Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-11-29

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The census shows that there are An
900 more farmers in the United St,s
than there were in 1890. The numbos
| manufacturing establishments renor..s
| by the present census is 635NM
against $4,000 in 1890, but this pnnS'
| will have to be cut down about S5M
| because of the excessive zeal of the pnr,
orators. Perhaps they were actuated An
| by a desire to increase their compqr~
| ton. An enumeration receives p cms
| for every manufacturing eStablisbmn
reported, and since the returns CANA
| a good deal of padding" has been Al
| covered. For example, when two Or mn,
| kinds of articles were manufactured h
| the same person or company under Il.
| same roof, some of the thrifty enum4,
| tors reported two factories and made or
two schedules, thus doubling the numbs
Of Adjustments and their own mar
| Blacksmith shops and repair shops a
| big farms and plantations We're repot8
as manufactures, while eagerness ia n
| crease their pay and make a fayOraN.I
report caused many enumerators to e
aggerate.
A strong effort will be made at M
| coming session of Congress to pass a Gll
placing the consular department upon
| civil service basis, with a longer tenm
L Ahor Of rlrncnnf Crnvoilc in Il
much-neglected branch of federal emplu
| ment. Several bills are pending befrs
the foreign relations and affairs commtl
| tee of the House and Senate designed Nj
| reorganiZe the consular service, and ii
majority of the committee members anil
| in favor of reporting the Senate BILL
which combines the best features. Nevel
theless there is powerful enmity toward
any legislation affecting the consular seI
vice. 1t strikes at the root Of what still
| remains of federal patronage, and pOii
| clans of both branches of Congress anI
not easily convinced that the best inter
| ests of the country are preserved ABROAD
by placing consular agents subject to dyl
service laws, protected thereby as lOl!|
as they observe their duties and not la
bic to dismissal at the advent of ever
new administration.
The ceremonies incident to the inat
guration of William Mckinley and Thee
| dore Roosevelt as President and |NeH
President Of the United States nGI
March are to be the most imposing Of an
ever seen in the national capital, lib
most pronounced and spectacular feaur
of the Inauguration will be, of course, th
parade and the ball. Those who hayea
ready interested themselves in the sub
| ject say that efforts will be made
make the parade the longest, the blsse
and the greatest seen in the United Stala
since the final grand review of the ARM
Of the Potomac. They point TO the TAI
that it will be much easier to provide
monster military pageant now than
any other time since the close OF the CN
War. The railroad managers Will see
it, it is said, that the lowest fares
record will be made in order that
greatest number possible will be indu@
to witness the spectacle.
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At the time this is written PRESIDE
Mckinley has practically completed
annual message. The message defel'
at length the policy Of the admlnlstrau
in the Philippines. 1t calls attention
the progress made in establishing OfV
and good government in the islands,
phasizing the fact that military rule
been superseded by the civil AUTHORITY
the Taft commission. The message
nounces the administration purpose
holding the islands as permanent UIf
States territory and governing them
the same plan as that adopted in Gun
China comes in for lengthy conSlderap
in the message, and the policy OF
administration expressed in the noe
the powers of July 3 is reiterated, ~
note opposed all schemes of ternta'
conquest in China. Reference is
made to the trust question with receN
mendation that Congress take sulta
action on the subject.
Lie exact vote Tor lMGhlnIey pP1
and other presidential candidates CAM
be ascertained until the Governors Of
the States have sent to the Secreta!
State at Washington the results Of
official count, as required by law. ID
der that there may be no errors in
returns Secretary Hay prepared cH
lar of instructions setting forth ezaS
how the compilation should be made
the form in which it should be recorN
These returns must be made out in dup
cate. One set is sent by mail to the Si]
Department, the other set by messe1s
to the Vice-President of the lna
States. The latter will be opened in
presence of the two houses of CongS
and formally recorded and promuls1'
by tellers appointed for that purpose
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Statements furnished by the Treaso
Department show that in the period iIv
June II, 1893, to June 80, 1900, the
revenue act produced $311, IA ,2oS'
largest income was from items in scup
ulQ"A - hniup in r,oupd Numbers VT2