THE OITIZEfrT Cater*ducti aud manufac turer!), at the.. iaie time to reduce the receipts of '.hi- GcT-rnment. The new Tariff bill n... * roeri-an products and ir iiaotaie- fid at . >me time add from $50.00.. $7." 00 a year to thi-Governnwi t receipts in order to provide foi '.he d< tiuit made by the iusuffi cieney ot revenue produced by the Demo cratic Tariff bill which .d:'. Cleveland de nounced an outrnge and refused to sign and which he uow declares to be a'{">od thing, notwithstanding all the trouble it has brought to the country. IN Mercer o>. Harry Watson and Ilenry Robinson are spoken oi as candidates for Congress; in Lawrence Co. Thomas W. Phillips and W. A. Clarke; in Beaver Co. Louis Davidson, Judge Mechlin, Town seed, Dravo, pt al; and in Butler Co. Messrs JJcJunkiu aui £ho Salter. It if laid thi. McKinley will cail an extra session of Congress, for Monday, March, 22d, next. A Growing Judicial Abui®. The recent convention of the Common Pleas Judges of the State has called atten tion to some abuses by the judiciary and a direct violation of law by many of them The Philadelphia Press, in an article on the subject, says: "Some attention is being directed to the fact that a considerable number of Com mon Pleas Judges in the interior districts are clearly abusing that provision ot the lav which permits them to sit outside their districts under certain circumstances The provision was intended wholly to relievo those Judges who might be under some disability by enabling them to summon as distance "That the law was clearly taken advan tage of by some Judges as a means ot in creasing their pay attracted the attention of the Legislature ol 1897. Taat body passed an act specifically declaring that the com pensation lor service in another district •hall not exceed SSOO in any one year. This docs not appear to have been of much account with some ol the Judges According to the Auditor-General's report tor 1894, there was not less than nine Judges whose extra compensation exceed ed the lawlul amount, and some of these received more than double 'he amount. I Tee succeeding year of the report of the same official shows the abase was still greater, some of the Judges receiving nearly three times the amount to which they are limited by the Act of 1887. There were alsj more cases than in thu previous year. The figures for the past year are not at hand, the report of the Auditor- General not having been printed. •'Many thousands of dollars are added every year to the cost of the judiciary es tablishment ol the State by this practice of certain Judges changing off with each other. It is carried to an extent which cannot be excused. The compensation allowed for this extra servico is $lO a dav and mileago, and the amount paid soma indicates that they mast have spent pretty nearly one-hall their time outside their districts, where they either did not have enough to keep themselves busy one-half the time or thev must have called in other Judges to take their place while they were absent. It is a well-kuown fact that in a large number of districts a lew >veeks of court each j ear id enough to finish up all the business, and that the uiaiber of dis tricts could be reduced with profit to the State and no injury to anyone. "In view of the Act of 1887 it is dim cult to understand what authority there 13 for allowing any J edge compensation ex ceeding ssoo a year for ektra services. There ban been no subsequent legislation to annul that Act, and its terras are very explicit. If it is not to be obeyed the legislature must feel called upon to take some furtner aetion that will render eva sion impossible. The eaisung temptation to swap districts for the pay there »s .n it would be done away with if all pay be yond the fixed salary of the Judge were abolished, and only mileage ana a fair allowance for expenses permitted for ser vice outside tho district. If there is no restraint upon this abuse, if the limit fixed by the Act of 1887 amounts to nothing, there is no limit to the amount of expendi ture that may result. PBBSIDBST Cleveland, a few days ago sent a bri9t message to the Senate trans mitting the treaty between this country and Great Britain for the arbritration of all matters of difference between the two nations. The making of this treaty for the practical prevention of war between the two great English-speaking countries of the world is a noteworthy event and it is one on which Mr. Cleveland has a right to congratalate himself. It it tha great est and best achievement of the prosent Administration. It nr.w remains for the Senate to determine whether the treaty shall be ratified as lramed, or whether it needs amendments. HARRISBURG. Aside from the vote in both houses for United States senator Tuesday's sessions of the legislature were qniet enough. It is probably the calm before the storm, be cause there are already symptoms of an outbreak on tho part of the Wanamaker people who are chafing under the rather conspicuous self assertion ot the victor ions Penrose faction. The vote for United states senator was a strictly party ono. For Penrose 42 Ro pnblican senators voted, and the G Demo crats voted for Hon. Cbauncey F. Black, ol York. The onlv absence in the sen ate was B. B. Mitchell, of Bradford. In the hou-'e 168 Republicans supported Pen rose, and all of the Democrats 33 in num ber voted for Mr. Black. Representative Moore of Chester, who had refused to vote in the caucus because he did not want to oe bound by it, voted for John Wanamaker. Dr. Martin, ol Mercer, was absent because of illness, and Represen tative Pennewill, of Philadelphia, ha.* cre ated a vacancy by taking charge of a mu nicipal office in Philadelphia. Tbore appears to be a determination to get a road bill through this legislature, and Senator Brown, of Westmorland ia tioduced two in the senate Tuesday. One provides that commencing tho first Mon day of June 1808, $1,000,000 each year shall be specifically appropriated for the purposo of improving and maintaining the public roads of the state under the super vision of the supervisors, elected on the third Tuesday of February 1898. At Wednesday's sesoion a sham resolu tion, intended to block the State Treasury Investigation pa«aed the Senate, but was defeated in the House. WASHINGTON. Senator Aldrick, who has been the only one in the senate to openly oppose the Phillips commission bill, was waitod upon by a delegation of the Knights of La:>or, who urgod him not to oppose the measure, but to allow it to become a law. After a lengthy conference the senator stated that if he found the other senators were gener ally in favor of the measure ho would not make any factious opposition. The ro election ot Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina was very gratifying to the Republican members of the Senate be cause that it gives a Republican from that State for the next six years, and also ho cause it is a bitter defeat for his swell headed colleague, Senator Marion Butler, the Populist National chairman. NOBODY can mistake the meaning of the orders which the great railroad com panies are placing for vast amounts of steel rai.s and other equipments. They are an almost infallible sign of business revival and bettor times. The movement and tondency of trade interests are studied by nobody more carefully than by tho managers of the great railway ompanies, and when these latter begin to enlarge and strengthen their facilities for transporta tion it is always becauso they believe in the near approach of increased business activity. Douthttt Disappointed. Harrisburg, Pa.. Jan. 19.—(Special to Gazette)—M. B Donthett of Wilkinsburg soil of the former member from Butler, expected to be joirnal clerk of tho house hut the iiate <.•< w iittee has chosen W. W, Mecbling of Homestead. Mr. Douthett ielt for home to-night and before going said: "About six weeks ago my father wrote to Senator Quay asking him to a.-sist mo in pelting the place. Quay replied that my appointment would be satisfactory if the approval of tho member of our dis trict was secured. "Thomas Tilbrook of McKeesport is our lepresentative, and I secured bis indorse ment. The Allegheny delegation gener ally has been favorable to me. I was slated Saturday in Philadelphia and came to Harr'sbuig Sunday. Last night I dis covered that there was a movement on foot to displace me. I talked with Quay by long distant tolephone. He told me to confer with tho slate committee as its members knew his wishes. I did so and was told that Quay wanted Mechling. I understand that ho was chosen in the hope that tho Quayitcs could carry tho Sixth legislative district in the st.to delegate elections. Mr. Mechling did not have tho indorsement of the legislators of his dis trict. The members of tho slato commit tee wanted to select me. FLICK. Mi: s Blanche Smithjof Natrona is the guest of John Flick. Thomas Parks killed a turkey that dress ed 29 pounds. Bert Criner is visiting friends in Pitts burg. j'W Gillespie and family intend to move to Prospect. Sam Johnston r.nd Geo Gricsbaber met with siight accidents, last week. jL'O Rainey of County Di-rry, Ireland is spending his _vacation at MHS Mary A Flick's. ) (This letter has been curtailed on ac- I count of its coming too late. Como again.) TRAVELING IN CUBA. F if. Craig of Clarion now in Cuba writes home as follows: "It is almost impossible to travel in Cuba now without a passport, but an American citizen can generally obtain one by prov ing his identity, giving a satisfactory ac count of himself through an intetprete r and paying a lee of $1 25. Armed with this important document, we leave Hava na at noon, and after a two hours run ar rived at Batavano. Having had some ex perience on the Pittsburg