The Advocate and news., 1898-03-23
GENERAL NEWS NOTES

interested If they would give these
northern explorers pension or good
Office and keep them at home.
Michael Gavltt, the Irish leader in Par
lament, says that Great Britain is in
sincere in its expressions Of sympathy
toward this country. It's object is to pre-
vent a display Of this countrys naval
and military strength and to obtain the
sympathy Of this country in a possible
struggle with Russia in China.
Superintendent Orear, Of the Missouri
Insurance Department, is making a fight
on the rate pooling schemes OF insur-
ance companies. He seems to be max
ing the mistake Of trying the companies
first with view to hanging them after
ward. AS they are unQuestiOnably guilty
he had better reverse the operation.
The Omaha Live Stock Exchange,
which Is In the Federal court defending
itself in suit brought to dissolve II on
the theory that the organization is In
violation of the antitrust law, is taking
advantage of every opportunity to secure
delay. 1t wants TO wait for the decision
Of the United States Supreme court in
the Kansas City case.
An error in a resolution passed by the
last Texas Legislature will necessitate
the holding of two elections this year.
The regular election is the second Tues
day in November but the resolution re-
ferred to provides that certain consti-
tutional amendments, which have been
submitted shall be voted on the first
Tuesday of that month.
Secretary Gage made speech at Cleve-
land last week in which he said that
the Republican party was committed to
international bimetallism and that all
honorable and proper efforts would be
made to secure 1t. Until 1t could be Sc
cured, though, the gold standard must be
preserved. He said the battle Of 1900
would be similar to that Of 1896.
The deputy collector Of customs at
PultneyVille has resigned. He says In
his letter that there Is no more use for
collector at that point than on trout
stream in the Adirondacks. He says that
practically no money was collected In
1896, none at all In 1897, and that in four
years the income has been but $3.50,
while the salary paid amounted to $3.50.
The Iowa Senate has passed a bill
creating a Board of Control which will
have charge Of all the State institutions.
The bill provides that the principal Of
ficers Of each institution shall be named
by this board but that the subOrdinates
shall be named by and be responsible
only to the head of the institution. No
employee shall contribute or be asked
to contribute to any campaign fund.
The chairman Of Republican county
committee in South Carolina recently
wrote a letter to Senator Zacch Chandler
asking him to oppose the confirmation
of the appointment of local postmaster
As Chandler has been dead about
eighteen years the letter was referred to
Senator Hale, his son-in-law. II this is
a fair showing Of the intelligence Of
Southern Republicans it is not to be
wondered that the efforts to break the
solid South have proved Intellectual.
At conference Of leading Democrats
from four Congressional districts, held
at GalesbuTg, ILL.,, resolutions were al
most unanimously adopted scoring Gov
ernor Tanner for calling special ses-
sion, charging Yerkes, the Chicago street
car magnate with corrupting legislators
to secure the passage Of the Allen bill,
and denounced the tax laws as in the
interest of tax dodgers. -Four Demo-
cratic legislators who had voted for these
measures were the only ones present who
opposed the resolutions:
The United State Supreme court has
decided that the State has full authority
to pass and enforce laws prohibiting the
shipment of diseased cattle into its ter
ritory and providing for the recovery OF
damages In case railroads violate the
law and citizens suffer losses as a result
Of such shipment. The M. X. & T.
shipped $500 cattle infected with Texas
fever into the State and many native cat