Capt. Allen's Record

Uuder the heading " .Michigan Congrcssincn and What Tliey Have Done," Sunday's Detroit Tribune had the following notice of the ever alert and active mcmber from this district : (';it. Allen has iiiterestrU himsclf in detail work of the cominittee on agriculture, where his special knowledge has been of decided service in the work of building a department out of a bureau. The agricultural bill carries an approprialion of $1,500,000 and it is ihe intention to build op the department of agricukure until it shall cqual in lts Held the pwtoöicc, the war and the navy departments In tbeir special lields. Me has also been rtoing good work on the pure lard and t'ie pure food bilis. He introduced a bill to prevent the adulteration of foods and drugs.but has worked forthe passage of the best bill rather than for his own muasure. That is to saj he bas shown himself a wise legislator in advocating the measures which, all things considered, seeni most likely to succeed and to reach the onds sought. Capt. Allen has further sought to have enacled a law which shall Kive postofflees to all clties when the postal revenues shall reach a certain amount. He does not approve of the present haphazard method of erecting jmblic buildings without ruleor reason. In addition to these duties Capt. Allen has been called to preside over the cominittee of the whole house n.ore frequently than any other member save Mr. Bnrrows. When by an oversighton the part o!' the speaker JSIr. Allen did not get assigumentsto as uianycommittecsasmany other members of liis standing in the house, the Tribune suggested that Speaker Heed would take idvanlage of parliamentary detail, his unfuiling good nature and his quickness by calllng him irequently to the chair. This has i.roved to be the case arn.1 the resulls have been most happy. Capt. Allen bas spoken freinently and his remarks on faun mortgages have csiiecially worried the cruts. Capt. Allen lias iutroduced a bill to make the fact of cnlistment and active service for 60 days immediately thereafter conclusive as to pliysical soundiiess at the time of enllstment; also one to pension all honorably dischared soldiers and sailors who served in the rebeüioii for 90 days or more, the monthly ratc to be one cent for each day's service, bat no pension to be less than $8 per inonth. The captain iias also introduced a bilí to prevent food and druif adulterations and misbrandings, and got through tlie resolution for the tunnel survey at Detroit. He has introduced eight pension bilis, one bill lor honorable discharge and one claim bill. It is probable that the 6erlous condition of the elections in the South, as shown up i:i the contest before Congress wlll ca!l for a ncw Federal election bill to be passed. The State oí affuirs there is outrascous, for the resultsshow that a Southerner has as much political strength as ten Northeners; look at these startling ficts : ___ Tho official conntof the votes cast for the eleoüon of Kepresentativea to the Fiftieih Congreu shows that the state of Kansas elecied seven representatlves by a poll of 271,571 votes, while Mississippl also eent seven repreaentatlves to the same CongreBS -the same uuniber- but they were elected by only -ll,(.t63 votos. The state of New Jersey also elected Reven representatlves, who reqnlred 239,;73 votes for thelr electlon; whlleon the otber hand Georgia' ten repreKcnlntives were elecUfd by 27,475 votes. Connectlcut elected four representativos by 12V 1U6 votes and fonr representatives froin different Congresslonal dlstrlcts from the state of Ohlo were elected by 151,523 votes, whlle ouly lC.tifó votes were necessary to seat tbe representatlves from fcur Congiesslonal distrlots In South Carolina. The Slxth (JODgreealonal District ofOhio elected one representatlve by 38.290 votes, or 11,445 more votes than the whole state of Georgia gave her delegalionof ten representatlves. li requlred 3ö,S(M votes to clect one representativo In the Twelfth District oí Ohlo; 9.391 more than Georgia cast for the ten membera ooinposlng her delegatlon. The Tnlrteenth District of Ohio gave lts single representativo 39,315 voteR, or 11,840 more thun Utorgla cast for ten. Of the eleven Congrepsloual dletricts of Michigan, ten cast, each of tin-in, more votes for thelr rtpreeentatlves, than were found necessary for the electlon of the ten from tbe "Empire State" of the South. Oregon'8 one representatlve was electeü by 61,964 votes, or more than doublé the number polled lor the whole Georgia delegallou. ii the Kleventh District of Illinois lt re quired 3!.20C votes to elect one representan vi-, while In Georgia 27,476 elected ten. No leu than 39,117 ballots were rcqulred to send only one representatlve to (jongress from the Second District of Connectlcut. 11.742 more tban elected the whole Georgia delegation. The great stnte of Indiana sent thlrtben representatlves to tbe Flftleth Congres, who were elecled by 4t)l,!)87 votes, whlle Georgia umi -Mlsslsslppl ent together no less thau seventeen representativo to the same lfgtgiative body, who were elecled by only 2,ifi votes; whlle in Verinont lt requlrod more votes to elect her two representatlves than were necessary in Georgia for the electlim ol ten. Thcre is no ono Hilng standing alone tliat so surely tests the wisdom of a national linanclal policy as the national credit, wliat it costs to maiatain it, and the buiden It imposes upon the citizen. It isa fuct which every American should contémplate with pride that llie public hebt of the United States, per capita, Is less tlian that of any otlier great nation of the world. Let me cali the roll: Belgium's public debt, per capita, is f 72 18; F ranee, $218.20; Germany, $43 10; Great Brltain, $100.09; Italy, $71.25; Peru, 140.0G; Portugal, $104.18 ;Russia $35.41; Spain, $73.34; United States, $33 92 on a population of 50,000,000; and now, with our increased population, the per capita would be under $25. (Applause.) England increased her rate of taxation between 1870 and 1SS0 {over 24 per cent., v.liilc ■ the United States diminislied nearly 10 per cent. - Wm. McKInley, Jr. A member of the English parliament aróse in his seat a few days since and protested against the McKinley bilí, and requested tliat the Brltish minister at Washington teil our goverument of " the injury such legislation would do to the industries of a friendly power." Our government is slmply looking out for Itself in the McKinley bill, and tliat protest Is an argument, and a strong argument for the wisdom of that measure. The more diversiöed ana greater our industries, the more prosperous our nation. Employed workmen make a markct for all kinds of producís as well.