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              T « KVMrBH 1966 1 Wotkly EniablbhrdlMO j PITTSTON, PA- TUESDAY, MARCH 5, I8S9. I TWO CENTS. | Ten Gent* a Week. Tho surrender of a large moasure of sover- ' •ignty to the general government, effected by the adoption of the constitution, was not accomplished until the suggestions of reason were strongly enforced by the more imperative voice of experience. The divergent interests of peace speedily demanded a "more perfect union." The merchant, the shipmaster and the manufacturer discovered and dis closed to our statesmen and to the oeonle that commercial emancipation must be aaded. bo the political freedom which had been so bravely won. i only a ffcld for business investments and h hi est labor. any small and unforeseen exoess of revenue. I This is better than to reduce our income below our necessary expenditures, with the resulting choice between another change of our revenue laws and an increase of the public debt. It is quite possible, I am sure, to effect the necessary reduction in our revenues with- witti Uen. Sherman, wuo joined the line amid the applause of those immediately about them. SOME CLOSING SCENES. THE INAUGURAL IN RETROSPECT. Our naturalization law3 should be so amended as to make the inquiry into the character and good disposition of persons applying for citizenship more careful anil searching. Our existing laws have been in their administration an ittitinpressive and often an unintelligible form. We accept the man as a citizen without any knowledge of his fitness, and ho assumes the duties of citizenship without any knowledge as to what they are. OUR NATURALIZATION LAWS. At the end of tho 'jail the procession turned to the right and passed along tfie gallery to the supper room. There the iDarty was joined by Mrs. Harrison, Mr*. Morton, and the ladies aocomnanvmir them. Last Hours of the Fiftieth Congress. Benjamin Harrison's First Pres- out breaking down our protective tariff or seriously injuring any domestic industry. the wavy. | The construction of a sufficient number of ! Review of Interesting Inaugu- i uere wet e not a few people surprised and greatly shocked at what they term a breach of traditional etiquette, because they expected to see the grand promenade led by th* president and Mrs. Harrison with their party, followed by ex-President and Mrs. Cleveland, Dnd the flint square on th* programme would be danced by the incoming and outgoing presidents with their wives and such immediate members of their families as was necessary to make up the requisite number for a idential Address. ral Incidents. PRESIDING OFFICERS THANKED. modern war ships and of their necessary armament should progress as rapidly as is consistent with care and perfection in plans and workmanship. The spirit, oourage and skill of our navy officers and seamen have many times in our history given to weak ships and inefficient guns a rating greatly beyond that of the naval list. That they will again do so upon occasion I do not doubt; but they ought not by premeditation or neglect to be left to the risks and exigencies of an unequal oombat. We should encourage the establishment of American steamship lines. The exchanges of commeroe demand stated, reliable and rapid means of communication, and until these are provided, the development of our trade with the states lying south of us is impossible.Congressmen Indignant at Officious Sen- VIEW FROM CAPITOL HILL. ate Employes — Killing Tlmo In the MANY SUBJECTS TREATED. The commercial policy of the mother country had not relaxed any of its hard and oppressive feature*. To hold In check the development of our commercial marine, to prevent or retard the establishment and growth of manufactures in the states, and so to secure the American market for their shops and the carrying trade for their ships, was the policy of European statesmen, and was pursued with the most selfish vigor. Petitions poured in upon congress urging the imposition of discriminating duties that should encourage the production of needed things at home. Ilouse—Speaker Carlisle's Speech—Pa- Tho privileges of American citizenship are Co groat and the duties so grave that we may well insist upon a good knowledge of every person applying for citizenship, and a good knowledge by him of our institutions. We should not cease to be hospitable as to immigration, but we should cease to be careless as to the character of it There are men of all races, even the best, whose coming is necessarily a burden upon our public revenues or a threat to Bocial order. They should be identified and excluded. thos and Magnanimity In the Senate. The Oath a Mutual Covenant Between Him and the People. Magnificence of the Grand In- Washington, March 5.—Speaker Carlisle called the house to order at 9:55. Mr. Blanchard, of Louisiana, rising to a question of privilege, said that some of the corridors of the Capitol were closed to the officers of the house. He offered a resolution directing the sergeant at arms to take the necessary steps to secure forthwith to the members of the house and their families free access through the corridors of the CapitoL augural Ball, ■ec. mm, nowever, la nonsense, aa there Is in reality no traditional etiquette in the matter, and for the wi'e of either to open the ball by waltzing would be something quite out of the ordinary.  E CROWDANDTHE DECORATIONS OUR COUNTRY'S PROGRESS. How Washington Appeared on the Morn- PARTING OF THE PRESIDENTS. It Begins Its Seeond Century with a ing of the Eventfal Day—Everything Good Record. The patriotism of the people, which no longer found a field of exercise in war, was energetically directed to the duty of equipping the young republic for the defense of its indopendence by making its people self dependent. Wu have happily maintained a poUcy of avoiding all interference with European - affairs. We have been only interested spec- | tatois of their contentions in diplomacy and in war, ready to use our friendly offices to promote peace, but never obtruding our advice and never attempting unfairly to coin the distresses of other powers into commercial advantages to ourselves. We have a just right to expect that our European I policy will be the American policy of European courts. It is so manifestly incompatible with those precautions for our peace and safety which all the great powers habitually observe and enforce in matters affecting them, that a shorter water way between our eastern and western seaboards should be dominated by any European government, that we may confidently expect that sucn a purpose will not be entertained by any friendly power. We Bhall, in the future as in the past, use every endeavor to maintain and enlarge our friendly relations with all the great powers, but they will not expect us to look kindly upon any project that would leave j us subject to the dangers of a hostile observation or environment. We have not sought to dominate or to absorb any of our weaker neighbors, but rather to aid and encourage them to establish free and stable governments, resting upon the consent of their own people. We have a clear right ■ to expect, therefore, that no European government will seek to establish colonial dependencies upon the territory of these inde- I pendent American states. That which a ! sense of justice restrains us from seeking they may be reasonably expected wiUingly to forego. FOREIGN POLICY. Lovely but the Weather—The Air Throb- A Hasty Luneh, a Grand Review and. a Quiet Departure. PENSION LAWS. bing with Strange Sounds—The Crown- Upon reaching the White House after the inaugural ceremonies President Harrison and wife and ex-President Cleveland and wife took a hasty luncheon together. The president bid the ex-president farewell, and hurried over to the reviewing stand on the opposite side of the street, where he remained standing for Confusion reigned supreme on the floor of the house during the closing hour of the session. Upon the floor wasa perfect babel of tongues. Members lounged around on the sofas, reclined in their seats with their feet higher than their heads, assembled in knots in the aisles and strolled about the floor. HE SPEAKS FOB PROTECTION. Our pension laws should give more adequate and discriminating relief to the Union soldiers and sailors and to their widows and orphans. Such occasions as this should remind us that we owe everything to their valor and sacrifice. ing Event at Night—Crush at the Ball. Unique Floral Displays — Perfect Ar- No Bpeoial Executive Policy for Any Societies for the promotion of home manufactures and for encouraging the use of dovestics in the dress of tho people were organized in many of the states. The revival at the end of the century of the same patriotic interest in the preservation and development of domestic industries, and the defense of our working people against injurious foreign competition is an incident worthy of attention. It is not a departure, but a return, that we have witnessed. rHn^i-mnnt.—Farting of the Presidents. Reviewing the Parade in the Rain—Gos- Seotion of the Land. sip of the Day. Smoke as thick as a London fog hung as a pall over the desks, and through it the heads of members emerged. A motion to take a recess had been ordered at 11 o'clock, and ever and anon the teller's voice was heard announcing one more in the affirmative or one more in the negative. The motion was made to consume time, a id it h»d Tect. It is a subject of congratulation that there is a near prospect of the admission into the Union of the Dakotas and Montana and Washington territories. This act of justice has been unreasonably delayed in the case of some of them. ADMISSION OP NEW STATES. Washington, March. 5.—Viewed from the eminence of Capitol Hill, the general effect was as if the spectator looked into some giant kaleidoscope, so warm and rich and full of prismatic coloring was the scene, and that impression was further borne out if one changed his position of view, for at every step a new combination was afforded. The first picture vanished and the pieces rearranged themselves in new and even more admirable designs. A noticeable feature of the day was the profuse decoration of houses on side streets and avenues remote from the line of march. "It Is the Duty of the Executive to Ad- minister and Enforce All the Laws En- acted by Congress" — He Thinks the Naturalisation Laws Should Be Amend- The people who have settled these territories are intelligent, enterprising and patriotic, and the accession of these new states will add strength to the nation. It is due to thp settlers in the territories who have availed themselves of the invitation of our lands to make homes upoh the public domain, that their titles should be speedily adjusted and their honest entries confirmed by patent. ed—The Foreign Policy—Necessity for Tlie protective policy had then its opponents. The argument was made as now, that its benefits inured to particular classes or sections. If the question became in any sense or at any time sectional it was only becausa slavery existed in some of the states. But for this there was no reason why the cotton producing states should not have led or walked abresst with the New England states in the production of cotton fabrics. There wss this reason only why the states that divide with Pennsylvania the mineral treasures of the great southeastern and central mountaiu ranges, should have been so tardy in bringing to the smelting furnace and to the mill the coal and iron from their near opposing hillsides.The galleries tcre now very crowded, and their occupants via with the members on the floor in ceaseless chatter. On the floor the confusion grows. A notable group is on the right of the speaker's chair. Mr. Springer, seated on a desk, is in close converse with Messrs. Randall and Holman. Gen. Wheeler, of Alabama, nervously asks the house to consider a bill, and Mr. Mills objects. Excitedly he rushes to Mr. Mills' desk and induces him to withdraw his objection, and the bill is on the point of passing when Mr. Buckalew renews the objection, and the hopes that were raised so high a moment before were dashed. The clock points to 11:50, and in the aisle on the Republican side the stalwart form of the Republican leader, Mr. Reed, looms up and offers (Mr. Hatch, Cof Missouri, being in the chair) the following resolution: the Neutrality of the Panama Canal. The Bights of American Cltlsens, Wher- ever They May Be, Should Be Protected, and the Star Spangled Banner Must Be Treated with Respect—The Civil Service Laws to Be Enforced—A Oood REFORM OF ELECTION LAWS. Navy Needed—The Admission of the It is very gratifying to observe the general interest now being manifested in the reform of our election laws. Those who have been for years calling attention to the pressing necessity of throwing about the ballot box and about the elector further safeguards in order that our elections might not only be free and pure, but might clearly appear to be so, will wolcome the accession of any one who did not so soon discover the need of reform. The great facade of the Metropolitan hotel was divided into triangles by long lines of bunting. Pictures of Washington and the Goddess of Liberty adorned its front, and over the entrance rose a great arch bearing a blazing eagle, surrounded by the inscription, "Welcome President Harrison." New States—Other Matters. Washington, March 4.—The following is President Harrison's inaugural address in full: There is no constitutional or legal requirement that the president shall take the oath of office in the presence of the people. But there 1b so manifest an appropriateness in the public induction to office of the chief executive officer of the nation that, from the beginning of the government the people, to whose service the official oath consecrates the officer, have been called to witness the solemn ceremonial. The oath taken in the presence of the people becomes a mutual covenant—the officer covenants to serve the whole body of the people by a faithful execution of the laws, so that they may be the unfailing defense and secur- ! ity of those who respect and observe them, and that neither wealth, station nor the power of combinations shall be able to evade their just penalties or to wrest them from a beneflcient public purpose to serve the ends of . cruelty or selfishness. Against till of this great artistic display unkind nature had opposed all of her forces. Mill fires were lighted at the funeral pile of slavery. The emancipation proclamation was heard in the depths of tlie earth, as well as in the sky. Men were made free and material things became our better servants. The sectional element has happily been eliminated from the tariff discussion. We have no longer states that are necessarily only plantiug states. None are excluded from achieving that diversification of pursuit among the people which brings wealth and contentment. The cotton plantation will not be less valuable when the product is spun in the county town by operatives whose necessities call for diversified trope and create a home deny jhd for garden and agricultural products. Avery new mine, furnace and factory is an extension of the productive capacity of the state, more real and valuable than added territory. The national congress has not as yet taken control of elections in that case over which the constitution gives it jurisdiction, but has accepted and adopted the election laws of the several states, provided penalties for their violation and a method of supervision. Only the inefficiency of the state laws or an unfair or partisan administration of them could suggest a departure from this policy. It was clearly, however, in the contemplation of the framers of the constitution that such an exigency might arise and provision was wisely made for it. The rain began to fall Saturday, and poured relentlessly up to a late hour. It turned the back streets into mud holes; it soaked the bunting, caused the flags and streamers to droop around their staffs in dreary inanition. The morning dawned under an angry gray sky, the air was surcharged with moisture, and although it did not actually rain the shining beads of water clung to every exposed surface. "That the thanks of congress are tendered to the Hon. John G. Carlisle, the speaker, for the courtesy, ability and fairness with which he has presided over the deliberations of the fiftieth congress." (Applause.) It must not be assumed, however, that bur interests are so exclusively American that our entire inatt&tioa to any events that may transpire elsewhere can be taken for granted. Our citizens, domiciled for purposes of trade in all countries and in many of the islands of the sea, demand and will have our adequate care in their personal and commercial rights. The necessities of our navy require convenient coaling stations, and dock and harbor privileges. The resolution was adopted unanimously by a rising vote. HARRISON REVIEWING PARADE. The committee appointed to wait upon the president not having returned, Speaker Carlisle assumed the chair and said: four hours while the great procession passed by, heedless of the rain, and taking off his hat as each and every color bearer, in passing by, saluted the new chief magistrate. The air was filled with sound; it throbbed with the cadence of marching feet in thousands ; it quivered with the shrill pipe of the fife and the snarl of the kettle drum; and it rang with the blare of the brass horn. The horn particularly seemed to be everywhere, and each one must have been of the family of that French postillions, instruments which, as Munchausen relates, when hung in enormous warmth gave outh with undiminished force all of the notes that had been frozen into it during long period of time. "Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: Under the circumstances I will detain you but a moment to return my thanks for the resolution you have just adopted and to express my grateful acknowledgment of the kindness and courtesy which has characterized all your intercourse with me as presiding officer of the house. After a continuous service for three terms, I will leave this chair to-day with sentiments of the warmest friendship and the most profound respect. Not only for the gentlemen who compose the present house, but for all who have preceded them. And while the termination of my official labors and responsibilities affords of itself no occasion of regret, I cannot without reluctance sever the relations which have existed so long between us. The freedom of the ballot is a condition of our national life, and no power vested in congress or in the executive to secure or perpetuate it should remain unused upon occasion. The rain kept on falling steadily; but the enthusiasm of the multitude massed on the sidewalks and on the large stands opposite the presidential reviewing stand was in no wise dampened or diminished by it, and cheer after cheer from thousands of throats resounded as the military and civic organizations passed by. These and other trading privileges we will feel free to obtain only by means that do not in any degree partake of coercion, however feeble the government from which we ask such concessions. But. having fairly obtained them by methods and for purposes entirely consistent with the most friendly disposition towards all other powers, our consent will be necessary to any modification or impairment of the concession. The people of all the congressional districts have an equal Interest that the election in each shall truly express the views and wishes of a majority of the qualified electors residing within it The results of such elections are not local, and the insistence of electors residing in other districts that they shall be pure and free does not savor at all of impertinence. My promise is spoken; yours unspftken, but j not the lesB real and solemn. The people of ! every state have here their representatives. | Surely J do not misinterpret the spirit of the occasion when I assume that the whole body of the people oovenant with me and with each other today to support and defend the constitution «nd the union of the states, to yield willing obedience to all the laws and each to •every other citizen his equal civil and political rights. Entering thus solemnly into covenant with each other, we may reverently invoke and confidently expect the favor and help of Almighty God—that he will give to me wisdom, strength and fidelity and to our people a spirit of fraternity and a love of righteousness and peace. Shall the prejudices and paralysis of slavery continue to hang upon the skirts of progress? How long will those who rejoice that slavery no longer exists cherish or tolerate the incapacities it put upon their communities? I look hopefully to the continuance of our protective system and to the consequent development of manufacturing and mining enterprises in the states hitherto wholly given to agriculture, as a patent influence in the perfect unification of our people. The men who have invested their .capital in these enterprises, the farmers who have felt the benefit of their neighborhood, and the men who work in shop or field will not fail to fiud and to defend a community of interest. Is it not quite possible that the farmers and the promoters of the great mining and manufacturing enterprises, which have recently been established in the south, may yet find that the free ballot of the workingman, without distinction of race, is needed for their defense as well as for his own? As the rear of the first division passed the reviewing stand Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. MeKee, Mrs. Saunders, Mr. McKee, and those who accompanied the president to the White House took seats on the stand. The appearance of Mrs. Harrison was the signal for another great outburst of applause from the multitude. Gen. Alger, numerous government officials, representatives of foreign governments, and many other distinguished persons had seats on the stand. A few minutes after President Harrison had gone on the grand stand Secretary Fail-child called at the executive mansion for ex-President Cleveland anDi conveyed him in his carriage to the secretary's Sfte. where Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Folsom were siting to receive them. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland C  mained at the Fairchlld residence last night, and to-day, accompanied by Col. lAmont and Mrs. Lamont, will leave Washington fid- New York.  To swell the din an army of fakirs gave tongue. These shrewd knights of the curb, seizing the opportuniny to combine business and pleasure, have been coming down on the town like the locusts of Egypt. We shall neither fail to respect the flag of any friendly nation or the just rights of its citizens nor to exact the like treatment for our own. Calmness, justice and consideration should characterize our diplomacy. The offices of an intelligent diplomacy or of friendly arbitration in proper cases should be adequate to the peaceful adjustment of ail international difficulties. By such methods we will make our contribution to the world's peace, which no nation, values more highly, and avoid the approbrium which must fall upon the nation that ruthlessly breaks it. If in any of these states the public security is thought to be threatened by ignoranct among the electors, the obvious remedy is education. The sympathy and help of our people will not be withheld from any community struggling with special embarrassments or difficulties connected with the suffrage if the remedies proposed proceed upon lawful lines and are promoted by just and honorable methods. How shall those who practice election frauds recover that respect for the sanctity of the ballot which is the the first condition and obligation of good citizenship! The man who has come to regard the ballot box as a juggler's hat has renounced his allegiance. The regular proceedings of the day were sent you yesterday. "Looking back on the scenes of excitement and confusion which necessarily occur from time to time in a body like this, it is impossible not to remember with regret many unpleasant incidents and hasty words; but it is gratifying to know that no feeling of resentment survives to disturb cftir friendly personal relations hereafter. THE INAUGURAL BALL. An Immense and Brilliant Assemblage. Washington, March 4.—The climax of the great events of inauguration day was the grand ball at the pension building in the evening. It was the most brilliant social gathering in the history of the nation. The colossal grandeur of the department, the bewildering beauty of the decorations, the blazing brilliancy of the illumination, and the enormous throng of superbly dressed men and women combined to make a charming and imposing scene. Unique Decorations. "And now, gentlemen, in declaring an adjournment which closes the first century of Wislative history under the constitution I may to* i express the earnest hope that when anothet- years shall have rolled around the Union 01 .ice states, under which the capacity of the for self government has already been demon- *, THE TWENTT-SIXTH PRESIDENTIAL TERM. This occasion derives peculiar interest from the fact that the presidential term, which begins this day, is the twenty-Blxth under our constitution. The first inauguration of President Washington took place in New York, where congress was then sitting, on the 30th day of April, 1788, having been deferred by reason of delays attending the organization of the congress and the canvass of the elects oral vote. Our people have already worthily opeoed the centennials of the declaration of independence, of the battle of Torktown, and of the adoption of the constitution, and will shortly celebrate in New York the institution of the second great department of our constitutional scheme of government When the centennial of the institution of the judicial department, by the organization of the supreme court, shall have been suitably observed, as I trust it will be, our nation will have fully entered its second century. TO ENFORCE THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW. The duty devolved by law upon the president to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to appoint all public officers whose appointment is not otherwise provided for in the constitution or by act of congress, has become very burdensome and its wise and efficient discharge full of difficulty. The civil list is so large that a personal knowledge of any large number of the applicants is impossible. The president mt»t rely upon the representations of others, and these are often made inconsiderately and without any just sense of responsibility. I do not doubt that if those men in the | south who now accept the tariff views of : Clay and the constitutional expositions of j Webster would courageously avow and defend their real convictions, they would not ; find it difficult by friendly instruction and co- j operation to make the black man their effl- | cient and safe ally, not only in establishing ; correct principles in our national administration, but in preserving for their local communities the benefits of social order and eco- j noimcal and honest government. At least ! until the good offices of kindness and education have been fairly tried, the contrary con- j elusion cannot be plausibly urged. Let us exalt patriotism and moderate our party contentions. Let those who would die for the flag on the field of battle give a better proof of their patriotism and a higher glory to their country by promoting fraternity aim justice. A party success that is achieved by unfair methods or by practices that partake of revolution is hurtful and evanescent, even from a party standpoint. We should hold our differing opinions in mutual respect, and, having submitted them to the arbitrament ot the ballot, should accept an adverse judgment with the same respect that we would havb de■manded of our opponents if the decision had been in our favor. BETTEE PATRIOTISM. The First Family Dinner. After standing in the driving rain, which beat in even under the canopy, President Harrison joined his family in the White House, where dinner was served at 6 o'clock. After dinner the president received a few callers. strated, may still endure (applause), and that the representatives of the people assembled in this or in some greater hall may have a constituency as intelligent, as patriotic and ns free as those which sent us here. (Renewed and long continued applause.) The house now stands adjourned sine die." The pension building court, with its acre of dancing floor, was beautifully garlanded with flags and flowers. In the center stood a two story Japanese pagoda. The lower part of the structure wHs a grotto built of rocks and ferns. The first floor was occupied by the Germania orchestra, of 100 Philadelphia performers, who played the dance music. Above them, on the second floor, the Marine band was stationed. Under the direction of Bandmaster Sousa it furnished the music for the promenaders. His First Ofltoial Act. I have a right, I think, to insist that those who volunteer or are invited to give advice as to appointments shall exercise consideration and fidelity. A high sense of duty and an ambition to promote the service should characterize all public officers. There are many ways in which the convenience and comfort of those who have business with our public offices may be promoted by a thoughts ful and obliging officer, and 1 shall expect those whom I may appoint, to justify thair selection by a conspicuous efficiency in th.' discharge of their duties. At the conclusion of the delivery of his address President Harrison turned and kissed Mrs. Harrison. As the speaker's gavel emphasized bis declaration the members burst into a hearty cheer and immediately formed in line to proceed to the senate. HOW IT STRIKES ENGLISHMEN The unique structure was ablaze with lights and parti-oolored streamers, and above, in letters of Are, waa the word, "Constitution." The great central pillan of the court were entwined with laurel and buntiirg. The surface front of the galleries were festooned with the national colors, and in the spaces between were placed alternately silver plated armor, mounted in plush, and the coats of arms of all the states and nations. Carved eagles, trimmed with flags, surmounted the coat of arms. The face of the galleries and the seventy-six supporting Corinthian columns were decorate!} with great garlands of laurels. Comments of Enndon Papers on the RIDDLEBERGER FORGIVEN, I have altogether rejected the suggestion of a speculative policy for any section of our country. It is the duty of the executive to administer and enforce, in |the methods and by the instrumentalities pointed out and provided by the constitution, the laws enacted by congress. These laws are general, and their administration should be uniform and equal. As a citizen may not elect what laws he may obey, neither may the executive eject which he will enforce. The duty to obey and to execute embraces the constitution iu its entirety and the whols code of laws enacted under it HE WILL ENFORCE THE LAWS. No other people have 4 government more worthy of their respect and love, or a land so magnificent in extant, so pleasant to look upon and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor. Gud has placed upon our head a diadem and laid at our feet power and wealth beyond definition or calculation. But we must not forget that we take these gilts upon the condition that justice and mercy hold the reins of power and that the upward avenues of hope shall be free to all the people. ' President's Inaugural. A Pathetic Scene and Magnanimous Act 1 will not attempt to note the marvelous, : and, in great part, happy contract* between ■our country as it steps over the threshold into its second century of organized existence .under the constitution, and that weak but D wisely ordered young nation that looked unndauntediy down the first century, when ail its years stretched out before it London, March 5.—The Poet, commenting on President Harrison's inaugural address, commends the absence of bombast, which gives evidence of another element of universal concord. Washington, March 5.—The sad incident of Sunday night, when Senator Riddleberger was ejected from the senate chamber by the sergeant ait arms, had a public sequel later. When the senate went into executive session on motion of Mr. Edmunds, it was for tlie purpose of taking action on a request of Mr. Daniel, of Virginia, that the record of the arrest of Mr. Riddleberger be expunged from the journal of the senate, and in support ol his request Mr. Daniel made one of the most pathetic speeches that has ever been heard on the senate floor. The muscles of his face quivered as he spoke and tears rolled down his cheeks unchecked. He said that while Mr. Riddleberger was his opponent politically, personally they were friends. He spoke of the besetting sin of his colleague and of the wife and the seven children, two of whom had witnessed from the gallery the painful incident of the night. He said that he did not blame the presiding officer, because he had done only what he had to do. The story had been published far and wide in the pewspapers, but he asked that the senate would not make it a matter of official reoord for future generations to point to. in the Senate. The Daily News says the address is remarkable for its numerous allusions to foreign matters, and thinks thejworld may soon have to reckon with a new naval power. Honorable party service will certainly not be estoemed by me a disqualification for public office, but it will in no case be allowed tc serve as a shield of official negligence, incompetency or delinquency. It is entirely creditable to seek public office by proper methods and with proper motives, and all applicants will be treated with ppnsideration, Our people will not fail at this time to recall the incidents which accompanied the institution of government under the constitution or to find inspiration or guidance in the teachings and example of Washington and ibis greet associates, and hope and courage in ihe contrast which thirty-eight popular and The Times professes to find indications of Mr. Blaine's foreign policy in the president's address, but doesn't think the financial views expressed are very clear. 1 dp not mistrust the future. Dangers have been ip frequest ambush along our path, but we have unuovemd and vanquished them all. Pa.«sjon has swept gome of our communities, but only to give us a new demonstration that the great body of our people are stable, patriotic and law abiding. No political party can long pursue advantage at the expense of public honor or by rude and indecent methods without protest and fatal disaffection in Its own body. The peaceful agencies of commence are more fully revealing the necessary unity of all our communities, and the increasing intercourse of our people is promoting mutual rD sp et. A LAW ABIDING PEOPLE. The evil example of permitting individual corporations or communities to nullify the laws because they cross some selfish or local interests or prejudices is full of danger, not only to the nation at large, but much more to those who use tW9 pernicious expedient to escape their just obligations or to obtain an unjust advantage over others, TU.ey vyill presently themselves be compelled to appeal to the law for protection, and those who would use the law as a defense must not deny that use of it to othsrs, Suspended from the galleries were a series of panels, five feet by ten, each made of Jowers and eaoh symbolizing a department of the government. The navy wag indicated by a raan of war; the interior by a log cabin and a newly felled tree; the agricultural by a plough and a sheath of grain; the postoflice by a mail bag and envelope duly stamped, post marked and addressed, all in flowers, to "Benjamin Harrison, Washington, D. C.;" the department of justice by an open desk and an open law book, bearing the inscription "Fait Justitia," with the emblematical scales. Mounted cannon and cannon balls were the of the war The Standard regards the address as disappointing, and evidently not written to please the Anglo-Saxons on this side of the Atlantic. But I shall ntted, and the heads of departments will need, time for inquiry and deliberation. Persistent importunity will not, therefore, be the support of an application for office. Heads of departments, bureaus and all other public officers having any duty connected therewith, will be expected to enforce the piyil service law fully and without evasion. .prosperous states offer to the thirteen states, .weak in everything except courage and the love of liberty, that then fringed our Atlantic seaboard. The Telegraph finds nothing alarming in the address, but on the contrary a disposition on the part of the new administration to deal fairly with foreign nations. PROGRESS OP TIflB COUNTRY. The territory of Dakota has now a population greater Ulan any of the original states Cexcept Virginia), and greater than the aggregate of the five smaller states in 1790. The Chronicle remarks that there is nothing in it to enlist the sympathies of Englishmen,Beyond this obvious duty I hope to dQ something more to advance the reform of civil service. The ideal or even my own ideal X shall probably not attain. Retrospect will be a safer basis of judgment than promisos. We 6hal), not, however, I ani sure, be able to put our civil service upon a non-partisan basis until we have secured an incumbency that fair minded men of the opposition will approve for impartiality and integrity. As the number of such in the civil list Is increased, removals from office will diminish. MORE DISCLOSURES COMING. The ceuter of population, when our national cnpital was located, was east of Baltimore, and it was agreed by well informed persons that it would move eastward rather than westward. Yet in 1880 it was found to be near Cincinnati, and the new census, about to be taken, will show another stride to the westward. That which was the body has come to be only the rich fringe of the nation's robe. If our great corporations would scrupulously observe their legal limitations and duties, they would have less cause to complain of the unlawful limitations of their rights or of yiolent interference with their operations. The community that by cocoert, open or secret, among its citizens denies to » portion of its members their )»ai$ rights under the law, has severed the only safe bond of social order and prosperity. Discovery of an Important Letter On Sui- We shi 11 rind unalloyed pleasure in the revelation which our next census will make of the swift development of the great resources of some of the states. Each state will bring its generous contribution to the great aggregate of the nation's increase. And when the harvest from the fields, .the cattle from the hills and the ores of the earth shall have been weighed, counted aud valued, we will turn from them all fo crown yith £jie highest honor the state that has most promoted education, virtue, justice and patriotism among the people. cl«le Plgott's Person. department. The treasury was represented by a large safe; the state department panel bore a large, open book, with the words, "Constitution," "Liberty." London, March 5.—It is said that a letter has come to light in Madrid, addressed to Ponsonby, otherwise Pigott. regarding Mr. Shannon's promise to pay the informer money. The letter is said to contain important evidence concerning the responsibility for Pigott's escape. It is remarked ominously that Pigott committed suicide on Friday in room No. 13. A large number of dispatches have passed between the government and the British embassy at Madrid concerning the disposition of Pigott'b effects, The informer's papers have been ordered into the custody of a special detective now in Madrid, and they will be put in evidence before the Paruell commission on Thursday next. , The question was raised whether the formal exoneration of Mr. Riddleberger would not be a reflection on the presiding officer. Mr. lngalls said that ha was willing to allow his reputation to rest with those who were in the galleries and on the floor at the time the incident occurred. He had no objection to granting the request of Senator Daniel. Five thousand yards of laurel festooned lix inches thick covered the celling. From the dome in the center was suspended an immense ship of state, thirty feat long, and with three masts. ImmenM portraits in oil at tho president and rioe president formed a conspicuous feature of the decorations in their position qgalnst the upper galleries. Twenty lime lamps shone daizhngly from the top balcony, and over 2,000 electric light* biased along the tides of the ballroom. But our growth has not limited itself to territory population and aggregate wealth, marvelous as it has been in each of those directions. The trnurC« of our people are better tod, clothed and housed than their fathers -were. The facilities for popular education have been vastly enlarged and more generally diffused. The virtues of courage and patriot- Ism have given recent proof of their continued presence and increasing power in the hearts and over the lives of our people. The influences of religion have been multipla*} #nd strengthened. The evil works, froiji a bod center, both ways. It demoralizes those who praatioe it and destroys the faith of those who suffer by it in the efficiency of the Jaw as a safe protestor. Tiie man in whose breast that faith has been darkened is naturally the subject ol dangerous and uncanny suggestions. Those who use unlawful m Ci-vi®, if moved by no higher motive than t.u selfishness that prbmpted them, may well stop and inquire, What is to bo the end of this! THE QUESTION OK HEVKSUB At»0 EXf'UlfIll- TURK. While a treasury surplus is not the greatest evil, it is a sej'ious evil. Our revenue should be ample to meet the ordinary annual  mands upon our troaviry witlf a sufttciytip margin for those extraordinary but scarcejy less imperative demands which ari -e new and then. Expenditure* should always be made with economy a»d only upon publio necessity, WastenP.ness, profligacy or favoritism in public expenditures is criminal. But there is nothing in the condition of our country or of our people to suggest that anything presently necessary to the public prosperity, security or honor should bejinduly postponed. Accordingly, the request was granted and the record was expunged. This released Mr. Riddleberger from arrest. He did not taka advantage of this action to appear on theD floor of the senate, however. A Hundred S|xteen Itnnnds. Ashland,Wis., March 4.—John Van Heest, champion featherweight of the northwest, uid Billy Welch fought 116 rounds here. Umdon prise ring rules governed and kid {loves were worn. Welch broke his hand in the eighteenth round, but continued gamely 'lr.til the end. He was terribly battered when-Van Heest was declared winner. The atter was slightly punished. During the morning, Mr. Morgan being in the chair, Mr. Harris offered the following resolution, which was agreed to unanimously: About 10:30 President Harrison was joined )y the ladisFof his family, and the reoeption •ommittee forming a line three and four ibreast in the front and rear of the party, a ,Droce8sion was made up for a tour of the ballroom. At the special request of President Harrison that no police should surround aim, the pleasureable task of protecting him from the presence of the crowd devolved jpon the committeemen. Charleston, W. Va., March 5.—Nathan Goff, Republican, and President R. H Carr, of the state senate, Union Labor, took the oath of office of governor 6f this stato, and made a formal demand upon Qovernor Wilson to vacqtp, but that gentleman refused, and referred the two aspirants to the oourta to decide who shall hold office pending the contest between Goff and Fleming. The outcome is anxiously looked forward to. Everything passed off peacefully, and no trouble is antic pated. Weit Virginia's Political Tieup. "Resolved, That the thanks of the senateare due and are hereby tendered to Hon. John J. Jngnlls, president pro tempore of th» senate, for the uniformly able, courteous and impartial manner iu-which he has presided over its deliberations." An unlawful expedient cannot become a permanent condition of government If the educated and influential classes in a community either praoii# (if .connive at the systematic violation of jaws aegn) to them to cross their convent ncs, wh»t egu they expect when the le-son, that oonvjjiijenca or a supposed class interest is a sufficient cause for lawlesbness, has been well learned by the ignorant classes? A community, where law is the rule of conduct and where courts, not mobs, execute its oenalti«« u t he The sweet offices of charity have greatly increased. The virtue of temperance is held in higher estimation. We have not attained an ideal condition. Not all of our people are happy and prosperous; not all of them are virtuous and law abiding. But, on the whole, the opportunities offered to the individual to secure the comforts of life are better than are found elsewhere and largely better than they were here one hundred jaanago. _ . It will be the duty of congress wisely to forecast find estimate the extraordinary demands, and havjijjj »d(fgd them to oyr ordinary expenditure to adjust our revenue laws Bi that no considerable annual surplus will r una in. We will fortunately be able to apply to the redemption of the nublic d«h* Mr. Gladstone's Son Improving. The wife of the Chinese minister at Wa-6- irigion is to appear in the dreai used by fashionable American women. 8he is becoming thoroughly domesticated ; she long ago began using Dr. Bull's Coijjjh Svrup tor her cough*, ai d oolds. London, March 4.—The illness of Mr. William Gladstone, tjldesf $oq of $6 gfeat Liberal leader, has taken a favorable turn, and his friends are now encouraged to hope for his complete recovery. He bowed right and left, and occasionally ,topped to shake hands as he caught sight of i nmiliar figures. As he came down the other side of the ballrooig he stopped for a word