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nUhCANSON BROS, Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF BRICK HOUSE, NUMBER
1872 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST, NEAR

RHODE ISLAND AVENUE.
By virtue of deed of trust duly recorded in Iiber
No. 1917, folio 459 ct sea of the Land Records Of
the District of Columbia will sell at public auction
IL front Of the premises on TUESDAY, THE SIXTH
DAY OF AUGUST, AID. 1883, AT HALF-PAST FIVE
O'CLOCK I; NJ, the following described real estate,
situated IN the City Of Washington, District Of Coum
bia to-wit: All that certain piece parcel OF land
and premises known and distinguished and
being part of, lot numbered fifteen u5) in
square three hundred and sixty (364 beginning
for the the southeast of said lot fifteen
15l thence running west the south line said lot
one hundred and thirty feet nine inches Obs IT.
nchesl to the line Of alley, thence north ten feet
seven and one-half inches 40 #. N inches), thence
east to the west line of Ninth street thence
south to the place Of beginning. The same being
known as premises numbered 1912 Ninth street
northwest.
Terms: One-thrd cash, balance in one and two
years. for which the of the purchaser secured by
deed OF trust the property sold and bearing interest
from day of sale at the rate Of six cent annu.
Will be taken, or all cash, at the option of the pur
chaser deposit of 81 90 will be required at time of
sale. All conyeyancing. &c, at purchasers cost.
Terms of sale to be complied with i'll days from
the the trustees the right
to resell the property at the risk and cost of the de-
fsulting purchaser after five days public notice Of
such resale in some newspaper published il Washing
ton, ID. q.
CHAS. C. DUNCANSON,l rr-,..oo.
CHAS. W. DARR. ! Arus'eo-
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON
VNRUsTEE,s SALE OF uNIMPRoyED PROPERTY
u SITUATE IN THE COUNTY NEAR BRIGHT
WOOD AND ON A ROAD NEAR THE MILITARY

VTKgSIEE,S SAl.E OF UNlMPkUNEDPK OPEkIf
ROAD.
Under and by virtue Of Q decree Of the Supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia IN cause wherein
defendant. known equity cause No. ll710, the
undersigned trustee viii on FRIDAY. AUGUST SEC
front of the premises sell AZ public auction all that
certain piece and lot of land known part of Girls
Portion, tanning three and more particular
described in the proceedings in said cause.
The terms Of sale prescribed by said decree
follows: One-third Of the purchase money cash. bal
ance in two equal installmen; to be secured by the
notes Of the purchaser, at and two years. and
deed OF trust the property sold all cash, At the
purchasers option deposit Of 90 required on the
cost Sale to be complied with within ten (10) days
from the day of the the
right resell the cost and risk OF the defaulting
purchaser. b. d. CARPENTER Trustee,
Residence, Brightwood, ID. G.
DUNCANSON BROS,
ty25-d&ds Auctoneers.
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These Agurss, showing censtase -
large Increase IN beth dspartnsaes -
the papsr's businsss, seed - co1nsst.
They ten tie story q psblie ee.Aasass
and dsaonstrass n ths plaansst nannsr
possible tha& THE STAR n THE M
CO0NIzED CQAuNEL on TRls CON.
GUNITY FOR AL BUDlNE1s CON-
NUuICAI1ONo.
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BOWLING, Auctioneer.

VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY NO. S07 o
STREET NORTH WEST. AT AUCTION.
On TUESDAY, AUGUST SIXTH. 1889. AT FIVE
0CLoCh +. M VIII sen. IN front OF the premises,
storyand- basement brick dwelling, with all modern
improvements.
TERMS One-third cash. balance in and two years.
with interest, and secured by deed OF trust the
property all cash. deposit of 800 required at
time of sale. Conveyancing and recording at cost Of
purchaser. THOMAS BOWLING,
aul- dads Auctloner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-02

Equally does THE STAR lead all its
contemporaries I'm the publication Of the
NEWS OF OUR OWN COUNTRY.
Receiving the regular dispatches Of
both News Associations; with alert and
enterprising special telegraphic cor
respondents at all important points; and
with wires leading directly from Its own
Office to the general network Of telegraph
system touching every city, town and
hamlet I'm the United States and Terri.
tories, IL is enabled to receive and print
at once full report Of every event Of
consequence occurring during the day
anywhere between the Atlantic and Pa
cific Oceans.
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by the free use Of the OCEAN CABLES
for REGULAR AND SPECIAL Dis
PATCHES, and with the difference Of
time I'm it's favor, IL is also able to give
its readers every afternoon the news OF
the WHOLE EASTERN HEMISPHERE
for the entire day, and up to IL O'Clock
midnight, thus leaving literally nothing
I'm the way OF news from Europe, Asia,
and Africa for the morning papers.
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In conclusion, the public should bear
I'm mind this one significant fact: THE
STAR does not rely upon empty boasts
to impress the public. ITS CIRCULA-
TION Is SWORN TO; its PRESS
ROOM Is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC;
and its BOOKS MAY BE INSPECTED
by any one having an interest I'm their
examination. These are CRUCIAL
TESTS, which few papers invite, and
which those that boast most are Least
able to stand.
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AIR LINE.

tDIEDMONT AIR LINE.
l. Schedule in effect June 80, 1880.
$3.50 a m.-Eest Tennessee Mail, daily for Warren
ton Gordonsyille, Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and
stations between Alexandra and LynchburH, Roanoke.
man Sleeper Washington TO Memphis.
II "a a m.-fast mail daily for Warrenton, Char
iottesvile Gordonsve Stations Chesapeake and Ohio
tons between Lynchburg and Danville, Greensboro,
halelgh, Asheville Charlotte. Columbia. Augusta,
Atlanta, ngham. Montgomery, New Orleans,
Atlanta, parl6r cars Atlanta 10 Montgomery, Pullman
Sleepers Montgomery TO New Orleans. Pullman
oieeper oreensooro' 10 Columbia and Augusta Pull
man Sleepers Washington 10 Cincinnati via c. aud u
ALB p. m.-Daily. except Sunday, for Manassas
Strasburg and intermediate stations
tanooga. Pullman Nestibule Sleeperr Washington 70
Memphis connecting thence for all Arkansas points,
40 y. m,-Western Express, daily for Manassas,
CulpeIer. Orange, Charlottesville stanton Louis.
vile, Cincinnati Pullman Nestibule train Washington
1900 p. m-southern Express daily for Lynch6urs.
Danville, Raleigh, Asheville Charlotte, Columbia
Augusta, Atlanta, Montgomery, New Orleans. Texas,
New Orleans via Atlanta and Montgomery. Pullman
Sleeper Washington 20 birmingham, Ala. via Atlanta
and Georgia Pscinc Railway.
Trains on Washington and Ohio division leave WASH
ington y 200 m daily except Sunday, and AS IN.
daily; arrive Round Hill IL 80 a.. M and 20 o. m
returning leave Round Hill :05 daily and ~ 20
PIN DAILY except Sunday, arriving Washington 80
Through trains from the South via Charlotte, Dan.
vile and Lynchburg arrive in Washington o 80
and 7l3 M; via East Tennessee, Bristol and Lynch
burg at SOB am. and 10 40 pm; via Chesapeake
and Ohio route and Charlottesville at IS pm and
I:l3 I'm. and 6;53 am. Strasburg local at 9:ls
Tickets, sleepins-car reservation and information
FURNISHED and baevage checked 1t Office 1900 Penn
syysnls avenue and at Passenger Station Pennsyiys
je29 JAS. l. TAYLOR, Gen. Pass Agent
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TO.MORROW.
WALTER B. WILLIAMS 4 CO., Auctioneers.

EXTENSIVE SALE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS.
BEING THE CONTENTS OF A TNELVE-ROOM
HOUSE, REMOVED 70 OUR sALEskOOM FOR
CONVENIENCE OF SALE, EMBRACING WILL
MADE CHAMBER SUITES, WARDROBES, SIDE'
TABLES, EXTENSION TABLES AND DINING
ROOM CHAIRS, HALL RACK, FOLDING BED,
PARLOR FURNITURE. slDEBoAkDS, EASY
CHAIRS, LOUNGES, BRUSSELS, INGkAfN AND
OTHER CARPETS, LARGE OIL STOVE, GAL
NANIZED PLATE WASHER, HAIR AND HUSK
MATTRESSES, LARGE KITCHEN TABLES,
CHINA AND GLASSWARE. KITCHEN UTEN-
SlIS, &c.
On To MORROW. AUGUST THIRD. at TEN
O'CLOCK A. NJ, we shall sell large assortment of
Household Articles at our salesroon, corner Tenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
Terms cash.
1t WALTER b. WILLIAMS & CO., Aucts.
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FUTURE DAYS.
INEEKS l. CO., Auctioneers,
kA[ 4 ontsfa,

WEEKS CO., Auctioneers,
w 631 Louisiana ave-,
Opposite City Post ofnce
STOCK OF REGULAR GOODS, NOTIONS, TWENTY
DOZEN KID GLOVES. MEMS, MOMEN'S AND
BOYS SUMMER AND WINTER UNDERWEAR
SUSPENDERS, $50 DOZEN MEMS, MOMENTS,
MISSES AND CHILD'S HOSIERY, FINE GOODS;
ONERAL1S, CHEVI0T. FLANNEL AND LINEN
BOSOM SHIRTS, BRUSHES, COMBS HAND
KERCHIEFS, JEAN GOODS, NECKMEAR,
GLOVES, AND VARIETY OF OTHER STOCK.
ALL FRESH GOODS, AT AUCTION, WITHIN
OUR SALkSROOMS, MONDAY, AUGUST FIFTH.
TEN A. NJ
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THE EVENING STAR 10 Q PAPER
OF TO-DAY, not Of YESTERDAY nor
OF LAST WEEK. IL prints ALL THE
NEWS, Local, Domestic and FOREIGN.
LONG IN ADVANCE OF THE MORN.
ING PAPERS.
This IL conspicuousiy true of all classes
OF news, but especially 90 I'm regard 60
Local News and District Affairs.
THE STAR has very much LARGER
and BETTER force Of LOCAL RE-
PORTERS and SPECIAL WRITERS
than any other paper in washington
ever thought Of employing, and ITS
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND
PRINTING FACILITIES ARE MORE
THAN THREE TIMES AS POWER
Full AND RAPID AS THOSE OF ANY
OTHER WASHINGTON PAPER. L. 10
therefore able to print each day . fan
report Of every transaction Of public In
terest occurring I'm the Districs up 70
the very hour Of going to press.
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CATsKILL MOUNTAINS,
~ SARATOGA,

LAKE GEORGE Adirondack
On and after SUNDAY, June 2:i express trains ON
West shore Railroad Will run Daily, except sunday
to and from the Jersey City station Of the Penn; IL
wanna Rsilroad, making clase Connections with ssst
trains TO and from Washington.
,CATSkILL MOUNTAIN EXPREsS.-Leave Jerry
City station at 500 am Arrive Ph1nicia. ~ So y.
m; Grand Hotel :45 pm; Hotel kaaterskill. 2: Is
pm; Mount House Station, 20 pm; PAienville,
20 pm. Drawing room Cars Jersey City 70 Grand
Hotel Station and to Ph9nica Qor Hotel kaAterskil
and Mountain Housel
SARATOGA AND CATSKILL MT. EXPRESS
Leave philadelphia, ~ Arrive Ph1nicia 3: 20
pm; Grand Hotel, rs p. Hotel kAzterskili 81
pm Mt House Station. 4: Is pm: Palenyille 20
pm. Arrive Saratoga. 6:20 pm. CALDWELL Lake
George $40 p. Drawing Room Cars PhilAdelphis
TO Grand Hotel Station and 10 Phenicia dor Hotel
kaaterskil and Mountain House), New York TO Csld-
well and Jersey City to sarstoga.
SARATOGA AND CATsKIIL MT. SPECIAL
Leave Warrington. 600 am Arrive Phenicis, 7:5l
M. Grand Hotel, 40 M; Hotel kaaterskil -: 8
pm; Mt House Station 300 pm; P.lenville, sos
Lake George, on Saturdays only, arriving 10 40 pm
Drawing Room Cars New York TO Grand Hotel Station
and TO PhQnicia flor Hotel kaaterskiu and Mountain
Housel and Washington to Saratoga
Purchase tickets at Pennsylvania Railroad Offices
and connect in the Jersey City station all northern
resorts by West Shore Railroad Baggage checked
through Saratoga trains run via Albany
c. 4. LAMBERT,
5e24tsep30 General Passenger Agent. New York
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A New Cotton Oil Refinery.

A special to the New York World from
Charleston, SC, says: An application for a
charter for the Charleston cotton oil refinery
was forwarded from here to-day. The capital
stock is to be $780, 900, and the originators have
already secured site ON the water front and
the promise of all the money needed. An OPP
portunity, however, will be afforded all the in
dependent cotton seed oil mills in the state to
subscribe and become interested in the inter-
prise. The company grew out of the needs Of
the oil mills in the state outside those con-
trolled by the Standard oil trust for refinery.
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PIANOS AND ORGANS.

nECKER BROS. PIANOS REPRESENT ALL
~ that is best in the art Of Pianoforte making.
Sold on easy terms.
WEBER, FISCHER and ESTEY PIANOS. A few
frst-class Second hand Pianos at very low prices
ESTEY ORGANS-Two hundred and ten Thousand
(2l0 ,00o) Estey Organs have been made and sold.
New styles for Parlor, Church and School USE Sold
on easy terms
PIANOS AND ORGANS FOR RENT.
Old instruments taken in part payment for new
ones. Tuning and Repairing.
SANDERS STAYMAN
934 ST. NV.
13N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md.
12l7 Main ST. Richmond, Va. aul-3m
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Tommy (who had been forgotten until nearly
II O'Clock Paw, what 10 jiffy 2"
Father-"Its just about the length Of time
you've got to get to bed without : licking. -
Tsrrs HdHte Express
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SUBURBAN PROPERTY

SOUTH BR0OKLAND. SOUTH BROOKLAND
y Notice TO the Public: Persons desiring visit the
mentioned Subdivision will ind it short iabout
ten minutes) drive from the city by way OF Lincoln
ave., turning OFF opposite Glenw Cemetery at Cen
trail ave, which street has been opened all the way
through. iy6-lm
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Another Victory for the Valkvrie

huOtner NtcUOry IOr inc Nalkyr1e.
In the Royal South match at Southampton
yesterday the vaIkyrie led all the way, winning
in hours minutes 80 seconds. The Yarana
was second. in hours 10 minutes "a seconds,
and the Deerhound third, in hours &c minutes
% seconds.
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RAILROADS.
AND ONO R.unoAp

schedule N effect June - 1854
Leave washr from station corner of New Jerssy
chic.e ana s@s 1am.a.
? q n c sags: ssa ISd.n.po. ..s-.
For assbarr and Cleveland. ve.tibuled Iamissds.
pl For Mbse,ia ~ am and e.p S 40
on main line express daily except aonass. a sSs
For Lexington and Local stations tlo.soam
81 f9 9n Lnrsy, $500 an, tlV;So am. tSsoo pm.
ISr sai,inore, week days 400. 500, $40. 5;2s
$40 % A acs 40 es9 ss so So
:99o .;S9 300 1880, and II 80 .. m; sundays
Is 5 IS. $50 Zoo 20. sos. io.sS and
For Way Station. between w..hinstcn and g.,s-
pl 80 ;. "a s1n sse s. sd a2ao sgs 5 s
r. sS Bssine,s for Warrington week a.ys
$40 SiS. 1890 as minutes, am a NJ IL ia:i5. AZ
s;o9 600. $50. 40 500 1905. io:l .sa
$50 S sel 500 :. io 1lRnis nd
For bay Ridge, trains leave and 0. depot wash
Leave Bsy Siass seet ss ss SO p and $50 p M
Sq pSr XsS. 40 500 sp sn soe m ,a,o
de is PAM Ann' gShs.y. % SSb
For Stations on the Metropolitan Branch. f6:+S
1859 am 2 ls o M E@sP stations 0n'
For Saithersburg and intermediate points, so:00a-
m, 1850 $3.50. I'll 30 pm.
For Boyds and intermediate stations. "a 100 Pm.
$1,000 pm
Church train leaves Washington on Sunday at 1 is
m, stopping at all stations on Metropolitan Branch
For Frederick, rs 40. 1880 am, 90. ~ 80 u
m sundays. 40 and - 90 pm
For Hagerstown, no 30 q m. and rs :3op pm.
Trains arrive from Chicago daily IL a am and
500 p. from Cincinnati and St Louis daily so
IN; and % PIN. from Pittsburg 7:lo am. aud
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA DIVISION
For New York. Trenton, Newark aud Elizabeth n
j. 400, rs co. - 30 sl2 90 q. m 30, a 1O and
nc: 30 pm. Buffet parlor Cars ON all day trAinA
Sleeping Car on the 1880 pm. open at 200 p m
The 20 pm. train does not stop at Elizabeth.
For Philadelphia Newark Wilmington and Chester,
a 90 500 $780, 'l2 100 an. '2:3O. 42o. e 90
For internediate points between baltimore and
Philadelphia, IS 80 am, - 80 and "A 80 D m.
Trains leave New York for Washington, IS 30.
II go am. 'l:30 '2:30 '3:15. 800 pm. and
Trains leave Philadelphia for Washington, a 10,
g ;d5, lilo am. II 30, '4;l5. '5:o5. '5:43 and
For Atlantic City 4 100 and 80 An, 1900 noon
and 30 y, m sundays 90 q M, and = 90 noon.
For Long Branch and Ocean Grove II 90. Is 90 u
m; 200 noon; 80 80 am.
Sunday and Monday. sExcept Monday.
baggage called for and checked from hotels and
residences by Union Transfer Co. orders left at
ticket offices, 6l9 and 1851 Pennsyvan avenue. and
at Depot CHAS o. sCULl, Gen Pass. Agt
J. i. ODElL. General Manager. ly27
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IVHOMAS BOWLING. Aucuoneer.

REGULAR SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
&c, AT MY AUCTION ROOMS,
SATURDAY, AUGUST THIRD, 1889. commencing
at TEN O'CLOCK, embracing part French b. plate
M Ma and Pier Mirrors Handsome Parlor suites.
Marble top and other Tables Dining Room Furniture
Chamber Furniture in Suites and separate pieces,
Heating Stoves, Kitchen Requisites, &C.
Also,
AT TWELVE O'CLOCK
Horses, New and SECONDHAND Carriages Buggies
Wagons, &c. aul-2t
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g. The esteem I'm which THE STAR
Il held by the reading and advertising
public IL conclusively shown by the fg.
ures given below.
In the first six months Of each Of The
1--WE years named the average daily cir
culation Of the paper was:
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SPEND SUNDAY AT THE SHoRE.--Special
train leaves B. and D. station AGO pm. Satur-
day. Tickets good three days. Round trip
only 50. Tickets good on all regular trains
leaving Washington at 400 and $50 a. NJ, 1900
noon, $50 and 1880 pm
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WOOD AND COAL.

IrORkkST DODGE
Il COAL. COKE AND WOOD OF ALL KINDS
FAMILY COAL A SPECIALITY.
Best quality Georges Creek Cumberland Coal for
steam purposes,
Office, 1914 31st 1T. Telephone, 1862
Yard and Wharf, 30OS Water st. Telephone, 954-2
jy9
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DOBERT VOSE & co.
AUCTION SALE OF DESIRABLE BUIlDINGLOTS
ON T. STREEI SOUTHEAST

On MONDAY, AUGUST FIFTH, at SIX O'CLOCK
PM We will offer for sale to the highest bidder six
Choice Lots 2Uxl70 feet to 30feet alley situated
on north side of street, between 18th and 14th
streets southeast An excellent opportunity TOR i'm
provement or investment.
Terms at sale.
aul-3t ROBERT vOSE & CO., Auctioneers
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MEDICAL, &c.

ID The Oldest Established and only Reliable Ladiesp
be consulted daily. 464 st. between ~ and 9Th
Prompt treatment Correspondence and consulta-
ton strictly confidential Separate rooms for ladies.
Office always open au2-6ts
II AIDES WHO REQUIRE THE SERVICES OF AN
Dr. WILSON, llO5 PARK Place ne. bet b and Q, llth
and 18th SITS. ne. Ladies only Remedy 80. te246ws
MIME. DE FOREST, LONG-EsTABIIsHED And
TO p. M with LADIES' only. jy22-1m'
TT HAS NEVER BEEN CONTRADICTED THAT
DIR. BROTHERS is the oldest-essxblished advertise
Ing ladies' Physician in the city; Ladies' you can
Confidently consult DIR. BROTHERS, 300 St s.W
Particular attention paid to all diseases peculiar 70
ladies' married single Forty years experience.
N20-1ms
ID FAD AND BE WIsE-DR BROTHERS, 900 ST.
H appeared before me and made oath thst he IL
the Oldest Established Expert Specialist IN this city,
aud will guarantee IN all cases Of private diseases
of men and furnish medicine. or no charge consulta
scribed and sworn to before me by Dr. BROTHERS,
SAMUEL O. MILLS > Notary PUBLIC In and for the
District Of Columbia. this Sd day OF July, 1855
MANHOOD RESTORED 81 USING A BOTTLE
M Or two Of Dr. BRoTHERg Inv;gSrating CordiaA
Male Of female COD B 81 AN. Hao.im:
nR MOTIFS FRENCH POwDERs ARE THE
~ Standard Remedy for Al blood diseasea. oausing
thIost nass e sn1n TcIhles urinary dassassscussd
" fort6 saShs a9SF vHSHies' ~ psr box
natural wsslnss iossoi vtsiisy. ds6iiG. -
Isl sT2S6nSo0sRbSS s cor. a s. s "a Paw
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X
influence In legislation. for its functions were
purely legislative, and the public purse was
confided to Its keeping. Yet the great assem-
bly, thus gifted by the Constitution, strong by
its nature, and as the embodiment of the rep
resentative principle, has declined instead
Of rising in influence and force. BY its own
mistakes it has allowed its great powers to slip
through its fingers and to pass into the keep
ing of the Senate endowed already with the
peculiar executive powers conferred upon it
by the Constitution. The House of Repre-
sentatives, from one cause and another, GER
tainly from entirely false theories of govern
ment, has tied itself up by net
reduced to simple inaction. The majority
has ceased to rule and the minority is un-
able to govern. Great measures demanded by
three-quarters of the people without regard to
party, and favored by three-quarters of the
House, come up only to be strangled, and the
acme OF absurdity is reached when great rep
resentative and legislative body lives under a
rule which forbids 1t to add to an appropria-
ton, but allows it to decrease one. There
never was greater travesty of representative
government, OF popular government and of
government by the majority than is presented
BY the American House Of Representatives, un-
der Its own rules and customs, as they exist to-
day. At the same time the powers which they
have taken from themselves, under some idea
that they cannot be safely trusted with them,
nave pccu hssumeu ny OtnefS. Wnat the house
has laid down the Senate has taken up, and il
is to the Senate, intended originally, from a
legislative point of view, to serve as q check
and a balance on the House, that the people
now look for any real legislative action, while
the House serves for little more than to keep
the Senate from doing what the Houseought
to do itself. and what the nation demands.
I'm addition 70 this the House has been
crippled by the mass Of things thrown upon il
with which it should not DO called upon to
deal. 1t should not be made q court Of claims
or pension offiae. Least Of all should il be
made a machine for the distribution of Offices
for Of all the evils which beset public life, and
which destroy the usefulness Of parties and OF
public men, the greatest beyond all doubt, il
the evil OF patronage. 1t is utterly un-Ameri-
can, 1t is wrong in theory, it 10 vicious in prac-
tice, and it should be done away with entirely,
as unworthy OF American intelligence and al
only for the monarchies from which IL was In.
herited."
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After the dedicatory services Of the pill
grims' monument at Plymouth, Mass, yes
terday the procession, together with orator.
poet and invited guests, took their places
in the great dining tent, and the feast provided
for the occasion was discussed for an hour.
Then Gov. Long, the chairman, arose
to introduce the orator of the day,
Congressman Breckenridge of Kentucky.
When Mr.. Long had finished speaking Mr..
Breckenridge arose and amid appreciative ap-
plause began his Grafton