The Monitor., 1891-03-13

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(Erom our regular correspondent

reason of his being one OF the three III
publican Senators that voted against th
Mckinley tariff bill, has some very decide
: opinions on the question of Canadian re
ciprocity, which he does not hesitate t
proclaim. He said: Il was very much In
terested In the Canadian elections, and
am very much pleased to know that TIL
conservatives are on top why? Becaus
their success settles for some time to com
all prospects OF reciprocity treaties witt
Canada. am opposed to reciprocity will
Clnada because it would make ever.
Canadian farmer competitor on evel
terms with American agricutursts al
along the border. What kind OF trad
| would it be for US t. give them market
of 6i 0oJ. 900 of people in return for an op
portunity to sell goods To {, 900 000 people
| If reciprocity was in operation England
would move her factories to Canada aut
rying any Of the burden. If Canada de
| sires annexation We will accommodate her
but the people of the United States n
want any reciprocity where the balance i
so tremendously on the other side
Queer packages are constantly being re-
ceived at the Government departments,
| hut a queerer or more gruesome one than
that containing what purported to be the
ashes of Union soldier, some scraps oil
| blanket, brass buttons of the uniform and
| a battered bullet, which several days ag;
came through the mail from Nicksburg,
| Miss, is not remembered. 1t was ssnt t.
tn war department under the mistaken
| impression that the sender would be entt-
led to reward of s25.
| testimon ial endorsing the reciprocity
| treaty with Brazil and hoping that similar
ones may be negotiated with other South
American countries, which is signed by
more than 200 New York merchants aud
| importers, representing an invested cap
| tal of more thau 100000, 600.
The administration seems disposed to
| take little rest after the long tug with
Congress. Mr.. Harrison has gone to
Maryland to shoot wild ducks, Secretary
Foster has gone home, and Secretary
Proctor has gone down South, while a
large number of the more or less dis
tinguished jurists and patriots who are
willing to serve their beloved country as
Judges at IS, 900 a year, of the newly
left to cool their heels in Washington
hotels and boarding houses until the
President returns. There are nine Of
these judges to be appointed, and the
number of applicants-and they are not all
Republicans- very large, is daily
I might say hourly increasing.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Morgan
is out in a long and somewhat labored
argument against disarming the Indians
that will certainly make him unpopular
with most of the whites living in the In
dian county. Here is what seems to be an
uucaled for reflection upon the whites of
So. Dakota, whose governor had asked for
the disar ming of the Indians in that state.
s'Should the arms they now possess be
fcrcibly taken from them, there is nothing
either in the law or in the habits OF the
people surrounding them to prevent them
from arming themselves anew at the
earliest opportunity by purchasing from
the whites all the arms aud ammunition
which they are able to pay for"
An off, ,al order has been issued by the
War Department authorizing the enlist
ment of not m IRE than 1000 Indians in the
Regular army.
Since Congress adjourned the Alliance
Senators and Representatives are devoting
their time and attention t. becoming &C,
quainted with the methods of transact
ing business in the executive departments
OF the Government, and | shall be greatly
surprised if some of the present red tape
how-not do business methods do not get
a complete showing up in the next Con
gress. These Alliance men are iuvestigat.
ing in the right way. They are visiting
the de pa rtments with their eyes aud ears
open, without making themselves officially
known, which gives them an opportunity
of learning by actual personal experience
the difference with which the average
department official receives ordinary
citizens and Senators or Representatives a
difference which the average Congressman
never knows, because of his anxiety to
have everybody he meets knows his official
position.
Postoffice Department officials express
themselves as very pleased with the ex.
perimental free delivery service which is
now being tried in thirty villages and
small towns and which is to be extended
to twelve more the first of April, and they
predict that the results will be so satisfac
tory that Congress will provide for its per.
manent maintenance all over the country
The celebration Of the patent centennial,
which is to be held here n April. promises
to be big thing in its way, and from pre-.
sent Indications it will be largely attended
WESTON
| New Jerseys Population
The Census Bureau has just issued g
| bulletin giving the population of New Jer
| sey by counties. showing the ratio of in
| crease since $780, as follows: