New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-03
LIE rRIRnNE ALMANAC FOR 1890.

The Tribune Almanac for 1890 will be upon the
counters of our business office to-day. IL is, III
fact as in name, Political Register oil the
events of 1889. In this respect IL stands alone,
for no other publication purports to cover the
whole field of political action. Besides full tables
of the popular elections OF 1889. IL contains the
record OF the election, by Legislatures, OF the
United States Senator's chosen during that PERIOD
and q summary of the more important political
LEGISLATION enacted by Congress and by each OF
the States and Territories during that year.
Within its 1879 closely printed pages will be
found:
l. An abstract of the political legislation
enacted at the last session of Congress, covering
questions of Interstate Commerce. the Census OF
1890. the admission of the four new States Of
Montana. North Dakota, South Dakota and Wash
ington the amendments made to Pension. Indian
and Public Lands legislation, and sundry other
topics
III. The political platforms Of the various
parties in the leading States of the Union, so far
as they touch general questions, thus indicating
present public sentiment tariff, temperance
railroad legislation, and the like. And
Ill President Harrsons Inaugural Address in
full.
The tables Of trade, covering several pages, give
in compact and Ineligible shape the exact rea-
tions Of this country with every other country on
the globe And other tables of revenue and
penditures Of the United States give in full the
sources of the former and the objects Of the latter
From the various reports of the Executive
branches of the Government have been CLEANED
a variety of interesting and valuable statements,
otherwise inaccessible to the general public, relat
ing to the National and other banks, to the dis
bursements on Pension account, to the movements
of gold and silver, to the amount Of the Public
Debt to the rates Of domestic and international
postage to the growth of the United States Post
office system TO immigration and its sources to
the revenues from spirits, tobacco and olcomarg-
arine and to the amount of Free List importa-
tions and Of "Dutiable List" importations under
the present Tariff Act Of 1888. These latter
tables are, at this moment, peculiarly valuable
and suggestive.
Hardly less suggestive are the returns of the
votes recently held in various States on Constitu-
tional Prohibitory Amendments
The election returns in the various States which
voted in 1880 are fully given in detail and in gross
and in contrast with those of previous years, so
that the student of these figures can see at
glance the changed relations of parties to them.
The returns from the States Of New-Jersey
and New-York are stated with exceptional fulncss
and with greater completeness than will be found
elsewhere. The figures for New-Jersey extend
TO every ward and township of the State. as
we'll as to every Senatorial and Assembly District
and also exhibit the strength of parties at the
election of 1880 in each of the Congressional
districts of the State These popular results
are compared with like results at the correspond
ing previous election, so that complete view is
presented of the politics of that State
Prepared upon the same plan is the vote of the
State Of New-Yorlz, covering the last
twenty-five pages Of the election re-
turns. These tables include the vote
by counties on State officers chosen, the vote by
counties on State Senators, the vote by districts
on Assemblymen, and the vote by ward and town
ships on Secretary of State compared with the
like vote two years ago on the same office. The
figures for the city of New-York and for the city
of Brooklyn include all the officers voted for.
both general and local
There are also the usual tables Of Congress, the
Cabinet the United States Judiciary, the .prin-
cipal Departmental officers the Diplomatic Service
of the United States, the Governors of States and
Territories, the late votes President, and o
variety of other appropriate matter.
The remarkable increase of interest in sports of
all kinds has led to the addition TO the Almanac
this year OF department. devoted 10 tle important
records and achievements in the various contests
of speed, strength and skill.
Admirers of fast horses, both runners and trot-
ters will find here in compact and convenient
form, the best performances on trotting-tracK ana
race-course. Baseball, football and lawn-tennls
enthusiasts can review the great games OF the
year Yachtsmen, Oarsmen, athletes, cncketers,
and others will find proper attention given TO
their favorite recreati0ns. This ought to prove
an especially valuable and attractive feature
of the Almanac
The Almanac will be found TO be complete
compilation not only of the local political facts
of the cities of New.York and Brooklyn and OF
the States of New-York and New-Jersey, D1t OF
the general political facts of the whole Unlon'
and fully to maintain, in its 52d number, the
high position won by more than hall century
of successful and continuous publication.