The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-01-05

Mr.. Manning, and by the enforcement
of the unit rule at Chicago he was en-
abled fer the third time to give the
solid vote of the state delegation to
the man of his choice.
Mr.. Cleveland, upon taking Office
in March, 1885, called Mr.. Manning
to his cabinet as Secretary of the
Treasury. Over application to duty,
combided, it was said, with an acci-
dent on March "a, 1885, lea 20 the
illness from which he never recovered.
The accident was caused by sprainiug
his ankle and falling down fight Of
stairs In the Treasury building.
TO REGULATE THE DIVORCE LAWS.
The campaign against the iniquitous
divorce system-or lack of system
prevailing in the United States is ably
led by Mr.. Dolph in the Senate. He
pointed out with great force, in his
speech the practical objections to the
present miserable patchwork of con
ficting statutes. Easy divorce and
marriage have to be considered with
reference to other matters than their
moral effect upon the parties directly
concerned. They load down the courts
with needless litigation and make the
innocent offspring of all the successive
unions suffer unmerited inconvenience
and expense, and the discomfort of an
undefned social status. For example
where q divorce is obtained in one
State for grounds, or after a term of
residence, which would not make it
valid in other states, the first wife IS
entitled to dover after the husbands
death in all his real estate in states
where the divorce is not recognized,
whereas the second wife can claim
dover, in the state that granted her
divorce, in all the land owned by the
husband during the continuance of his
second period of welded life. But in
cases where the husband was large
investor in real property, and his
holdings were scattered over a wide
expanse of territory, the dover rights
of the two claimants are liable to some
into conflict in the courts, and public
time and machinery to he made use of
to settle private disputes which ought
never to have arisen. The legitimacy
of the two OF more sets Of children,
with the property right Involved
therein, is another question over which
painful quarfels are liab'e to arise at
any time. On every account, a unit
cation of the laws on these subjects is
to be desired; and the only way to
make such reform permanent is to
take it entirely out of the hands of the
states themselves and establish d fed
eral code. This may smack Of "oen-
tralization," but for once | am prepar-
ed TO indorse the smack.
WHERE THEY WERE BORN.
In the present Congress there are
nineteen natives of North Carolina, a
larger number than our State has been
credited with for number of years
In New York were born fifty-one of
the men now serving in Congress. The
great State of Texas has but one native
Texan ut the Capitol. Thirty-nine of
the members were born in the State Of
Pennsylvania. Thirty eight first saw
the light in the Buckeye State, and
twenty three first opened their eges to
the blue grass of Kentucky. Virginia
comes next with twenty-one of the
sons of her soil sitting as law makers
at the Capitol, while the old common
wealth of Massachusetts con claim
maternity over but sixteen. The Dis
trict of Columbia has one man IN the
House; Arkansas has but two Iowa
and Florida, one each Maine nine,
New Hampshire six, snd Vermont
nine. Little Rhode Island has five
sons who can talk into the Congress
ional Record. Connecticut has one
less, and New Jersey and Delaware
each have four. There are thirteen
Congressmen WHO sing my Mary
land" and fourteen were born under
the shade of the Palmetto tree. Mis-
sissippi points with pride to six sons in
Congress and West Virginia goes her
one better. There are ten Mich igan-
ders aud sixteen Georgia crackers
The natives of Missouri number ten.
Those born in Louisiana are but hall
that number There are but six men
in Congress born IN the great State OF
Illinois, while Wisconsins pride
spreads over but two. Indiana ha;
the unlucky number of thirteen. BotE
her Senators were born in Ohio Five
members of the present Congress were
born in England, eight in Ireland
seven IN Scotland, two in Germany
two in Bavaria, one in Sweden, two il
Norway and three in Canada.
PENCIL PARINGs.
Congress reassembles ON Thursday
and the Speaker will probably an
nounce the House Committees on tina
day.
It is generally conceded that Messr
Cox, of N. Y, Turner, Ca Tarheel b,
BIRTH of Ga, and Gay, of La, vii
be the new Democratic members 0
the Committee On Ways aud Means
Among the confirmation made b,
/ the Senate just prior to adjournmen
was the nomination Of Kerr Craige, t
be Collector of Internal Revenue TO
/ the 9Th N. G. district.
The season for sudden ano startlin
! wedding announcements has set in, an
the elopement mania may be said t
/ have assumed an epidemic form. Pal
ents of eligible daughters can no lor
ger afford 10 go without paper,
they wish to keep abreast of the lates