The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03

January IF.
 THE defeat of Senator Ingalls, is anxiously awaited.
 
 TIN question of constitutional convention is being agitated Tn Ten nessee.
 THE new appointment bill will give Arkansas one more congressman. Texarkana can furnish the man.
 TIE people are becoming very much disgusted with congress. Very little. or nothing, beneficial to the peo pie has been accomplished this ses- sion. The Lodge election bill has blocked the way to everything good. Let final action on this bill be taken at once
 On January 3rd. the Forrest City TIMES will be enlarged to a tifty-six column paper. Bro. Nadakin pro poses to keep up with the times, and can be relied upon to give his patrons full value for their money.-Helena World
 THE TIMRs thanks Bro. Barnett for the kind notice, and wishes him Happy New Year.
 THE republicans of the house census committee have finally decided upon the apportionment bill which they wish to become a law. It provides for total membership of 356, and is d better bill than the one originally in- troduced by Representative Dunnell. because no State will under it lose any representatives; but it is still a dis tnctively partisan measure and as such will be opposed by the democrats in congress.-EX.
 ALTHOUGH McKinley's prices are climbing higher, the Associated Press announced yesterday that the Potts town Iron Company has posted no- tice of d reduction of p cents per ton in the wages of puddlers, and q propor tionate reduction in it's plate and pud dle departments This looks little hard on the wage-earners. but no doubt they can comfort themselves by agreeing with MT. Harrison that cheap coat makes d cheap man.-Ex.
 
 lT is learned that State Treasurer elect Morrow has made the following appointments: Special deputy to col lect the taxes of Chicot county, John son Chapman; deputy treasurer, T. E. Little, of Greenwood; chief book keeper, c. II. Hinton, of Little Rock |; clerks. John l.. Teague, of Cleburne county, and J. c. Collier, of Fort Smith.
 TIE Monroe County Sun recently called attention to the apparent un- equal advantages and remuneration of sheriffs and clerks. Our represen- tative would do will to investigate gestion that these officers be more equally regulated. The sheriff re perhaps the least remuneration, in comparison to work and danger, of every other county officer.
 PRESIDENT ADAMS, 1.-the. Louisiana farmers alliance! who. ..attended the meeting of national alliance at Ocala [, Florida, said to d newspaper reporter after his return, II am opposed.to any movement which will break up the white party of the south, and you can say that there will not be such d move ment unless the democratic party of tue south refuse us (alliance mem the recognition to which we are entitled. v
 THE plan of financial relief agreed on by the republican senate caucus. which is a bit of mosaic intended to captivate the free silver people, the gold standard creditor party and the greenbackers, does not meet with an enthusiastic reception in any quarter, and when the discussion opess on 1t the general subject will be debated, with a number of important amend ment5 tearing the caucus scheme to tatters.-Pittsburg Post.
 THE Philadelphia Times tells what the force bill means in this way
 l. The employment of 300,000 or more federal partisan officials at every presidential and congressional election and the expenditure of from $l0 ,0O0,- 900 to $l5, ,000 of public money, chiefly to reward partisan desperadoes in the South.
 ?. The certitication of presidential and congressional election returns by interruptions partisans. paid by gov ernment to invent and execute fraud, and such returns to be conclusive as to the right of the holders to be quail fled as president or congressman.
 ON the great leading issues now before the country the Farmers Ali ance and the Democratic party occupy substantially the same ground. This shows that there is no call for third party. With third party, the farm CTS and all the various labor organiza- tions will simply jeopardize their own interests. If the Democratic party should obtain full control of the af- fairs of the national government, and should then fail to meet the require ments of the farmers and their allies. in that case there would be neces- sity for third party
 ME Toon PLATT, the republican boss of New York. admits that the state is democratic. He says there