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The Central'. Tim iV. C. IVY, Editor and Publisher. Render Unto Caesar the Things that are Caesar's, Unto God, God's. $1.00 Per Annum, in Advance. Vol. I DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1892. No. 46. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE NATIONAL FARMERS ALLIANCE AND INDUSTIAL UNION. 1 Polk, Prrsitlcnt, North Carolina. B H ("lover, v'ice-President, Kansas, f h furiRi . Secretary-Treasurer, Georgia. f K. Willetts, Lecturer, Kansas. Executive Board C. V. MaCune, Chairman; A. Wardalt. J. F..Tillman. 1 H'Jkiary IK partmeiit II. C. Ielgiming, Chairman; Naac McCracken. A. E. Cole. Committee on Confederation 6f N. F. A. and I. Ben Terrell. Cliairman, 239 North Capitol street Washington, IK C; L. K. Livingston, of Georgia. K. 1". KoKers, of Florida; W. J. Talbert, South Carolina; H. L. Lourlts. ot houtti Dakota. DECLARATION OF PURPOSES. Whereas the general condition of our country imperatively demands unity of action en the part ofChe laboring daises, reformation infeconomy, and the" disseminati jn of principles best calculated to encourage and foster ag ricultural and mechanical pursuits, en couriging the toiling masses leading them in the road to prosperity, and providing a just and fair remuneration for labor, a just exchange for our com modities, and the best means of secur ing to the laboring classes the greatest amount of good; we hold to the princi ple that all monopolies are dangerous to the best interests of our country, tending to enslave a free people and subvert and finally overthrow the great principles purchased by the fathers of American liberty. We therefore adopt the folio wing as our declaration of prin ciples: 1. To labor for the education of the Agricultural classes in the science of economic governmentin a strictly non partisan spirit. 2. To indorse the motto: "In things essentia'., unity; and in all things, charity." 3. To develop a better state, ment ally, morally, socially, and financially. 4. To create a better understanding for sustaining civil officers in maintain ing law and order. 5 To constantly strive to secure en tire harmony and good will among mankind, and brotherly love among ourselves. 6. To suppress personal, local, sec tional and national prejudices, all un heal thful rivalry and selfish ambition. 7. The brightest jewels which it gar ners are the tears of widows and or phans, and its imperative commands are to visit the homes where lacerated hearts are Ueeding; to assuage the suf ferings of a brother or sister; bury the dead; fcare for the widows and educate the orphans; to exercise charity toward offenders; to construe words and deeds in their most favorable light, granting honesty of purpose and good inten tions to others; and to protect the prin ciples of the Alliance unto death. Its laws are reason and equity; its cardinal doctrines inspire purity of thought and life; its intention is "on earth peace and ;ood will toward men." OCALA DEMANDS. i. We demand the abolition of na tional banks; we demand that the gov ernment fchall establish sub-treasuries or depositories in the several States which shall loan money direct to the people at a low rate of interest, not to exceed 2 per cent per annum on non peri.slia.ue farm products, and also upon real estate, with proper limita tion", upon the quantity of land and amount of money; we demand that the amount of the circulating medium be speedily iucreased to not lese than $50 per capita. 2. We demand that Congress shall pasi such laws as shall effectually pre vent the dealing in futures in all agri cultural and mechanical productions ; preserving a stringent system of pro cedure in trials such as shall ecure the prompt conviction and imposition of such penalties as shall secure the most perfect compliance with the law. 3. We denounce the silver bill re cently parsed by Congress, and de mand in lieu thereof the free and un limited coinage of silver. 4. We demand the passage of laws prohibiting alien ownership of land, and that Congress take prompt action to devise some plan to obtain all lands now o ued by liens and foreign syn dicates, and that all lands now held by railroad and other corporations in ex cess of such as is actually used and needee by them, be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. 5. Believing in the doctrine of equal rights to all and special privileges to none, we demand that our national leg islation sha 1 be so framed in the future as not to build up one industry at the - SxpeTisr-of- another. We further de mand a removal of the existing heavy tariff tax from the necessaries of life hat the poor of our land must have. We further demand a just and tquita ble svstem of graduated tax on incomes. WTe 'believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people and hence we demand that all national ar.d State revenues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the govern ment economically and honestly ad ministered. ! 6. We demand the most rigid, honest and just State and national govern mental control and supervision of the methods of public communication and transportation, and If this control and supervision do not remove the abuse now existing, we demand the govern ment ownership of such means of com munication and transportation. THE VIRGINIA DEBT. The agreement of the State of Vir ginia with the holders of her bonds, by which there is to be a reduction of about $9, 000,000 in the amount of bonds outstanding, is due principally to the action by the State Alliance favoring a settlement. For years a committee representing the bond holders had been authorized to make some reasonable concession, but as one State administration had been wrecked by an unpopular readjust ment, the officials of the State seem to have hesitated to take any action that might bring upon their heads public opprobrium. When, however, the resolution of the Alliance indicated the trend of public opinion, it was taken by the present administration as justifying steps toward a settlement, and an arrangement was effected. By terms of the contract entered into, there is to be an issue of $ 19,000,000 of bonds, having one hundred years to run, bearing interest at 2 per cent for ten years and 3 per cent for the remaining ninety years. It is dis tinctly understood that the coupons or other interest obligations are not to be receivable for taxes. The pro posed new bonds shall be exchange able for the outstanding obligations aforesaid in the proportion of nine teen of the former for twenty-eight of the latter. Thus the State has not only reduced the face of the debt to conform more nearly to the reduction of territory by the forced partition of West Virginia, but the rate of interest has been lowered and the annual tax reduced to less than one-half. The State has also, it is understood, the right to pay any part of her debt at any time she may have funds; no mean privilege, it must be admitted, and rendering a sinking fund unneces sary. ' ( It has already been made subject of congratulation among investors and others that Virginia has now a re established credit. It is, indeed, fortunate that the State will be able to pay what she owes in a manner acceptable to the creditors, but this has only been made possible by a pro cess of scaling down, in which Vir ginia averred herself unable to pay more with her present resources, and it is, therefore, idle to presume that she will traffic upon the credit sup posed to be restored by improved financial prospects. If the logical lesson of the situation be accepted, debt will be avoided, and any possi ble surplus derived from taxation will be used in reducing this existing evidence of State humiliation. TARIFF REFORM. The cherished plan of making tariff reform the slogan of the campaign of 1892 has suddenly fallen to the ground. . For more than two years Mr. Mills has been roaming about the country declaring that tariff reform was the one overshadowing issue, and would be the only factor in the com ing presidential campaign. This assumption was supplemented by ex President Cleveland and the entire p'ntocratic press of the country. The attempt was made to ignore, belittle, or brush aside the consideration of any or all other economic questions. To aid in this scheme the subsidized dailies of both parties have kept up a continual din in its favor which has been reflected to a certain extent among the country press.. The polit ical bosses added their influence for the same object, all of which to the careless observer seemed to indicate the successful operation of the plan. But, in the midst of this beating of drums and blowing of horns, ti.ere has been a quiet persistent, and thorough education going on among I the people through the Alliance upon economic conditions that was destined to bear fruit sooner or later. Con gressmen who mingled with thjr people were astonished, and many times confounded, at the rapidity with which this education had spread. They were convinced, many of them, of the necessity of listening to the demands of the people, and doing something during the present Con gress to relieve their distress and satisfy their wants. This idea ob- tained to such a degree that the com - mands of the bosses were not obeyed, and the party lash failed of its usual potency. At the first test, the vote for Speaker, the fact was disclosed that tariff reform as a sole issue was in the minority, and the assumption of its being the one great factor in Demo cratic politics was not well founded. After the contest was over, tariff re form, as proposed by Mr. Mills and others, was found relegated to the rear to await the adjustment of other eco nomic demands. The discovery is now made that financial reform is to be first in the order of discussion and settlement. The desperate means and persistent efforts made by the money lenders of the country to prevent a thorough in vestigation and discussion of this question is proof positive of the un soundness of their position and their dread of the consequences that may follow. A new alignment of the two old parties upon lines of financial re form would be a spectacle worthy the attention' of all. Imagine Senators Sherman and McPherson as opponents on a question of this character, or Congressmen Hoar and Mills. The cardinal point in financial re form is more and cheaper money for the people. Upon this proposition both the old parties are hopelessly divided. It is no longer possible for either to give a solid, united support to any measure of financial relief. There is no further use for dissem bling, the people will not consent to continued deception; both parties are now uncovered, and the choice must be speedily made relief for the peo ple or further spoliation of their rights by the plutocracy of the nation. Every day renders the situation more difficult, since the people are becom ing better educated and more deter mined. The Republican party has a large contingent that can not be de pended upon to vote against measures for financial relief. This fact places the party in no enviable position and gives rise to the suspicion that the best drilled and most compact politi cal organization the world has ever seen is losing its vitality and may soon be the victim of warring fac tions. In view of all this, what a grand opportunity has presented it self for effective work by the Alliance members. A unity of action and con tinuity of purpose on their part might effect the greatest and most beneficent peaceful revolution witnessed by the nineteenth century. That they will work to that end need not be doubted, and that the results hoped for may be realized is the desire of every friend of the people. IS MAJOR DREWRY A SUCCESS FUL FARMER? BV M. G. K. We have received from our Major Drewry, of Virginia, a somewhat lengthy rejoinder to our criticism of the use made of his opinions by the Religious Herald. Regretting that the limited space at our disposal ren ders it impossible to publish it entire, we will give here the important points made. There have been a number of articles going the rounds of the parti san and religious press, by various writers, to the effect that if there is any depression of the busihess of agriculture it is due to the lazi ness and shiftlessness of farmers, and not to misgovernment, or to any cause which can be remedied by wise and just legislation. Usually some farmer described as "successful" is made to lay these imputations upon his brother farmers who are not successful. This was the use sought to be made of Major Drewry in the capacity of a successful farmer. The Religious Herald hauled him before the public in this character, and it was imme diately caught up the New South, by the Baltimore Sun and other papers and spread far and wide. Major Drewry says: "It is true that I met the editor of the Religious Herald at the White Sulphur Springs, and hav ing seats at the same table had many pleasant conversations with him. and at his request . expressed my views on fanning, farm life, and the Farmers Alliance with little thought or re serve. 1 It is this kind of talk, with little thought or reserve, that the par- ! tisan press is -constantly quoting the Alliance. Major Drewry goes on now to justify his criticism of the Al liance, at the same time disclaiming any intention of casting any imputa tion on the motives or integrity of the great majority of the members, who, he declares, are as intelligent and patriotic as himself or anybody else. He further says of the leaders named by us in his own State, that they are not "miserable old hacks,". but his friends whom he regards with affectionate esteem; but he repeats that the Order is misled by. some "miserable old hacks," who are so blinded by inordinate desire to be in office as to be willing to imperil the welfare of us all to obtain one. Who are these men, then, who lead us leaders and all, by the nose? There are no such men; they are merfe men in buckram people of the imagina tion, jl Major Drewry goes on to criticise the Ocala demands as dangerous, and especially the demand for advances of money on land and products by the government at 2 per cent as the worst kind of class legislation. He claims to be as much entitled to this opinion as the advocates of the plan to theirs. Undoubtedly so. ' This same line of statement has been made) and repeated tens of thousands oif times, and as often refuted by argu ments wholly unanswerable, and which no man has attempted to meet by argument. Vain repetitions of vigorous assertion in that behalf may well be allowed to pass.. Major Drewry claims to be a successful farmer, and eligible to the Alliance and at various times invited .to join In reply to this we may content our j selves by quoting the mercantile ad? vertisement of Drewry & Co. on the back on the envelope which cover? Major Drewry 's present communica! tion. It reads as follows, J to witj "Drewry & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods and Notions, Nos. 8, 10, and 12" Twelfth street, Richmond." j It is admitted without reserve that Major Drewry has farmed with skill and success, but he is a professional merchant and financier, and a busif ness man of unusual capacity. Even in farming he made large increments of his fortune by the enhanced value 01 judicious investments. He states him self that the famous Drewry 's blufl farm cost him only 13,000, and that he was offered and refused $75,000 for it. His superior sagacity enabled; him to get over the civil war without being wrecked in fortune, and to sell Drewry 's bluff and buy the magnify cent estate of Westover on terms of great advantage. All this does not alter the fact that he yet plainly exf i if hibits the class feeling of the success ! ful merchant and financier, and that he is out of touch and sympathy with' the agricultural class; and his opin4 ions of the Alliance and its leaders and policy must be estimated and valued accordingly. We differ, and differ widely, with Major Drewry in his opinions on these subjects, but that is no cause of quarrel between friends who love and esteem each other, and of whom neither will suffer the recti -tude and integrity of the other to be for one moment called in question by anybody. In this spirit of mutual forbearance, we will now set Major Drewry right on a question of fact.' He says that the Alliance was gotten up on pretense of helping the farmer and having nothing at all whatever to do with politics. The fact is that the earliest andj all subsequent offici declarations of j purposes bythe Allii;chusetts; Bellamy Storer, Ohio, and J. anrp necrativp ;this notion, and suchfuH. Ketcham. New York. . , , . j. . v, official declarations must be allowed where he will find all such declara tions and will learn that this i'dea isfi entirely erroneous and the statement: untenable. The first meeting of the original State Alliance of Texas for mulated its purposes and demandsj at the second meeting a legislative; committee was appointed to urge these to settle this question. We refer Major Charles Stewart, Texas; K. fc.. Lester, ) Ohio; H. P. Cheatham, North Carolina; i . . .... . v. Georgia; K. M. v-iarice, Aianama: w.e.. John iaanlord, isew yotk, ana ;narew ; Drewry to the Alliance History and Haynes, Ohio; T. A. E. Weadock, Mich i- Stewart, Pennsylvania. Agricultural IJltreSl. DV Air. JJunniDKV' K"t - rv- K"'u'i ijmk it. rnvaiCL-iuuv.iiiuu) n. i .riiui, new 6 O J 'i ; l;,c T?U.Ha fclonrl- damiwl RvrnC I V',l-. I r A Irlnrcsn ir fi -n-.'.; -. demands upon our legislators, nationalVg Pennsylvania; J. H. WDsoi Ken- and State; nor was this thing done lis tucky, and G. D. Perkms, loj- . .. ... r .1 J Aericulture H. H. Hatch, Mivin; a corner, ior wiac puoucauon ui ineyje demands through the public press as " . r u provided for. At the organizatioja 0 the national order the same action was taken, and has been reaffirmed and reindorsed at all subsequent meet ings. How, then, does any man un dertake to say that the Order was got ten up under pretense of having noth ing to do with politics? One of the earliest declarations of purpose was as follows, to-wit: "To labor for agri cultural education in the science of economic government in a strictly non-partis m spirit. " It is this strictly non-partisan spirit which is the head and front of our offending. The Al liance is not a political party. It is neither a Democratic nor a Republi can annex, nor has it been "cap tured" by a third party. It can not be worked in any such way. CO GRESS. Speaker Crisp announced the com mittees of the 5 2d Congress on Wed nesday, Deceember 23. The following list shows the distribution of the chairmanships by States: Alabama 3 Missouri 4 Arkansas 2 New Jersey 'i Connecticut 1 New York 4 Georgia 2 North Carolina... 3 Illinois 3 Ohio 4 Indian ia 3 Pennsylvania 2 Iowa 1 Rhode Island 1 Kentucky 2 South Carolina... 2 Louisiana... 2 Tennessee 2 Mary land. .. 3 Texas 3 Massuchusetts 1 Virginia 2 Michigan 1 Wisconsin 1 Minnesota x Mississippi 2 56 In all there are fifty-six committees in. the House of Representatives and the Speaker manages to get every member on some committee. Many of the committees are of minor im portance. The following is a list of the most important committees: j Elections Charles T. O'Ferrall, Vir ginia; L. W. Moore, Texas; J. E. Cobb, Alabama; T. H. Paynter, Kentucky; Jason B. Brown, Indiana; D. N. Lock wood; New York; T. C. Lawson, Geor gia; N. P. Gillespie, Pennsylvania; George Johnstone, South Carolina; Nils Haugen, Wisconsiu; A. A. Taylor, Ten nessee; R. E. Doan, Ohio; H. U. John son, Indiana; John b.. Kayburn, Pennsyl vania, and C. D. Clark, Wyoming. Ways and Means William M. Spring er, Illinois; Benton-McMillin, Tennessee; R. G. Turner, Georgia; W. L. Wilson, West Virginia; A. B. Montgomery, Ken tucky; J. R. Whiting, Michigan; B. F. Shively, Indiana; W. Rourke Cochran, New York; Moses T. Stevens, Massachu setts; W. J. Bryan, Nebraska, T. B. Reed, Maine; J. C. Burrows, Michigan; Joseph McKenna, California; S. E. Payne, New York, and John Dalzell, Pennsyl vania. , 1 Appropriations W. S. Holman, Indi ana; W. H. Forney, Alabama; J. D. Saers, Texas; W. C. P. Breckinridge, Kentucky; A. M. Dockery, Missouri; William Mutchler, Pennsylvania; C. R. Breckinridg.', Arkansas; Barnes Comp ton, Maryland; J. H. O'Neill, Massachu setts; L. F. Livingston, Georgia; D. B. Henderson, Iowa; William Cogswell, (Massachusetts; H. H. Bingham, Pennsyl vania; Nelson Dingley, Maine, and W. iW. Grout, Vermont, i Judiciary D. B. Culberson, Texas; W. C. Oates, Alabama; W. D. Bynum. In diana; T. R. Stockdale, Mississippi; I. H. Goodnight, Kentucky; C J. boatner, Louisiana; J. A. Buchanan, Virginia; A. C. Chapin, New York; F. L. Layton, Ohio; S. P. Wolverton, Pennsylvania; E. B. Taylor, Ohio; James Buchanan. New j Jersey; G. W. Ray, New York; II. H. ; Powers Vermont, and Case Broderick, Kansas. ''. Banking and Currency Henry Bicon, New York; Scott Wike, Illinois; W. H. iCrain, Texas; W. H. Cate, Arkansas; W. W. Dickerson, Kentucky; Louis Speery, Connecticut; W. K. Gantz, Ohio; N. N. Cox, Tenne-see; S. W. Cobb, Mis souri; J. H. Walker, Massachusetts; M. 'Brosius, Pennsylvania; Hosea Town send, Colorado, and T. J. Henderson, Il linois. Coinage, Weights and Measures R. P. Bland, Missouri; Charles Tracy, New York; J. R Williams, Illinois; C. B. Kil gore, Texas; S. M. Robertson, Louisiana; Rice Pierce, Tennessee; J. F. Epes, Virv gmia; G. t. Williams, Massachusetts; . 'A. McKeigan, Kansas; H. H. Bartine, Nevada: Abner Taylor, Illinois; T. W. t Stone, Pennsylvania, and M. N. Johnson, -North Dakota. Interstate and Foreign Commerce R. Q. Mills, Texas; G. D. Wise, Virginia; Andrew Price. Louisiana: Isadore Ray- nor, Maryland; G. H. Brickner, Wiscon sin, I.J. Geary, Colorado; u. w. mouk, Ohio: S. R. Mallorv. Florida: losiah Pat- at.jjterson, Tennessee; 1. J. O'Neill, Mis ialiijsouri; Charles O'Neill, Pennsyivania; John f Rivers and Harbors N. C. Blanchard, 15. T. C. Catchings, Mississippi; Missouri: t. J. Henderson. Illinois; Bin- ger Herman, Oregon; S. M. Stevenson, Michigan; W. A. Stone, Pensylvania, and J: A. Quackenbush, New York. Merchant Marine and Fisheries Sam uel Fowler, New Jersey, G. W. Fithian, Illinois; L. W. Hoore. Texas; A. J. Ca rutb, KeaVuCky, J. A. Buchanan, Virginia- Robert E. De Forrest, Connecti cut;!. F. Magner, New iork; Herman Stump, Maryland; H. H.WVeler, Mich- iran; A. J. rtopnins, imuu u n.- m- ce Lewi-. Mississippi; S. B. Al?x M. Brosius, Pennsylvania; N. P. Haugen, der, North Carolina; H. M. Youmiux. Wisconsin, and J. L. Wilson. Washington. Michigan: G. W. Shell, South Caroling v Militia Edward Lane, Illinois; N. C $ Forman, Illinois; F. E. White; 0 ncferd, Louisiaaa; W. J. Stone, Ken- Iowa; Anthony Caminetti, Call omia; Charles L. Moses, Georgia; J. B, Long, Texas; E. H. Funston, Kansas; J. H. Wilson, Kentucky; J. L. Jolley, South Dakota; Daniel Waugh. Ind ana and H. P. Cheatham, North Carolina. Foreign Affairs J. H. Blount, Georgia; T. B. McCreary, Kentucky; C. E. Hooker, Mississippi, L. E. Chipman. Michigan; A. P. Fitch, New York; J. F. Andrew, Massachusetts; B. T. Cable, Illinois; Isa dore Rayner. Maryland; T. J. Geary, California; R. JR. Ritt, Illinois; A. C. Harmer, Pennsylvania; James O'Donnell, Michigan, and John Sanford. New York. Military Affairs T. H.Outhwaite.Ohio; Joseph Wheeler, Alabama; W. C. New berry; Illinois; D. H. Patton, Indiana, H. H. Rockwell, New York; J. L. Mitch ell, Wisconsin; Oscar Lapham, Rhode Island, E. F. McDonald, New Jersey; J. C. Crosby. Massachusetts; H. H. Bing ham, Pennsylvania; C. E. Belknap, Michi gan; W. W. Bowers, California, and J. A. T. Hull, Iowa. Naval Affairs H. A. Herbert, Ala bama; William Elliott, South Carolina; A. I. Cummings, New York; J. A. Geis senhainer, New Jersey; VV. F. Daniell, New Hampshire: Adolph Meyer, Louis iana; J. W. Lawson, Virginia; William McAleer, Pennsylvania; Henry Paee, Maryland; C. A. Boutelle, Main; H. C. Lodge, Massachusetts; J. P. Dolliver, Iowa, and J. W. Wadsworth, New York. Post Offi re and Pos-Roads John N. Henderson, "North Carolina; J. H. Blount. Georgia; B. A. Enloe; R. P. C Wilson, Missouri; E. J. Dunphy, New York; J. D. Alderson, West Virginia; E V. Brook shire, Indiana; J. C. Kyle, Mississippi; J. M. Pattison, Ohio; J. C. Crosby, Massa chusetts; A. J. Hopkins, Illinois; J, A. Caldwell, Ohio; J. L. Wilson, Washing ton; C. A. Bergen, New Jersey; B. F. Loud, Colorado, and John T. Caine, Utah. Public Lands T. C. McRa?, Arkansas; J. A.. Pendleton; West Virginia; H. St. G.Tucker, Virginia; L. Amerman, Penn sylvania; J. W. Bailey, Texas; D. A. De Armond, MIcsouri; J. J. Seerly, Iowa, D. D. Hare, Ohio; R. G. Stout, Michigan, John A. Pickler, South Dakota; Hosea Townsend, Colorada; Willis Sweet, Ida ho, and C. D. Clarke, Wyoming. Indian Affairs S. W. Peel, Arkansas; J. M. Allen, Mississippi; L. A. Turpin; Alabama; H. H. Rockwell. New York, W. H. Brawley, South Carolina; Thomas Lynch, Wisconsin; T. D. English, New Jersey; B. H. Clover. Kansas; O. M. Kem, Nebraska; J. L. Wilson, Washington; Joseph McKen-a, Colorado; W. B. Hooker, New York; A. C. Hopkins, Pennsylvania, and D. A. Harvey, Okla homa. Territories J. F. Washington, Tenn essee ; C. B. Kilgore, Texas; C. H. Mansur, Missouri; T. J. Cambell, New York; W. F. Parrett, Indiana; W. A. V. Branch, North Carolina; W. L. Terry, Arkansas; Jerry Simpson, Kansas; D. D. Donovan, Ohio;jrW. Rife, Pennslvania; G. W. Smith, Illinois; G. D. Perkins, Iowa; James O'Donrell, Michigan; and Antonio Joseph, New Mexico. Railways and Canals T. C. Catchin s, Mississippi; P. G. Leste-, Virginia; W. H. Cate, Arkansas; H. W. Bentley, New York; F. E. Boltzhoover, Pennslvania; J. W. Causey, Delaware; S. W. Cobb, Missouri; Kittel Halvorsen, Minnesota; John Davis, Kansas; C. S. Randall, Massa- cnusett; C A. Bergen, Mew jersey, j J. T. Hull, Iowa, and R. F. Loud, Cali fornia. Manufactures C. H. Page, Rh de Island; L. F. McKinney,New Hamp shire; M. D. Lagan, Louisiana; J. D. Warner, New York; : H. Beeman, Mis sissippi; Sherman Hoar, Massachusetts; A. H. Williams, North Carolina; M. D. Harter, Ohio; Ezra B. Taylor, Ohio; E. A.Morse, Massachusetts, and J. R. Rey burn, Pennsylv nia. Mines and Mining W. H. Cowles, North Carolina; G. W. Cooper, Indiana; S. W, Peel, Arkansas T. J. Campbell, New York; J O. Pendleton. West Vir ginia; A. Caminetti, California; Marshall Arnold, Missouri; Thomas Bowman, Iowa; L. M. Miller, Wis.onsin; Hosea Townsend, Colorado; S. M. Stevenson, Michigan; P. S... Pot, Illinois; G. F. Huff, Pennsylvania, and M. A. Smith, Arizona. Public Buildings and Grounds J. H. Bankhead, Alabama; Jo Abbot, Texas; Clarke Lewis Mississippi; J. C. Tarsney, Missouri; J. G. Warwick, Ohio; W. M. McKaig, Maryland; W. C. Newberry, Illinois; J. D. Warner, New York; H. H. Williams, North Carolina; S. L. Mi iken Maine; George W. Shonk, Pennsylvania; W. H. Enochs, Ohio, and Willis Sweet, Idaho. Pacific Railrods J.-B. Reilly, Pennsyl vania; S. T. Lanhan, Texas; Edward Lane, Illinois; Jason Brown, Indiana; W. T. Ellis, Kentucky; J. W. Covert. New York; James N. Castfe, Minnesota; F. S. Coolidge, Massachusetts; H. C. Snod grass.Tennessee; John Raines, New York; J. P. Flick, Iowa; John Lind; Minnesota; D. A. Taylor, Ohio, and JohnT. Cane, Utah. ., . Leeves and improvements of Missis sippi River S. M. Robertson, Louisiana; T. R. Stockdale, Mississppi; Rice Pierce Tennessee; Richard Morton, Missouri; W. L. Terry, Arkansas; R. W. Everett, Georgia; M. D. Harter, Ohio; S. R. Mallory, Florida; D. H. Patton, Indiana; J. C. Burrows Missouri; Edward Scull, Pennsylvania; J. M. Willson, Kentucky; and P. S. Post, Illinois. Education W. I. Hayes, Iowa; D. B. Brunner, Pennsylvania; D. D. Donovan, Ohio; J. L. Bretz, Indiana; B. F. Grady, rsortn Carolina; e. r. ODurn, vviscon- ! sin; J. H. Beeman, Mississippi; Edwin Hallowell, Pennsylvania; J. D. Taylor, j L. B. Brunner, Pennsylvania; ! Wisconsin; G. Van Horn, C. Babbitt, New York; T. E. Winn, Georgia; M. Arnold, Mis souri; V . T. Crawford, North Carolina A. R. Bushnell, Wisconsin; H. H. Bing ham, Pennsylvania; John Lind, Minne sota; B. Storer, Ohio; J. G. Otis, Kansas, and M. A. Smith, Arizona. Labor J. C. Tarsney, Missouri; W. F. Wilcox, Connecticut ; W. W. Dixon, Montana; L. E. McCann, Illinois; Irvin York; James Copehart, West Virginia; J. W. Causey, Delaware; John Davis, Kansas; James Buchanan, New Jersey; tucky; W. J. Coombs, New York; E. T. StackHoue, South Carolina; H. H. Wheeler, Michigan; Louis Stewart, Illi nois; O. M. Hall, Minnesota; T. E Wat son, Georgia; T. J. Henderson, Illinois; J. T. Cutting. California; W. H. Enochs, Ohio, and M. R. Griswold, Pennsylvania. Patents G. D. Tillman, South Caro lina; J. T. Heard, Missouri; Louis Tnrpin, Alabama; H. S. Greenleaf, New York; I. M. S Mitchell, Wisconsin; O. M. Hall, Minnesota; O. Lapham. Rhode Island; I. T. Hamilton, Iowa; R. E. De Forest, Connecticut; James Buchanan, New Jer sey; C. E. Belknap, Michigan; T. A. Quackenbush, New York, and Edward Scull, Pennsylvania. Invalid Pensions A. N. Martin, In diana; L. F. McKinney, New Hampshire; R.W. Fyan, Missouri; George Van Horn, New York; H. W. Snow, Illinois; G. F. Kribbs, Pennsylvania; A. J. Pearson, Ohio; H. H. Harries, Minnesota; E. F. McDonald. New Jersey, W. H. Butler, Iowa; J. P. Flick, Iowa; A. A. Taylor, Tennessee; N. M. Curtis, New York; J. J. Jolly, South Dakota, and J. B. Robin son, Pennsylvania.' Pension R. P. C. Wilson, Missouri; , John S. Henderson, South Carolina; J. H. Bankhead, Alabama; R. N. Norton, Mis souri; W. F. Parrett, Indiana, Charles Barwig, Wisconsin; W. A. Jones, Vir ginia; C. L. Moses, Georgia; Lewis Stew art, Illinois; Edward Scull, Pennsylvania; Dan Waugh, Indiana; J. C. Houk, Ten nessee, and W. W, Bowers, California. Claims B. H. Bunn, North Carolina; C. H. Mansur, Missouri; W. G. Stahl necker, New York; Robert Bullock, Florida; Samuel ByrnSj Missouri; N. N. Cox, Tennessee; L. E. McGann, Illinois; I. N. Cox, New York; J. W. Kendall, Kentucky; C. H. Pace, Rhode Island; I. R. Revburn, Pennsylvan a; L E. At kinson, Pennsylvania; George W. Smith, Illinois; E. F. Loud, California, and J. M. Wever, New York. War Claims F. E. Beltzhoover, Penn sylvania; W. J. Stone, Kentucky; B. A. Enloe, Tennessee; J. M. Clancey, New York; S. W. Cobb, Missouri; T. E. Winn, Georgia; Owen Scott, Illinois; G. W. Shell, South Carolina; I. P. Dolliver, Iowa; J. A. Pickler, South Dakota; J. C. Houk, Ohio, and J. W. Rife, Pennsylvania. District of Columbia J.J. Hemphill, South Carolina; J. T. Heard, Missouri; J. D. R charqson, Tennessee; H. W. Rusk, Marylai d; J. E. Cobb, Alabama; J. R. Fellows, New York; Tom L. John son, Ohio; E.'E. Meridith, Virginia, C. A. Cadmus, New Jhersey; A. C. Harmer, Pennsylvania; P. S. Post, Illinois; Wil liam Cogswell, Massachusetts, and J.- J. Bflden, New York. Revision of the Laws W. T. Ellis, Kentucky; J. H. Outhwaite, Ohio; Rob ert BulIockr Florida; P. C. Edmunds, Virginia; R. H. Norton, '-.Missouri: T. F. Magner, New York; E. V. Brookshire. Indiana; L. Amerman, Pennsylvania; J Patterson. Tennessee; Case Broderick, Kansas; J. B. Robinson, Pennsylvania; V. A. Taylor, Ohio, and D. Waugh, Indiana. It is often said that there is as much in knowing when to die as how to live. Many men have died in exactly she right time to have their names per petuated as heroes. Others have lived a little too long and spoiled a bril liant career by some senile act of folly. Tom Payne is an illustrous example of the latter. His writings were of great service during the Revolution ray war, and had he died before writ ing his Age of Reason he would to day have been worshiped as "one of the most useful heroes of that time. Had Cleveland and Mills and Henry Watterson died a year or two ago, future historians would not have been compelled to make records which will tarnish their glory with posterity. Up like a rocket, down like a stick, is too often the record of the ambi tious. When a man's career of use fulness is ended, there should be some way to remove him from the active walks of life. Of course they can not be executed, nor is it wise to encour age them to commit suicide, but a national museum of living and super anuated heroes might be established. Senator Dolph recently intro duced a bill to aid the States and Territories to reclaim the arid land within their boundaries.1 It provides for the loaning by the United States of funds to the States and Territories for the purpose of assisting in the construction of the reservoirs, foun tains, canals, artesian and other wells, and any and all other works to be used for the development, conserva tion and furnishing of water supplies for irrigation in aid of agriculture. The loans are to be made in any sum not exceeding $2,500,000 in any one year to a single State or Territory, nor exceeding a grand total of $10, 000,000 to any one State or Territory. The terms on which loans are to be made provide for the issue, by a State or Territory accepting them, of irri gation bonds of denominations of $500 each, redeemable in five years and maturing in fifty years, and bear ing interest at 1 per cent. All pay ments of interest, sinking fund and principal to be made at the United States treasury. The idea seems to be gaining ground that the govern ment can loan money under certain conditions. This is a long step in advance, and the indications are that the time may yet come when the honest fanner will stand an equal chance to share the benefits of govern ment that the trickster and manipu lator now enjoys. 1-- ' :t. 1; f I . : """" i ' ' &