Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-12-07

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The census shows that there are ,4CU,
OOO more farmers in the United States
than there were in 1890. The number OF
manufacturing establishments reporte1
by the present census is 635, ,0O0, as
against 100000 in 1890, but this number
Will have to be cut down about S0,GOC
because of the excessive zeal of the enuin-
orators. Perhaps they were actuated also
by desire to increase their compensa-
tion. An enumerator receives % cents
for every manufacturing establishment
reported, and since the returns came in
a good deal of padding" has been dis
covered. For example, when two OF more
kinds of articles were manufactured by
the same person or company under the
same roof, some of the thrifty enumera-
tors reported two factories and made out
\ two schedules thus doubling the number
of establishments and their OWN pay
Blacksmith shops and repair shops on
big farms and plantations were reported
us manufactures while cagcrness to IN
crease their pay and make favorable
report caused many enumcrators to eX-
| aggerate.
y strong effort will be made at the
coming session of Congress to pass bill
placing the consular department upon !.
civil service basis, with Il longer tenure
of office than at present prevails in this
much-ncglected branch of federal employ
ment. Several bills are pending before
the foreign relations and affairs commit
tee. of the House and Senate designed TO
rcorganiZe the consular service. aud Il
majority of the committee members are
i'll favor of reporting the Senate bill,
which combines the best features. Never
the.css there is powerful cnmity toward.
any legislation affecting the consular SER
vice. 1t strikes at the root of what still.
remains of federal patronage. and poiti-
clans of both branches OF Congress arr.
mot easily convinced that the best inter-
csts of the country are preserved abroad
by placing consular agents subject to ciyi,
service laws, protected thereby as long
as they observe their duties and not la
BILE to dismissal at the advent OF every
new administration.
The ceremonies incident to the iuau-
guration of William Mckinley and Theo-
dore Roosevelt as President and Wee
/ President of the United States ncNt
March are to be the most imposing of any
ever seen i'll the national capital. The
most pronounced and spectacular feature
| of the Inauguration will be, of course. the
parade and the ball. Those who have al
ready interested themselves in the s.b-
| ject say that efforts will be made TO
make the parade the longest. the biggest
and the greatest seen in the United States
since the final grand review of he Amy
of the Potomac. They point to tlg. .:act
that it will be mucl. easier 10 provides
monster military pa-eart now than ut
any other time since the close OF the Civil
| War; The railroad managers will 20
| it, it is saiJ, that the lowest fares IN
record wily be made in order that tis
greatest number possible will be ind4e..l
to witness the spectacle.
| At the time this is written President
| Mckinley has practically completed MS
annual message. The message defends
at length the policy of the administration
| in the Philippines. 1t calls attention To
| the progress made in ESTABLISHING, order
! and good government in the is.and-, eill-
| phasizing the fact that military rule has
been superseded by the civil authority Of
| the Taft commission. The message an-
nounces the administration purpose Of
holding the islands as permanent United
States territory and governing. them on
the same plan as that adopted in Cuba.
China comes in for lengthy considerations
| in the message, and the policy OF the
administration expressed in the note to.
the powers of July 3 is reiterated. This
note opposed all schemes of territorial
conquest in China. Reference is also.
made to the trust question with recom-
mendation that Congress take suitable.
| action on the subject.
| The exact vote for Mckinley ksrvau
and other presidential candidates cannot
| be ascertained until the Governors of all
| the States have sent 10 the Secretary of
| State at Washington the results of the
| official count, as required by law. In or
| der that there may be no errors in the.
returns Secretary Hay prepared a circu-
lar Of instructions setting forth exactly
how the compilation should be made and
the form in which it.should be recorded.
| These returns must be made ont in dupli-
cate. One set is sent by mail to the State.
Department, the other set by messenger.
to the Vice-President of the United
| States. The latter will be opened in the
presence of the two houses of Congress
ana formally recorded and promulgated
, by telers appointed for that purpose.
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Statements furnished by the Treasury
Department show that in the period from
June II, 1893, to June 80, 1900, the war
revenue act produced $3l1. IA, ,2sS. The
largest income was from items in schcd-
ule"A." being in round numbers over
s75,OOO,OOO. In this class were included
the tax on kilograms, express receipts.
mercantile paper and taxes OH transfers
of bonds, stocks. etc Beer paid II tax
of $66, ,54S, 107; tobacco. S31 1892 aS;:s 2:G with
additional taxes Oh those articles of S,7G.-
104. Legacies paid $4.119.926, cigars
$6,O17,SS3 and cigarettes S2.7G2:313.
Schedule 3D." which includes patent
medicines and proprietary articles,
brought in $3,S::,S,3G4.