The morning call., 1890-05-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.

In accordance with the wish of Repub-
lican caucus of the House Rowell of Illinois
has prepared a bill providing for an extern
zion of the functions of National Superyis-
ors of Elections, which goes further than
the Senate BILL the benefits of Federal su-
pervision being given when only fifty voters
in county or parish demand it. One signif-
cant feature of the measure is the fact the
Clerk of the present House will, in making
up the roll Of the Fifty-second Congress,
leave unrepresented those districts in dis
pute. The majority having once organized
the House can then at its leisure investigate
and seat the members for the disputed dis
tricts.
To remedy the effect Of the recent Su-
preme Court decision in the Iowa liquor
law case various expedientS have been
suggested Among others, Representative
Boutelle of Maine has introduced a bill
adding a section to the interstate CON-
merce law, providing that nothing in the
act shall be construed to authorize the sale
or traffic in Intoxicating liquors in any State
contrary to the laws thereof. Despite the
Supreme Courts decision, the Legislature
of New York has just decided to submit
prohibition constitutional amendment to a
held in April, 1891.
The Food Adulteration Bill, which fol-
lows closely the provisions of the English
Anti-Adulteration Act, has provoked vigor-
oIs protests from wholesale drug men, who,
together with the proprietary medicine
men. fear that certain obscure clauses may
be interpreted unfavorably IN the courts.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture to
prevent any misconstruction is willing to
make such changes as will protect honest
dealers from being placed in the same cate
CORY with dishonest ones.
Bow business sagacity in agricultural
affairs can be made to pay is shown by
couple of enterprising individuals of Ca
huenga. who have been supplying San Fran
cisco with green peppers or chiles and early
tomatoes. The chiles are rather scarce just
now, and the fortunate grower receives
dollar pound, or at the rate of $1,000 a
ton. The other sagacious granger shipped
$3.50 worth of tomatoes off four acres. He
plants six hundred vines to an acre and
each vine is worth about dollar to him.
The trainers of the Constitution evidently
intended that members of Congress should
represent districts of equal population but
OHo COuSIeSSlOudi ulSlTlcL III MlSSlSSlDpl
has population of 125, 76S and another 1885,
49, In New York one district has los, 949,
and another 273. SS9. In Federal legislation
the representative of 71.696 persons in
Michigan has vote of equal weight with
the representative of 273, $50 persons in New
York.
The new cruiser Philadelphia, which has
engines of a new type, the result of Amer
lean mechanical skill. made extraordinary
speed on her initial cruise, the log showing
a maximum of 20.74 knots an hour. The
torpedo-boat Cushing has also been show
ing the Senators what she can do on the
Potomac. The new navy is making
creditable display of speed.
The Democratic caucus of the Kentucky
Legislature took four ballots for United
States Senator last evening" in each of
which Carlisle pOlled larger vote than
either of his five opponents. and it looks as
though the Democratic leader of the House
will have no trouble in attaining his ambi-
ton to sit in the higher branch of Congress.