Jim" Garfield ia said, now that he has grown a beard, to be the perfect image of his father. Chairman Carter, of the Republican National Committee, na* resumed the practice of law in Helena, Montana. Emanuel Custes, father of the late General George Custer, died a few days ago at ParsonviLe, Mich., aged eighty-live years Bishop Foster, of the Methodist Church, fays ne is one of only eleven in all tbe world who have preached the Gospel tor fifty-two years consecutively and witaout rest. Representative McKeighan, of Nebraska, the only Populist outside of Kansas * elected to Cong res-, is distinguished as the homeliest man in the Fifty-second Congress. General Cassius M. Clay, now eighty years old, and one of the last survivors of the diplomats of bis day, has presented his library, statuary and paintings to the county in which he lives (in Kentucky) as the nucleus of a public library. I Tax receipts of the Yal^Prinoetoa foot- I ball game at mannaitan i' leia, new iutk City, were about $33,000, and the expenses fl approximated ?9J'J0, which leaves a net bal- I ance of $29,000 to be divided between the ^ Yale and Princeton football associations. J The receipts at the horse show la York City were 1171,000 and the eipetJHBn but $73,500, thus leaving a profit of tl0^^H|H m - .