The morning call., 1891-08-29
IN SOUTHERN STATES.
Progress Of the Farmers ALI
anCe Movement.
Prominent Politicians Stumpins The Country
Against CleYeland'S Candidacy.
Opposition to The Senators Of South Carolina
and Alabama-CenSuS Bulletin of
Irrigated Lands.
srecial to THE MORNING GALL.


the Southern States show that the Farmers
Alliance movement is making great head
way, and Democrats are at last beginning to
be apprehensive. The Stars Charleston
Is. c. special says: The days of Senator
Buffers service in the United States Senate
are numbered, If the Sub-Treasury Alliance
men control the Legislature which will
elect his successor, and in the light Of re-
cent developments it looks very much as
though they will. Another fact is very ap-
parent-the Democratic Alliance men Of
this State, whether advocates or oppon ents
OF the Sub-Treasury scheme, are all opposed
to the nomination OF Cleveland and do not
hesitate to say that they will not vote for
him if nominated. An anti Cleveland dele
cation will probably be sent from South
Carolina to the next National Democratic
Convention. Governor Ben Tillman, Con-
gresham George d. Tillman and Senator
Butler are on the stump now engaged in ad-
dressing crowds at the Alliance picnics.
which are being held all over the State. In
these speeches Governor Tillman says that
Cleveland betrayed the Democratic party on
that if he had exerted the influence of his
Office the people might have had free COIN
age. But suppose he could not have had
bill adopted by the three-line order" says
Governor Tillman, ''ne could have COM
PEELED the Secretary of the Treasury to coin
S4,0O0,0O0 of silver per month. But he
would Eot do it, and he will never be
elected President again by our vote.
A Montgom ry (Ala) special says: There
seems to be good ground for the assertion
of President Polk of the National Farmers
Alliance that his organization was now ad-
dressing itself to cleaning OUT the United
States Senate. The Alliance leaders and
speakers are waging war against Senator
Morgan of this State, and openly declare
that he will be defeated for reelection by a
candidate whom the Alliance will suggest.
TOUR OF BIOLOGISTS.
The Geological Congress will adjourn
next Tuesday. On Wednesday a party,
composed of some sixty foreign ers and
twenty Americans, will start west on
special train. The route arranged for the
main line of the excursion is more that 5000
miles in length and traverses 80 degrees of
longitude it crosses twenty States and Terri
tories and province of Canada. Yellow
stone Park, Southern Montana, Idaho
Utah and Colorado will be the most west
erly points touched.
CENSUS OF IRRIGATED LAND.
The Census Office to-day issued bulletin
on irrigation in Wyoming. There are 1917
farms irrigated out of total of 1916 The
total area of land in these 1917 farms is
1.5O6, $50, upon 229,67 acres of which crops
were raised by irrigation in 1889; in addi-
ton there were 100000 acres irrigated for
grazing purposes. The average first Gust of
the water right is 62 cents per acre and the
average cost of preparing the soil for culti-
walton. including the purchase price of the
land, was 50 43 per acre. The average pres
ent value of the irrigated land of the State,
including buildings, etc. is S3l 40 per acre.
showing an apparent profit, less the cost
OF the buildings, Of SIS 90 per acre.
The average annual cost of water is A cents
per acre, which deducted from the average
annual value of the products per acre leaves
an average annual return of S! 81 per acre.
The tendency throughout the entire arid
region, says the bulletin, to describe as ir-
rigated all land to which water has been
applied within any recent period; to which
bitches, perhaps SO far destitute of water,
have been constructed, and even land for
which water rights ara merely claimed, has
placed the Census Office under the necessity
of absolutely restricting itself in its official
bulletins on irrigation to land on which
crops were actually raised by the artificial
application of water during the year 1885,
Farms or stock ranches in Wyoming, irri-
gated merely for grazing purposes there
fore, have not been taken into account in
this bulletin beyond the foregoing state
ment as 10 their approximate total area.
SUGGESTION BY MR.. wANAMAKER
POstmaster-GeneralW Wanamaker has sent
a personally signed letter to the Postmaster
at each county seat throughout the United
States. asking him for the public good, at his
own expense, to make a personal visit to
each postoffice in his county and make de-
tailed report upon the condition and needs
of the service, etc.
THE COMMISSIONER SUSTAINED.
Acting Secretary Chandler sustans the
Commissioners decision in the case of
Smith against Place, involving restored
railroad land In the Stockton District.
Places homestead entry is Cancelled and
Smiths proof is accepted.
POSTAL MATTERS.
F. ii. Clark is appointed Postmaster at
Elmira. Solano County, California, vice
Thomas Price, resigned. A railway post
Office service has been established on the
line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, be-
tween Fresno and Portersvlle, Cal, the
line to be known as the Fresno and Porters-
vile Railway Postal Service. Star service
changes have been made from Del Sur to
Elizabeth Lake, resembling the order of
August 18th to supply Del Sur at its new