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The RaalPooA A0oe1o1b0D.
sprrrH or JUDGE wKLKER.

W sSAuS
'"-.na' Railroad |
Ane regular meeting Of the UI..---
~. ..ciation was held last evening In the Grim
nal Court room, Mr.. Matthew q. Emery pre-
siding, and Mr.. T. Q. Connolly secretary. The
affendance was much larger than 1t the former
The Chair announced Hon Martin
Welker, Of Ohio, member OF the House Dntrict
Committee.
Mr.. Welker said he regretted that the meeting |
was not better attended: II was perhaps sug-
fncton ON the extension Of their railroad facli-
ties. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad was not
only q great monopoly, but monopolized the
of fpS e the Of tne
doubt, in every instance studied their pecuniary
interests, and claimed al the advantages their
road and fts branches could give them. How
to the enterprise, fostered through more thai, .
quarter Of ceDtury? In the Western States
competitive lines were built whenever enc road
snsuia hat example p thew
to prosper. The Baltimore and Potomac road
was under construction, and the business men
ing their ssai by subseribing 70 its stock. When
that road was finished q competing line would
exist, md the very object desired would be at
tanned.
He said the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
when completed, would develop the grand re-
sGurces Of Virginia, and be Of incalculable ben
EFT to Washington. The Loadoun and HamP-
shire Railroad was also another important road,
and he hoped the people would manifest much
| int rest in its construction. He urged them to
be self-sustaining, and put forth their energies
in the direction of improving and identifying
| the city. He wanted to be plain with the citi-
zens, and warned them not to expect too much
| from Congress. The people Of Washington
| seemed to be divided on important subjects, and
he alluded to the school question, the Grand
| junction Railroad, and other subjects in which
| unanimity was wanting. He thought the last
named project was good one. 1t was the eas:-
est way Of making these connections, SO import
| ant to the people. He promised to give his aid
| in urging the purchase of bills looking to the
| increase of railroad facilities whenever they
were before Congress.
Referring to the proposed International Exhi-
| bition, he said the same amount Of money re-
quired to carry on the exhibition, if expended in
| constructing railroads, would be of far greater
benefit to the capital. He hoped the Baltimore
and Potomac railroad would be speedily con-
| here and Baltimore at the earliest day. That
would compel the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
i to finish the Point Of Rocks railroad. What he
could do would be cheerfully done to give the
people here authority to subscribe to railroads
| centering in this city. While the House of Rep
resentatives had on all occasions been willing to
i grant to the citizens of the District what they
| asked for, the Senate stood on constitutional
| reasons, and there was the trouble. He recon-
mended them to make raid on the Senators
carrying out the projected improvement, would
be easy.
The remarks of Judge welker were heartily
Mr.. T. q. Connolly offered the following reso-
lutiOns, which were unanimously adopted:
Resoired, That the thanks of this association
be, and are hereby, rendered to Hon. Mr..
| Welker for his able and friendly address this
| evening.
Resolved, That self-dependence is the principle
in which the people of this city desire to attain
| to permanent success and prosperity.
Resolred, That the encouraging aid of the
people of this city should forthwith be extended
in all possible ways to the Potomac Railroad to
Mr.. Clinton Lloyd said he was not sure the
people of Washington had the right to subscribe
to the building Of rsilroads when they had no
enterprise beyond the District limits, and were
therefore, subject to discriminating legislation.
Let Congress grant charter for a railroad from
here to anywhere, and he believed the people
would build it. What was wanted was q definite
object, supported by law, and the citizens Of
Washington would prove their claim to enter
prise.
Alderman Connolly spoke in favor of his reso-
buttons. The first and second Of these, he said,
would not be opposed; the third was not offered
because Of any interested or partial feeling but
because sympathy and aid in that direction
would prodnce the earliest fruits, and the COM
pletion of this enterprise would impart vitality
to the other projected improvements. He
yearned for the success of the LoudOn and
Hampshire road and our connection with it. It
weuld pass through regions as beautiful and as
reopen our hearty intercourse with the people
OF State that would soon again prove herself
great and glorious and generous as in the years
Of the past. He had no hostility to the Balti-
more and Ohio road. N-was pursuing its own
interests, in doing which it had been OF vast
benificence to Washington. II we are to have
but one road to the North and West that will do:
but any one road will prove our master: two
will prove our servants.
Mr.. John X. Elyans suggested that Congress
had cramped the citizens Of the District by
denying them the privileges which were enjoyed
by citizens Of the country elsewhere.
Mr.. Welker said the suggestion was a good
one, and he thought that Congress would pass
general incorporation act to enable the mer-
chants to carry out any enterprise their wisdom
might put into operation.
MI. II. n. Easily was ENCOURAGED as to the
future Of Washington, and said he had faith in
the enterprising spirit Of its merchants. It had
not enjoyed as many privileges as other cities,
yet much had been accomplished with their
scanty means. He thought committee should
be appointed to put into practical shape the
proposition to build q railroad, and moved that
committee be appointed.
After some discussion on this PROPOSE ton, the
meeting adjourned.
The A. GRANT DIFFICULTY IN THE MAYoR,s
OFFICE-WdTrant Issued for the Arrest of Nayor
Bocen.-Yesterday the following affidavit was
made by A. Grant az to the affair in the Mayors
once on Monday afternoon, noticed in yester-
DAYS STAR :-District Of ColuPsbia, County of
Hdshington, ss.: Personally appeared before
me, ChaSles Walter, q Justice Of the Peace
within and for said county and District on this
lth day OF January, A. b. 1870, Albert Grant,