New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-28
rr1F rRLRuNE .ALMANAc.

The Tribune Almanac for 1889, ready to-day, is
complete as a register OF tho political events OF
sss. II has been edited as In former years, by
that accomplished statistician, the Hon. Edward
Mcpherson In six closely printed pages is full
abstract Of the important laws passed at the first
session Of the present Congress, including the
acts for n conference OF American States, for the
settlement OF strikes by arbitration, for the en-
forcement Of laws touching telegraph lines, on
Immigrant railroads, and on the Indian, Navy,
land, and pension questions. The National plat
forms Of the Republican and Democratic parties
are printed in full; those Of the Union Labor
and Prohibition parties in abstract. The pro-
ceedngs attending the election Of United States
Senators In the States OF Alabama, Georgia,
Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Rhode
Island and South Carolina fully given.
This is n special feature TO the Almanac
Lists OF the Senators and Representatives com
posing the present Lth and the coming List
Congress are inserted, the latter with the post
Office address OF each. The usual lists Of
Executive, Departmental Diplomatic aud Judicial
officers given with the SALARY attached 70 each;
in addition, ten closely printed pages are devoted
20 u statement of the number and salary Of
each class OF officers and employees in all parts
OF the country under the State Department the
Treasury Department. the War, Navy, Interior,
Post Office aud Justice Departments This con-
densed statement will enable the reader to answer
for himself a multitude of questions about the
public service The tables on the commerce Of
the United States show the trade relations Of
the United States with every other country for
tho last two years and the proportions which
the leading articles of import and export bear
IN oil and
Of commerce separate table is devoted
TO the imports and exports of specie
81 I'D from every other country; and
another TO showing the gross business, and tho
percentage of business done at the various ports
of the United States Other tables of ordinary
revenues and expenditures, of internal revenue
receipts, Of appropriations by Congress for the
various branches of the public service, of bank
and currency, foreign immigration and tariff
votes, place in compact and accurate shape these
staple facts which are subjects of daily inquiry.
The election figures include every State and
Territory in the Union, and are compared. in each
case, with the like vote in 1ss4-both popular and
electoral The sixty-seven pages devoted to this
work give the result not only on President but
on every State officer voted for, on Representatives
in Congress on State Legislatures and ON Con-
htitluOlhl amendments nubhltApd w popuG- NOte.
The vote in Connecticut Ncw-Jersey and New
York Is given not only by counties, but by wards
and towns-compared with the like vote in 1854
and in the last two the vote on Assembly by dis
tricts as usual General tables show the popular
Presidential vote by States in $50, 1884 and
sss A clear view Of the popular Presidential votes
OF 1876, 1880 iss4 and 1883 is given in table
showing the percentage by geographical divisions,
Of the Republican, Democratic, Union Labor and
Prohibition vote at each of those pe.iods-thus. in
ten hines presenting the relative strength OF each
party, in each grand division, at each OF those
DeIiodical contests This severe analysis shows
these interesting facts: That the Republican
vote OF 1sss-comparad with ls7o-is relatively
larger in the Middle ond the Pacific States and
smaller in the w-Engiand, the South and South
western, and the West and Northwestern
States; that the Democratic vote Of issscompared
with 1s76-is relatively smaller In every one Of the
grand divisions; that the Union Labor vote Of