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IflffllHEfflfflin Someof the Important Measures Which Ar& Tfc (ntljrby ~a~ v Few Senators-. - GeveraeT'-Boosevelt Is-EEdeayor-*| ing to Formulate a Perma- • nent Policy on Canals. The Amsterdam A\cnw Bill—Re- fnndin-j the Old Diivrt War Tax of IMiji. _ The busy si'nsnn nf t )if> )\clslntnrp has begun In Rood earnest Pp'mlter Klxon, who has been compelled (o bp absent for several works by severe Illness, has re covered, and returned to preside over lt»P nsserrrhly The rnmmtttepn- have bor-n Klvlnc henrliics on the InrRer measures of the m-.wlnn and the two houses have bp-n worklns Industriously to dispose nMtii'lr nlreruly rather-loup cafnidars. Th'-ro Is s\t-ie rii'-.s^rnp as lo the prohabb date of fimtl adjourn ment UimicU lhla jjutalliin li wb\!!}' In \ 0' flnlle and will depend on the dlspnsl- tton <>f the tuo biiiUns whrn the chief jme-i'-'ures rome tip for discussion All Is not plain sulllnc f\i s mir- of the bills whlih nre omsldc red of the most general lnter»<=t and Importance The riirroiv Itei'tiblb an majmlty In I In- s\n lite ninltps It possible for a tew sena tors to previ n't or delay any action on BUrh measures as do not suit them\ A disposition to do this ha* 1 been shown toward !»mp of the recognized Tit pilh- ll '-nn party m-:i-un-s (\aiiriis'-s have ad th\'\'- ttttton. Jfr. Onrdlner Is preparing a -r»»*>Ui4-iun—proposinc- a. _ conatJUULonaf ir '•jil'.oit to thin ••rfiTt, Should the ri-o '\ihin p.i«s tie pr. nit U'KlMattire It will huve to be submitted to the U-B- Islature wh'ch meets In 190b ami could i .t I Income law tint 1 approved by Vote lit tin' pcup .!e In Xuiember of that year. KrfniidliiK Direct V.'nr Taxes. -1-u+l*;—Wive— l «w 4ivir*«hieed- -In- bath linu-i s and favorably reported by the a-\\ mlily committee on general laws piovidlni,' for the return by the state of the moneys refunded by the Federal RO \ eminent to thus?- who contributed It during the war of the rebellion. The funds In question,, It—hi—explained by those-Interested In the measure, .were portions of, a direct tax.,of $20,000,000 levied, on the slnt-s and territories for the prosecution of the war of the rebel lion An appropriation to meet this de mand on the slate of New York was made by the legislature or 1SG2. A bill bavliiR Ibis. same purpose In wo venrs ne-o by A4 was Introduced tv Aspi niblyumti Hoebr of Brooklyn, but It failed to berome n law Xo Ittitucs Aiiicndnmiit. There Is-no dlspnslt'on to amentf lite excise law In any vital particular The ljemibllcnn majority In both houses Is p'-uolT'^.Ttly TTnltmr nn this pointy-an'tl-thc spb ndld re-venue raising measure which ha* linen so thoroughly Indorsed by the Hcpubllr-fln party not only In conven- tplatforms, but by the voters at the pulls will be continued, Senator Raines' amendment to the excise law totally forbidding., the sale of liquors- on Sun- ilfry—ew>n-!*.y— ( hotel Jwpfm- wJth-mfals^ n-celveif iti; deathblow In the commit tee on l.'iX'Klon mid retrenchment, when n motion to report It out was voted down. This means that nothlnf? more will be heard of the bill this sesslon.- TfTT—e7iTnTrintee \did reTSoTt out Mr Rn'lnes' hill .making the minimum li cense $200 Insti ad of $inn The Demo crats on the committee made no objee- tli .R -to this change which Is expected to bring In $200,000 additional revenue per year I'urc llecr. Si nator Cnpqi Minll s pure beer bill. f the which has the In-ln 1L= hop be n le-Id LiTvi'ini' \f them linve devi loped opposition enough to make the passage of the Hills unceftaii 8t this date Amiin(r»thi-si>,nre the bleu nlnl sessions resolution, which Retiami • ,,\„„ hl . nvy penalties for violations; -Bt-wnslMi^^s^ttshlgg^JlM the _New f thc pun j R hmpnt being $1 f «0Q line or a York police bills.-which tuive five In- brief term iiMTrrpftsohra^ni^ 1-llWIJfflfr' Senators Coggeshall-and-^Hcox Stand -With Tammafipron '.' Police Legislation; - ^ 1 ;' had the Indorsement of* o*-p.>r':-ed lahor, providing for thy n r ip I 'e.v • • ri or H_ ^\tleTTrny^actorj' .IIK-'IVdloiA l'lK'.blU 111- creaseB the lio-wers of the .fnc 'orv n- spector generally end Hxas the hull.. 1 of labor for minors under IS years of a& • and females in factories at not more than^tenjiours a day Civil Service Dill. _ _ The civil service bl 11 introduced by They Thereby Prevent Any; Eo- liof From tlie,0orruptioj Now Existing. •i Biennial Sessions Resolution '.Apu 'i- cntly Dead-^LcgisIali6n IB| Labors Helialf.\ 7 Present-Indications are thaPMrnVt\ ny will win. it^'flght in'the 1-esigmtire on the police reorganization - lilllj?\ ( 1 \thereby be enabled to continue lt^';f'' _ runt management of thls^lepartmeHt 2_ New York city This menace to the -St- will be brought about through the i. - tlon of t\)'o supposedly KerAiblIcar|.k.'- ators, who declare it'ls their purpose desert their 'party associates audi' ' with the nccredlted agents of Mr.p -. ker—the Tammany senators led bs.>' •nrmrty^rroiipublng th ^-bHHtor-a-glrn-^ headed commission In the gTeaterlcl The senators referred to are Cogg$jb .1 of Oneida and Wilcox of Cayuga, refuse to abide by the, decision o| Republican caucus; They SecII yield to the\juagment ofTne- leap' the party In New York andthrou, the state. They refuse to suppo: governor In his desire to put a on lire corrupting forces of T^mrHai Hall, and they persistently adhere; t their determination to help per-Bewiat the outrages made possible by tjhej.un scrupulous manipulations of th ^swlp hosies. Thnv nre dolnrr morilX Senator \Vhite has been amended lh some Important particulars and adopted 1x5 a pjirt-y in en s.u i;e Jay. a Republican senatorial^cducjs. \The changes made are said to mee.t Governor Itoosevelt's<} Ideas, and he has expressed gratifica tion over^the action of the Republican Senators\*In rhaJcing- the bill a party measure. The amendments were made to meet the objedtlons urged against the original bill by Messrs. Ordway and Mc- Aneny of the-Clvil Service Reform asso ciation at the, hearing, when they pro nounced it worse than the Black law nmd-'begged-th'e senators; if-.they ~wOi .KI not amend the bill, to let that law slum]— ThTg -btll has ween ravorapiy re- ported from committee, and Senator White, who .has. It In churge, believes It will puss. rtlennln l 5e»pilo:i«. The resolution proposing to submit to the people the question of amending the—constitution - In—favor—of- biennial Sessions' of \the legislature has hod n setback. It was favorably reported and -was placed on the senate calendar. When It came up. for consideration. Senator Stranahan moved to advance It to Its final order Senators MaNiy. Brackett and Willis opposed It, and after a spirited debate n vote was tnk- wnm en» There were 25 votes for and 24 against ft, Senator lilsberg being ab sent. Thus the resolution failed of ad vancement and romsins on the calen dar, with a black ejfe. Senators Malby, Brackett-and Willis sald-tho-y 'woi;e-un-> alterably opposed to it, so there seems little llkellnood that It can**he passed. Democratic Senajior McCarren of ICings county voted with the Republicans for the resolution. Exemption Fro m Taxation. Assemblyman Lewis of Monroe coun ty has recently Introduced a bill pro- tn amend. tl-ie^pnnBtttiitlnTi HV In- rising t serStJg a clause forbidding the legisla ture from \granting tojiny p\e.rson firm or corporation any exemption from tax ation on *eal or personal property.\ In support of. his position Mr. Lewis said: Feeling that some actlon-was-necessnry,' I I introduced, some, weeks -Ago, a resohl— •<'\\ i-eqniripe; tbe elerV bf the assembly rp- -t«-eomnmnlcate with the varlous-clttes -ciD: , ,, , the state and secure Informat'on as to the to the enomy of Coggcshall-and WJJce amount of property exempt by law from No man or woman-can hope to live lonj^if the Kidneys, Bladfler, or Urinar^ Organs arc diseased. Disorders of that kind should never bo neglected. Don 't dela-y-inrfin^nig_Qitti>'flur--oonditionr- You. t;att-tell-as-well «s_a.-physician —Pat^! somei urine in n ginger ii\tjje t jmd^lejt it stand a day and night;' 1 A sediment at The bottom is a sure sign that you have Kidney disease. Other certain signs are pains in the small of the-back—a desire-to make'water often, especially at night—a Spalding sensation in. passing it—and if urine - stains linen there is no doubt that, the disease is prcsejit^ '*• There is a cure for Kidney and Bladder Diseases.' It is Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite iicmcdy. It has been for thirty years, and ' is today, the greatest and best medicine known for these troubles. Mr.. .WIIXIAM W. ADAMS, cor. Tcffcrson Avenue and Clifton Street, -Roches ter, N. y:, says:— \Three years ago I-was tafcen with Kidney .diseasovery badly; at times J jyAS_j:omp,letply piastrat-.. j_ ed, -in f act, was so Ead that a .day waSi s6t fo.r the doc- tors to perform an operation upon me. Upon that day I com menced the use of Dr. David Kennedy's 1 - 1 Favorite Remedy, and it was not-long before I was entirely cured, and I have had no-retur -H -of-the-tr-oublG-sin'ee.—My-weight- -has-inereased; mid- -I-never-was-so- wcll as I am now. Dr. David Kennedy 's Favorite Remedy saved my life.\ Favorite flemcdy acts directly upon the Kidneys, Liver an/d Blood. In coses of Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Ulcers, Old Sores, Blood Poisoning, Bright's Disease and Female Troubles it hits made cures after all other treat ments failedT It is sold for Si.00 a bottlo at drug stores. A leaspoonfufis a dose. . a /l DAVID aaa* mention this* paper, and a sample bottle of Favorite Remedy will be sent freo. Every sufferer can depend upon thc genuineness of this offer, and should send at once. Co.Mrtla l?Affta Send your full postoffice address-to thdpR. DAI 2dffipi£ DUllIO rttt I KKNNEDV ConroRfcTY &N, Rondout, Y., a PURDY M0T1UMERTEL WORKS, CEO. A- GODWIN, Prop, -Dealer in ' gruwi -rs ..f Hie slab bus been favorably ,i<t,il on In the seii.it.' It prohibits the ! us of nn.y substitute for hups In the- brewing of beer and Ule- In this state'. -aMsorotuit of, the N*t-w York n'rganl7.a^ tlon and are favored by tloyernor Itoose- velt On the biennial sessions measure -li'lvo <*«»ii< liilercHt llnte. . There Is surh strong sentiment against the measure which proposes to Croker than all the Democratic MM: tors combined. -sit. They are able to make Rlchardlfgr' ker the dictator In thc senate onph' question because of tlie 'narrowTtepui lican majority in that.body. -Therefor -lint ?7.'Repiib11c .an-Benators :aU-told^-i. thtrTn7inn --hrjuse. Twenty-six-^'ot'e ^BT- \neetlcd'lo pass a bill, and the desi ftp.pn,-^ Arnl'iy \ f Rl Lawrence and • deeiense th. letral rat., of In-tiiest from Brack, tt of Saratoga do n\t agree with , 0 to r , per <-nI Hint the measure Is not the balance of the Republican senators likely to reeilve'any favorable action and they refuse to follow the action ol The same Is true of the proposition Kim im>j j «iu „,„„„,.„ tnnde early In the session to Impose a the caucus making It a party measure tttX on ^V,,,^ ,, anUs dpp(lS „ s . This Idea Messrs. Cogneslmll of Oneida and Wll- , Js ng Rtnid ns d(Sn(] In - h]s nnnun | rQ . 'coX~M Cayuga say they will refuse te j p(iJ . t ,q ur , er | n tendent ot-Banks Kllburn eupport the New York police bills, and j s t r , in g grounds against it thilr objections riro so strong that they Will not reciigniTie 'lhe ncllon of n cau cus. As there are but 27 Republicans oil lold In the senate, and It requires tO votes to pass a bill, 'the two meas ures can be defeated Jf the senator? named see' lit to act with the Demo crats. .— There arc some other measures which Bja'yi become! -Jnvorvc'd-in-the.-scrnn'No i Sf^en^^w ?rBnlt Is be.lle'ved*\that such a result,\ whlc/h would render the ses sion barren of really Important general legislation, may be avoided. The New York police bills have\ been amended so that the governor has au thority to remove the head of the de partment only after charges have been •preferred and a hearing given to the of : fending official. In thls,slmpe they have been \reported favorably by the senate committee which had them In charge. Governor kloonevelt and the Cannln. Governor Roosevelt is making good his promises given before election on thc subject of the canals of thc state. He believes that Colonel Partridge, the .«upurlnt6Hdt'lu of |iubite—works, lo fully and falthfuljy attending to the present administration of the can^bt:\ Dut Gov ernor ItooBovelt js not content-wlth-tluvt and Is attempting to secure Information on which he may formulate a policy ln- TOlvlng thc great question of the future ef thc canal system 0/ the state Its tr^uAjnyjortance as .jiffcctlng the great commerelnI-*in(pro4tir?)f-'tOic_stnt'fv, r ,ntiw- and In the future, he is seeking to as certain and with this end In Uew Tic has named a commission to Investigate ahd report. In view of this It Is. not -llkely-UBl-^»^nip° , 't f \rr-tr/gTsT^ 011 the subject will be undertaken before the report Is before the governor. The epeclal 1 omrnlsslon ns natfje'd by Gov ernor Roosevelt is composed of Major T W Fyrhonds of Buffalo. John N' Bcatcherd of Buffalo, General Francis ... .A aid, lJuJi-Jtttllraau_Illll. A great deal of the time\ of both houses has been taken up of late by what Is known as thc \Amsterdam ave nue bill.\ and the battle over It is prob ably the hottest of- the session. It was Introduced In both houses at the same time; In the senate by Mr. Ford and In the\ assembly by Mr. •FaT'ows,!, Briefly j ^tatipjj, Vi -VtireThn Qtec ^7 #Oillfo ~jg7 ill\ troduced. It would prevent the THlfa Avenue Railway company from laying -tracks for an underground trolley in .Amsterdam or old Tenth avenue. There are now two tracks of this sort there, used by, the Metropolitan Street Railway company. The avenue. Is wide andone of-the finest In the city. Much of It Is devoted to residences. There Js a mighty protest from citizens against giving It up wholly to trolley lines, and hot arguments are made showing that.fpur tracks will ruin the nvenue, making It a death trap for pe destrians and useless for business pur poses. Aothousand New Yorkers came to Albany to give their Influence in favor of the bllL..MjaBS a ; meetings have been held In Ne<v York with the same gives Mr Croker the power to defiai taxation. That' Information has been com- what legislation sha„ and what^a ^^sum^^^n^Myea to not bo enacted. Temporarily Coggf take\ some prohibitive action in order to shall and Wilcox become the mosfeel protect tho taxpayers of the state from the ahuse which has been gradually grow ing all over the state. For Onnnl luventlKntlon. . The annual supply bill Is to provide _ funds for the further Investigation of ers named by Mr. Croker's mayor tffier, the charges against.George W . Aldrldgc he found It necessary to Wleet-two *h»- ind - Cam P bell — Wr A-dams-by-015-spe- were not Democrats were chosen btfihe f Ial counsel engaged by t,he governor^ sole qualification that ln~*1felectfaf a ^-Messrs. Austen G. Fo£ and J,Vallaee chief of police they would, supportpi. ^MacFarlane haye reported to Governor Marble and Granite. fectlve«o{ Mr Croker's lieutenants, TJils situation Is a threatening The police board In New York cj ! now nominally bipartisan. I t is siii name only. The two police commls: Cemetery Plots.-enclosed. Lettering done in cemetery. Old stones cleaned and repaired. StocK and workmanship guaranteed^ object In view, and among legislators It j Is the most engrossing topic pn the c.al endar. THIS IS PROSPERITY. V. Greene of. New York,..ex-Mayo^ Fifteen hundred men In Lebanon Iron George 13. Onsen of ninghamtoii 'and | workln TboiiBh IJrynn TM Still on KnrtU Wltl , iliN l^rccfColnnK-o .Oratory, -Slnfff Jnn V, hljoo jzifin emplcyc-d in the Iron and steel trades In Pittsburg hnve had their white* rntFr/tl nJ^JUt 10\ por cent. About 4.000 employees of tho Maho ning valley blast furnaces had their wages raised 10 per cent, and 1,500 more had the same raise at the plant of the Sharon Steel company. The present-Amalgamated scale- -ex pires June .'10. A 10 per cent increase for GO',000 men wllpriien hettdopted. g rncTo-i'lcs-have-had- an advance-] of 10 per cent. In Rhodix, Island between_25,O00 and 30.000 employees In -cotton mills have uiU lncreasuajirJwhrt-to-l^-pcr-cent-ln- lhclr wages, The Maryland Steel company has an nounced an Increase of 10 per ceftt In the wages of 1,700 employees. Eight hundred new men arc to be employed. . In. Alabnma the wages of 10,000 coal miners In tho Birmingham dl'strlcUhavq been advanced 5 per cent over 1893, and the present number employed is 2,000\ greater than In 1S93. , The agents of seven cotton cotporar Hons In Lowell, Mass., on March 4 In creased the wijges of 14,000 operatives from. 7 to 10 percent. About 28,000 operatives In cotton mills In Fall River, Mass;, have been- ad vanced 124 , / per cent. The following Trank S. Wlthorbec of Port.Henry Industrial .School i'o r Glrln. A hltl-drawn-by—{ormcMteeml Georg? -C 'Austin uf-New-Yurk city Is of Interest to many women\ llrroughout thc entire state. It asks an appropria tion of ?1M> 000 to establish an Industrial school for girls. Mrs. Wflllurh Tod Hel- muth, president oMhe-State-Federntion- oJt Women's Clubs, is deeply Interested tn the measure, and among other worn-, cn w.ho are.counted.on. to glvt;It thcli* support are Mrs. Clarence Burns of New Tork city who is one of the Paris ex position commissioners from this state, and MrB.'Roosevelt, the wife of the gov ernor. Should the bill become a law. it Is'the Idea of the worben who have^the project In hand td locate the Institution In some s one of the smaller cities or vil lages of thr state. ._, rijreJ-'ood For- Cattle. Mr WI«er of Tioga has Introduced a bill amending the agricultural law reg ulation thV\\Rnle and analysis of t-m- centr .ite .i feeding - stuffs and designed tj> compel the manufacture of pure food , vanced 11 per cent, for cattle It provides for statements '\Worcester Mass., 4.000 operatives of to be filed with the director of the ngrl- ' th'c Washburn & Moen \company 1n cultural experiment station and also.at- • creased from 5 to 10 per cent. tached to all packages'of the feod'tng.- And -yet Mr.- Bryan—ls--for_tlteTfree stuffs exposed for sale designatingtheji~j colnqge of >UU-cr at ft ratio of 1G to 1 contents and the result of«vnnlysls. It , ns the only fnsans nf \restoring pros- \ rtfuulrw •> Hi ensf fur the Imndllng • of such ponds and the suhmls-slnn of sam ples to tin- agricultural exjierlinent' sta tion aid pro\ Id s a penalty for the vio lation of the law Vcternnu «f tlic Wa r \\ lib Spiiln The assembly Judiciary commltto. lilvlnR decided thaf'tjie proposition ol Ilr tjanlln. r of Monipe to extend the r- ic preference in the.publlc service to Vt ernw of the war with Spain ns Is \xw lu-uided li' Mt .erans of the civil • ar will require u ehangu in tht conitP\ ether Increases nnve oeen maae: LewJstown, Me., 12.000 operatives,, in crease In wages to the scale prevailing prior to January, 1S98, when a qut wirs made \ Walervtller Me,. 1.100 employees ad- ? iiiiilt}-.\' Htrsttll-tbiiikhOliu \gold-bTigB'.' ! will nbsrii-b all the nation's wealth and ' starve every orte who h'asu't \cornered' a trunkful of bonds unless all the silver •Js coined.and called dolldrs. j T11K T1SI11S IIAVK IMPROVED.' [batavla News.] The 130 savings banks In this stnte I have aggregate deposits of $S10 ,144 .3G7 G3 ' .nd a surplus of JldG.S90.C23 .10. The ln- reasi. IP deposits the |iast year was *• nearly $50 ,000 ;t )e0~ T4tn *i «-4va -v *4n »pF<A-Bd. man whom Tammany Hall dictateq the place^-the nothrlous Devefy;-T.' chairs were not warmed ' befoj made good their •jntractr able and'^mclenww ^if'- ^J^u ^ir ^ajK'.pul try irltopuwer. 1 HeliaU~beAi-lnvc'sn-; gated iby the Lexow 'committee,.'and. it' had been shown that his management'; ef the precinct he then comrnanded as captain was one of the most corrupt in the, city. Sworn- testimony showed that' he?-'*advised his patrolmen to \stand/- them on.their heads,\ referring.to Re< publican watchers at- the polling places In his precinct on election-day, - 7r Under thc existing laws Devery is re- ; spahslble'fo Tammany HairalQjre^Ther.e is no means of checking any 'outrageous work which Tammany henchmen -may- desire on the part of the police. As'a remedy for this the pending bill creates a single police commissioner, to be named by the mayor, and the bill provides that \the governor may re- nTove the~poUce~eommlssloner- or the-| chief of police or both of them from of fice for any such violation of or failure to perform any duty or obligation Im^. posed by this art.\ It Is expressly provided that before removal a copy of charges shall be served on the official, ami he shall have opportunlty-to be- heard In his ami ife-- fense. . ' - With -this bill- on the statute bni-.i;g- thc responsibility for corrupt or. In-f- flelcnt management can Tic diieily placed, and the people have a guardnr, tee of relief from the blackmail, th' v- l'ng and general wholesale debauilury of public ser-iOce which has exlrn 1 in' the New York city police department - Without this bill there la no poss .hihty. of such relief. It Is In favor of the latter condition that. Senators CoggeshalLnjid Wiluux- have Seen fit to take their stand in\ sympathy' with Croker and his obeib nt followers—and as Coggeshall And Wil- cox were elected us Keimbllcans tlif.y are-able'to put on^tlic party in 1 lie state the responsibility for cdntimnug the evils of Tammany misrule, without, a shadow of relief. Just why Ct<v.•<>.-•• shall and Wilcox hffve thus allied Hi.ia- BClvcs -wllh-Tammany-Hall -ivlll tlnn '.t^| less he an Interesting study by rtepnb-' Ilcan's'ln their districts and throughout the-state. - — The assembly has passed the bill in question by a vote which brought mit clearly the positions of the two parlies\ upon..it. The Republicans supported it.. The. lower house hns also passed the' other Important measures affecting the police \department of New York city. One creates a separate bureau of CIIT-' ^nB,ljuid-Me_ather--authoti3 ^3 -a-JuilTO7l from.' outside the. Judlcial-.distrlct's In' which New York is rdcajed^tp sit in trial of election cases. It also\make .<i i£. possible, for trie governor to direct the- 1 attorney general of the state to act ns, prosecuting attorney In such cases. The senate has passed,the bill whlih takes, thc board of elections out of the police' deportmentr g ' Second nnil Thir d CIIIXH CIUCH.• -Scn\ator-Brown : has_lntroducj;d a hill -whlch-requlrcs-thnt-every, city-of Jhe^ second-and third class shall nnnn.-.jiy. VRoosevelt that they have completed ! |^|elr _study of the testimony accumu- ed -'by; the canal- investigating coin age Countryman's report' at this lsias^.far as theV _ jrninda. ...A —\y?— -r-^r-..^ rb'^proylrTe/ these . furtda— tho ^govor-nor. Purdy Sbiion, VYesichester Go. has .asked .the Ways and means commit tee to-provllie an appropriation. This will be 'dont;,. the_preclse amount to be appropriated to be determined by the governor. -\ • Tnxinpr Sa-v-lnpTB Bnnlc DcpoHltH. The- court of appeals has recently given an interesting and important de cision on the .question of taxing depos its, in savings banks. The court holds that- they muy-not-bc-taued^ -This will of course put a quietus on the proposi tion which has been somewhat dis cussed this- winter of enacting a law Imposing'a tax on them. Senator Pord's bill providing for the taxation of- franchises of corporations on the same/ basis as real estate has l\\\ f^vorajily: reported. Leit'BDvery AND (Qarrlage J^ejposljtory POIilTICAt. HEGUXAHS. —-[The Nlaga'ia Couiler.] Carriages, Surreys, Road Wagons, Spindles, Business Wagons,' Phaetons. Farm.\-- -* Wagons, Harness' and ~ ; WhipsHf&r-Sa-lei-- ;: ^ — Governor Roosevelt made a notaBTiTl speech at the dinner given by the Al bany county Republican organization recently. Several other speeches were -\ma\de, 7 Mr. Ba,rnes of The Jour-nal-|- qctlng as toastmaster. Of course at a political dinner politics was the gen eral, theme of the speakers, Mr Roo'se- .yelt rtiade 'It plain that he has faith in 'the Republican—wjro- nev £rT55ts from party work, but\ who—keens—at\ Tf~ the year round, the kind of'men who, as he -sSid, \make it possible for victory to he 'ultimately won.\ H e also said it is 0 \mighty good thing to hnve. regulars In the army,\ men who \make the wheels go rolind,\ - TfiaTs g05\* i -wganlzat1trn ^Wublic2Mr-.nl.ocJLrlrro- a-ritl—ought t o shame k compl:ilners who continually peck' at' those who are everlastingly at 4fe—It—4s—th*—GonstJvnl—cfeippjn g—-t-h a V HOKSBS TO nS6T ALL TKAIHS OFSH ALL PAY SUHPAY.. il. o 1 Jl o IL ^^Jill LL^9 E'DQlEMONT ROAD. — - l4a-t -0H -a-h— NT^VV^U^—• : 50 V YEARS' EXPERIENCE ^wTthln 60 days after„the closo of the {[>-' ca];year make a report concerning itsi financial condition to the secretary of state.. It shall contain an ..qccuraie Stolehient In summarized form and u,»'o in detail of the financial receipts of ih e Sity from all sources for the last n=< il year; also a statement In detail of the <lebt of the city at the close of- the n> ai year Additional Factory InHpcctom. The Republican -majority In the a-- «embly has passed- a-mcasur*, -wluoU- ^vpars il^iulli hi. a Mint, conslrrnt-work~| -on any-ljne that produces results. It Isn^'t difficult for any one to pick out in each town and cltj Xi\ this county the men who arc Influential In shaping results—They-aue. party -Workers; .watch, -every opportunity to aid their''party. ,Whlle exercising 'their judgment they -meet jealousi'es^=thc-dlsappointcd r those who arc ever complaining, the kicker who -sometimes. ge,ts near_e.n_ough_to. knock'ovefrSjEKe pail of milk, who has a right to work to \win the support of hiss) notions, but-rlot to fight against- the de- .termlnatlon of-lnajoritles in his party and so encourage political anarchy. A -party-wTthouLpart}:- machinery.bvldent- l ^y-iBn't-to-the-itklnc of Go-vernor-nopRe— *velt; hence the party.^machine,\ -so .called and sometimes complaTned_qf iln- ijer ihe guise of \antimachlne\ wlren It In. evidently the desire to SflbstltuteJ another machine, which Is their right, \.Bometip*es duty, but they should be. .sumcfently manly to avow their pur pose without 'rssort to deception. Fre quent conference'between party leaders Is necessary - !* there is to- be unity .of 'purpose; hence it Is v.ery silly for small -bqre-6rItlcB-to^compTafri^\Ecau'se\\\the_l ^governor- keeps In- touch by fre'quent iconsultatlon - with jecognlzed party leaders. -TRADE M$RKS DESIGNS \COPYRIGHTS AC. - -AnVone Bonding aBkctrhand description mny Otilckty nscoruiln onr opinion froo whether an invention Is prnbnbly pntentnblii. Commnnlrn- ilonimtrlctlycoiiudentlnl. llnndboolton PntcnW, »ont free. Oldest occmy for securlnp patents.\ Ptitcnta takon through Alonn & Co. rccclva (ix -clal notice, without chnrjo', in tho Scientific American. A handsomely lllnstrstcd trocltly. T.nreont clr. \cnltttlon jnf any sclentlflo Journal. Tortus, |3*n year: four months, $L Soldbyall nowsdcalcrs.' MUNN & Co. 361Broadwa « New York > Brand! Olfloo, G23 F St, Washlntftoo. D. C THE MUTUAL_.LffEJIfSDRANGE_ . RICHARD A. McCURDY PRESIDEN T STATEn.ENT = Fairlht -ycar ondlng-D«o«mbr-31-l898 According to the Standard of tile Insurance Department of tlie State of New York _ I.S'COMK Ileri-lTed for Premiums Front-all oilier Sources - - 1)i,(l87,880 9i ~ PISnunSEMENTS To l'Dllcy-holderi for Claims by lleiith To I'lillry-holilfrS for Endow- — mints, lihidciuls,etc. - For all other accounts ASSETS United Ststes lionds' And other ~ C: ^THlS IS THE ONLY SCALE! 5 TON . ^ eo. .{ GOOI> TOR THE COUNTRY. [Rochester Democrat and \tihronlcle.r Twe^years of the v McKlnley adminla- traflon have been good for this country And for the world. They are full of achievement and of promise. The peo ple of the United States will not soon turn away from the principles and. pol icies which have brought sjich great ad- vantageg. RELIABLE , ACCURATE , DURABLE. KAMB0XBRASS-BEAM-| : ROhH:EVERS. ADD'RESS t JONES, wT. 1, HE PAYS THE FREIGHT FOR TERMS. BINGHAMTON, N.Y. Sccnrjtlps $5C,U0G,Q20 4» $iil,206,008 CHS n,48»,J5X 35 lU,ll)il.ll;0 63 $35,240;O38 §8 *1CO,OSO,(41_8S; Firht. Men Loans on lloml nnd Mortgage . nS,G03,r>HO HO Loaim 011 lionilg-anil other- Se-— J--- entitles .... _.\\7OJ80BjniO\\0(r\ ltfal*-K.itste npprnlsed by Ins'or- - mice Sii|ierIntcinlrnlK nt $i3,63^,S2ll.SS: Hook Taluo 20,004,040 61 Hanks mid Trust Com- Cash I -panic*-— Accrncil Interest. Net Deferred Premiums, otc . 0.434,057 10 $277,017,325 30 LIABILITIES I'nllo)-Rcsorves -etc. .- - $»33,0,\H 6«\' (.'oniliii^nt. (iiiurniTfceKunil \- 42,238.084 08/ DIUsllile KurpluK . - - -^,1)20,000 00 •t277,.-.iT^2\.TS6'* mill Annultlcs^Iii $071,711,007 79 . I have carefully examined the foregoing State ment and find the same lo he correct, liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. . _ CIIARJBS A. l'liKLLUR Auditor Pixnii'tJicajrvTsTble Surplus a dividorid will lie ariportioiicd as usual. ROBERT A. QRANNISS VICE-PRESIDENT - WALTER R GiLLtrrrB ISAAC F . LLOYD PRUTJlinlC CKOMWEL L Fuoj^v MCCLINTOCK General ManaRer ad Vice-President Treasurer - Actuary