New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-21
TILE EIFTIETH ALNANAC.

THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC for | S8S, ready to-
dav. contains in one hundred and five compactly
filed pages all the important political facts OF
the year It is believed that nothing OF real mo-
ment touching the legislative action OF the Govern
ment OF of the various States has been omitted
so that The Almanac is, what it ought TO De-
a record OF the political life of the nation during
1887. The Statutes of the year include the
Electoral Count Act. the Interstate Commerce
Act, the supplemental anti-Mormon legislation
and the Fisheries Act, with the usual variety OF
minor subjects The party platforms are of the Re-
publican, Democratic, Labor, Prohibition,
and Personal Liberty organizations
Those of the State of New-Yorls are
given in full; those Of other States
as they touch upon the Tariff Temperance, Civil
Service and Education. In the States OF California.
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida Illinois, Indiana,
Maine, Massachusetts,. Michigan, Minnesota, Miss
ouri, Nebraska Nevada, New-Hampshire, New
jersey New-York Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas.
Virginia West Virginia, and Wisconsin, United
States Senators were chosen during 1887 In
several Of these the controversies were notable
events full record of the votes in the Legs
latures and in the party caucuses which preceded
or accompanied them will be found in The Al
manac and we believe in no other publication.
The Tables Of Trade are comprehensive and
valuable. They show the amount OF the trade OF
this country with every other co Try, and the
values o. each of articles of export and import
for the last three years together with the move
ments of specie during the same period. These
figures show in the most condensed form possible
the net results Of our foreign business while In
ternal Revenue, Customs and other tables show
the amount Of money received and expended by
the United States during the fiscal year 1887.
A mic Of tab tbo
in acres of each State and Territory, the date of
organization of each Territory the date of admis-
sion of new States, the areas of public land
surveyed and remaining unsurveyed up to June
80 1886 with statement showing the various
grants Of public lands made by Congress to States
and to corporations for railroads, wagon-roads,
canals and river Improvement, together with the
action of Congress in annulling certain of those
grants Pension statement statistics on Wool and
Sheep on Banking and Currency, Estimates and
Appropriations, Public Debt and Immigration, and
votes on the late Tariff acts add greatly TO
the practical value of The Almanac, as they all
bear on vital public questions.
The Election tables are unusually full, having
regard for use in the coming Presidential Cam
paign-giving the popular vote for President by
States. in 1876, 1880, and 1884; the various
State elections in ss5, $50 and ss7; and the
Electoral vote in 1868 1872, 1876 1850 and
1884 All the State votes Of ss7 have been re-
corded; and each vote is compared well with
its last previous corresponding vote as with the
Presidential vote Of 1884, 10 which every inquirer
now naturally turns The returns for New-York
State cover every county, by wards and towns:
and for New.York City and Brooklyn leave moth
ing TO be desired The lists Of the membership
of the Lth Congress and Of the Governors Of the
various States and Territories have been corrected
70 the latest dates The Political Miscellany
et the close OF The Almanac gives the salient pO-
IiticaI facts developed in each State and Terri
tory during the year. striking feature in
this record is the prominence OF " Labor leg
islation and of restrictive temperance enactments.
The full vote by counties on Prohibition in Oregon
and tennessee Is given and that in Texas by az
gregates.
Tn. TRIBUNE ALMANAC was begun by
Mr. Greeley in 1898 1t has been issued annually
since. except in lsl2. This number Is, therefore,
the Fifteth Of the series The services OF the Hon
Edward Mcpherson US Editor and Compiler of The