The New York herald., 1877-09-07

lay intsrmen. and report or procure any veri-
ncaiion or oaicial inquiry.
Foarth--The actual registering OF certified records,
the permanent fng oi certificates o. deaths the
further compliance with oicial regulations relating TO
records
These conditions ways and tor efectually
recording the deaths Of all who perish whether IA
cities or N towns ana spsrssy lnaapl'ed districts
department anu competent official director OF regia.
iraiion OF vit' statistics, while IN every city aud reg
istrnton district there must be competent and
medically educated recording and verifying ollcer.
The iatter should have supervision Of the brh record
COMMITTEES PROPOSED.
To give suitable direction TO the efforts We have nero
proposed the following resolutions are submitted
Resolved. rhs, oommiitse on representation Of the
ter with the superintendent OF the nnh national
@ @ by fs ss ysa
s' STA" sesrsI % Of hs.sa ,ae Msieai psesrnsas
.,ns Hospital service, and other sspen s'ia STA.
,hs """ns % rssrsnoo ~ d"v,ss and I'm" srp ss mo
thoroughly efficient and uniform system 81 registration Of
s.i s s.as fs rno rf deaths ana causes Of mortality a"
ss' sSi.E D Eas a ae oss1 al H. R
hels s ~ vital rss',s's IL ne Department Of Statistics
gsneke Q, MarDa5s and Dr. sander Of NE German As,s
REPRESENTATIVES, APPOINTED
Tue following committee OF representation was ap-
point,d:--D f.. Harris. OF Sew York, aud Dr. H. B,
Baker secretary OF the Michigan state Board OF Char
ME. wgicHr's pApEK--srArIsrIcAL SCIENCE
Ar. Carroll D. Wright OF Reading, Mass, read q
paper on "lhe Massachusetts, Census OF 1873 and
Its Lessons" He Said
The system successful what lessons does the rcccu,
census taken under Il teach usY II answers, lrst,
the grand question as 10 What constitutes the Com
monwealth, aud tells Us that the state mcans and
tarccqaarter millions OF human beings, !rclgnicd wlih
all the hopes ana glorious Jssb',cs OF youth the
failure and successes oi middle ic and the reflections
Of Old asc all uDtng IN the work the pleasures aud
pains OF lie. who III tnoir industries produce nearly
s1OO COG, OOO worth OF products from Shop mill and
soil in one year or over s2.0O0.000 worle ior
each end every working day ~ .he year
over 81 COO worth 10 every man Woman and enid
that l. 2o0, 900 OF the Whole population have
birthplace IA this country, and nearly 100000
midst and have entered into the acvc work OF tllny
the 900 iarms and working tho 22Vo0 manufacturing
establishments OF the state alongside OF tAoso who
claim Tins US iatnerond Specifically we learn from II
that the female portion .. our Inhabitants exceeds the
male by G3, l45 anu that OF this excess OF females
81, ,VO3 are WIDOWS. proving the endurance OF women
III The cares burdens ana sulcrinIs OF life, and that
OF the Two vessels the male Is the weaker We learn
that state excepting Rhode lsluno perhaps leads
the United states IN density OF population, bnvpg 2l2
to the square ne and that only SIX countries IN me
world have "a greater density thai the gain in tcu
years has been enough ~ make another Boston, with
25 QUO people tnan tho present Boston contains
that the cities IN the State exceed the towns By % 200
popula instead OF the towns exceeding the cities by
26 oUU they did ~ tho be.nnng Of the decade that
OF the 342 towns l42 OF them lost III the numocr OF their
inhabitants since 1855, and that the losing towns arc
mostly small farming districts, where the young man
becomes discontened ana leaves his father TO til the
soil till death claims his own, and then the soil
aud will TIL God In His plans for the cOuser
vaton of all drives the children OF the young
men OF this age out OF our streets by the starvation U
hard times agd conpcis them become tllers OF tho
soil IN their turnpoducers instead o CONSUMERS aud
occupers oi our pubic institutions We learn that
the voting population Is 3jl OUU, and when
pure the figures with the largest total vote ever cast IN
this State At any election We nnd there are nearly
loo 0C0 who have not exercised the right suffrage.
or our foreign born males urt 60 900 have been
naturn2ed, While 1g 100 are above twenyoDe years OF
age aud have tho right under tie Jaw 10 become loyal
voters Ninety our per cent OF Our native born males
above twenty, are iegni voters whc but ortytwo per
cent Of the foreign born males over twenty have risen
TO that sublime con iiton through the machinery OF
Law.
DIR. ALIENS ADDRESS.
Nathan Allen, N. D., ol Loweii, Mass. read an eab-
crate paper on "Chunges in New En- gland Population
In which discussed the causes underlying changes
in residence, changes IN pursuits, changes IN charac
ter &c. In CONCLUSIONS he dwet on the effects
changes mentioned ana spoke follows of the iu;uro
population Of New Enyiaud:'As 10 what precise
changes in population are 10 take place Ia these
states human sagacity can predict. AZ the game
time some changes must take place. BY the moro
general diffusion OF knowledge oi physioogy and
sanitary laws, 1t evient that greater attention III
be pad 10 the preservation ot health, as well Us pre-
vention OF disease, so hat human lite viii be prolonged
and The rate Of mortality DO diminished.
But tue same thug cannot be said IN favor Of its In
croasiny tho birth rate. The probabilities irat the
birth rate Of the foreign classes VIII decline, PARTLY
by tncr becoming Gradually ASST inflated IN bits uni
character 10 Nuw England peopc, out more by change
OF IL Is morally certain that IN class
will not always keep up tnelr physical vsor, vitality,
ana strength aud that the functions Of the brain aud
nervous system will become moro and more prominent
fortunate to their increase OF numbers On the other
hand, emigration from Great Brain-parcuiuriy from
rcandnas o late years been lessened 30 that allow.
ng Tor those who return 10 the old country tho ad
diion 10 population from thus Is not large, and
We can see no reasons WY respect there should
NJ present b. any chungc. The cmIgratiob IRON the
British Provinces Inc I'd az Canada may, on account
OF the times, be somewhat checked but in all proDa-
biliy will continue aud perhaps Increase. st the
gam OF the fore gn class Ia New England must mere.
utter come chiefly from natural increase
TR.NnuLM's ADDRsss-rnE SOUTHERN STATES
Mr. l. pau on
Social and Industrial Con iitIon Of the southern
Stalcs He said 1t Is necessary for the Northern
plo 10 know the south The characteristic traits are
clearly defined Ihe year 1860 Witnessed great changes
all over tho world. This progress met the South on
every sde but she was unm0ved by H. Inc coalition
The same as in 1910, and immigration had passed
US by. This Conservatism was the more remarkable
because the progress MAS So close around H. rhe nine
cotton States which supplied The world had lUf O the
Ogl factories IL the United states less than ten por
cent, aud consumed less than seven and one-ha per
ceGt Of the cotton used IN tho United states. This
conservatism exceptional and separated the South
IRON the oi the world. The primal cause OF these
pecGlartcs was African slavery.
Cold should DO restored as the basis OF currency.
The coIoI giowin2 class Will bc the greatest gam
ers by resumption The expense OF converting gold
the producer Tue country banks oi the Souta aud
West sGouJ DC emanclpatcd by The repeal OF tie ten
per ceut TAX upon circulation, ara restored TO tuer
natural functions. This tax has deprived the ayr Cul
turai communities OF tue south OF all banking iacitcs
Tor national pank circuatlon war Of no use TO
them. In commercial communities, tue na.
honal banks being the strongest, attract de.
posits and make their money ous of thcm. In
agricultural COMMUNITIES, circulation ~ 10 a bunk
wnat deposits are IL manufacturing aud conimercd
communities The Chief cause 0l the change OF Soul
cummcrce rs the export trade tween New YORK
ana Ens land resulting from the opening OF tho Enc
Csnal aud tue gradual removal OF restrictions to the
importation OF gram INTO En2land
RAyD0LpH TrcKEKs PArER-SouTHEHN STATE RIGHTS.
Iui- afternoon j. Randolph Tucker, member o Con.
grcss iron Nrginiu. read paper on the 'Rclaions OF
lnc United States 10 Each Other as ModIiicd by the
War aud the Constitutional Amcndnents,n - show ng
the strong Sate rights doctrine be Dy Southern
States aud sustained Dy the courts before the lilo
closed " announcing that TIC South accopts uil the
amendments adopted as binding, protesting against the
mode OF adoption as precedents. Incy increase the
pVwers OF tue general goyernnon and put limitations
state power but do not organically chan. 20
laiioD Of the states to the linton.
fNuFhssoR BALDWIN on LEGAL EDrcATIOy
Professor :. h. BALDWIN, OF Yae College. read pa.
per onited "Graduate Courses at Law schools, ad-
vocalug IcggtAening OF thsu II 1t could be agreed
In ul states 10 lcpgthch study 10 iui three year.
course, the benefit ~ the community would bo i'm
meuse. Yet lie feared that leugth-niDg The course
would be disastrous to schooa He advUc ited past
eradicate course.
DAVID Dudley Field favored the ieDgthcning Of tho
course and ~ the course OF his remarks spoke Oi the