Show PARTISAN burlesquing the election n committee of the house of representatives has began begun its work on the seventeen contested cases that are before it for adjustment the first run unseats unseals a and puts a republican in in bis his place every democrat on the committee voting for it s partisan and every republican for his we e have no inclination nation to question the equity of 1 the choice in this particular case but it is to be hoped that the other contestants mil will suc su BU c e cl I 1 in in presenting their cae in euch such a manner that part lisin will not show up BO so ly in he flie decision decini n if tha partisan faint 13 as it seems to be BO so exacts exacting ng in its regal regulations a eions that a member can have no individual judgment ju dement excel except dt in in line with his political Inte interests reits the beven fe enteen cn contested tested election cases now before the committee will before the last is reached become 1 a I farce of rather monotonous sort there mil will be iny any amount of partisan jangling and wasting of a very precious and rare self respect in discussions which if the decision in the initial case is to a correct pointer will count tor for nothing at all if the mn of congress have grown so impotent and party rule so all powerful as this 11 would indic indicates a tea atea consistent way would be for the speaker to appoint the candidates directly instead of appointing a it given number of his political colleagues to hear the evidence and vote aye and the fame number less one of political opponents to do likewise liken ise and vote no for the tile american people to entertain any deep reverence for the laws enacted by the house of representatives it is is important that a little confidence hould be entertained for the men who do the lawmaking law making and this averla ting party vote business is one ODO of the things not to confidence or passing oct it if in individual judgment is no bodger a concomitant com bitant of capable lawm lawmakers law m makers alters the people should be eo informed that they may look for the other thing in the choice of representatives 14 arrn A delicate sense ot of irony or a sublime showing of ignorance the yew new york frees press representative delivers tho the opinion that the eastbound east bound california mail must be snowbound how ilaw wonderfully inge boine some of those E eastern astern theorists are I 1 yet if they would merely tell what they know instead of what they guess the public would appreciate it if it the ninny who originated the theory above bad had read hie big morning paper be he might have known that the whole motive power of the central pacific has been engaged in backing bucking for a clear week past TUB tue prize for the beat best yield of wheat in the united states from one acre of ground it appears was as not awarded to henry F barton as reported in ill the die dispatches patches bat to william gibby a neighbor of mr Bur bartone tons 8 the error in all probability occurred occa through air Mr barton being ono one of tile committee that reported the yield SENATOR INGALLS Itta ALLs yesterday performed liia ilia advertised feat eat of 0 I 1 chewing c h ewing I 1 up the southern whites the warm wave ave was felt generally throughout tile nation and as a mark of further respect ct the senate adjourned till monday I 1 THE kin king of spain after a evere spell of mi niva whooping cough and grip and after causing great alarm among the royal its and m uch brosted prophecy biorn re of republicanism Is now quite well again ir I 1 population u ft j n reach at least twenty thousand in this years census or dr condon may M u well write his epitaph 1 I 1 1 14 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 L 1 11 |