Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-04
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ment, and the entire publication, is of an ed
ucational and literary character, with a lepit-
innate subscription list, and issued regularly.
it falls within the meaning of the law defining
second-class matter, and is therefore mail
able the pound-rate.
The following is the repor of the amounts
awarded by the Auditing Committee as the
fees of the doctors and others in attendance
on President Garfield Bliss, $40, 900 F; Agnew
and Hamilton, SIS, 900 each Reyburn. Boyn-
ton and Susan Edison, S. 900 each, and Crunp
nurse, $4,000.
1t is believed the House Committee on
Elections will decide against the claim to n
seat as delegate in the House, of Polvgamist
Cannon and in favor of Cambell, the Gentle
contestant.
Gen Rufus Ingalls, has been nominated for
Quartermaster-General, vice Quartermastcr-
General Rucker, retired.
large and influential deputation, repre-
senting the National Board of Trade and var
ious commercial organizations of the country
met at the room of the Committee on Com
merce to express their views upon the sub.
ject Of Interstate commerce, and the neces-
sity for Congressional legislation to regulate
the same.
Mason, who shot at the assassin Guiteau, is
being tried by court martial. He complains
bitterly OF the food and quarters furnished
him. In this connection, he earnestly urges
the contrast between the treatment accorded
70 him by the military authorities, and
! that accorded to Guiteau by the civil officials
at the Jail.
The House Committee on Private Land
Claims authorized Representative Muldrew
to report for passage bill providing for the
issuance of land scrip to Mrs. Mary Clark
Gaines ii. lieu of about 81 900 acres OF land in
Louisiana, heretofore claimed by her as the
heir of Gen. Gaines, the title to which has
been judicially confirmed to other parties.
In answer to an inquiry from a member of
Congress, Postmastsr-General Howe says he
must still decline to forward through the
mails free any matter which bears fac-simile
ola Congressman.
The House Committee on Naval Affairs at
their meeting agreed to the report of the sub
committee, which recommends an immediate
appropriation of $4,000, 900 to begin the con-
structlon OF new navy, and appointed a
subcommittee to prepare bill in accordance
with the views embodied in the report.
ANTI-PoLYGAMY.-A large mass-meeting was
held in Keokuk, Iowa, to discuss the Mormon
question. Hon. r. F. Bower presided
Speeches were made by H. s. Howell. Samuel
II. Clark, Rev. Messrs. Craig, Grassie and
others, after which appropriate resolutions
were adopted. for the suppression of polyg-
amy within the United States.
Fifteen thousand people attended the anti
Mormon meeting in Minneapolis. MINI.
Stirring speeches were made, and condemna-
tory resolutions passed.
large anti-polygamy mass-meeting was
held at Sacramento, Cal. Addresses were
made by several speakers, and a strong anti
polygamy memorial to Congress calling for
effective legislation, was adopted
An immense concourse of people gathered
in plymouth Church, in Milwaukee, Wis, to
discuss the Mormon question. Congress was
called to take immediate action.
large anti-polygamy meeting, at Farwell
Hall, Chicago, was addressed by Joseph
Smith, son of the Mormon prophet, Joe
Smith" who was killed in this state
An anti-polygamy mass-meeting was held
at Norwich, CT, which was addressed by
leading citizens, mostly clergymen; and
which adopted resolutions to be transmitted
to Congress.
The NEW APPoRTIoNMENT AND THE PREsI-
DENoY-By the terms of the new law the cleo
toral college will consist of 401 members, in
stead of 800, as in the old college, and sue
cessful candidate must have POI votes, instead
OF the memorable 1885, Dakota is likely to be-
come State before the next presidential cleo
ton, in which case the college will contain
404 members and majority will require 203
votes in the next they will cast 153 Assum-
ing that Dakota will at that time rank as
State and be Republican in politics, and that
the South will be "solid " for the Democrat
candidate, just so additional votes will be
needed to elect the democratic nominee I'm
der the new law New York will have SO votes
and Indiana Is, making with the Southern
vote, 2O4, or majority and one vote to spare.
Ii either of these two States should fail to go
Democratic, the loss of its votes could with
difficulty be repaired With Indiana Repub-
llcan the Democrats would need Neyada's
three votes, New Jerseys nine and Connnec-
tcut's four. The importance of Ohio's twenty
one votes is evidently not diminished under
the new apportionment. The main interest
OF the presidential elections of the next de-
eade will, as heretofore, center in New York,
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