Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-06

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iatrigues OF the spe,L q 90 ring who are
advi-ing the President 10 this new de.
psTtuGe The Democrats are undOubt.
edly much disappointed, hut are hope fol
Is 10 the future + the pir'y II united in
the Presidential contest. 10 Virginia
aud Mississippi thew have carried the
only States where United States ZEN
stOTs were TO be chosen, and thus gain
one senator. In political circles OF both
parties the Temark is common to-day
hat Mr.. 1Ilden's chances for the next
Presidential nomination are seriously
damaged, if not disposed of.
The LeVeeS and the Pacific Railroad.
Cincinnati Commercially
WASHINGTON, November l.-TheIe
are two measures imp )rtant for the
south that will be brought up in con-
gress st the next session. and great
deal Of time viii be occupied in their
consideration and manipulation. They
are tire Texas Pacific railway project and
the Mississippi leVee proposition. AS
matters now stand the two measures
will, in e measure, be antagonistic, and
may defe2t each other. The widest adj
vCcate OF the right Of the south to gov
eTnmentsi aid must confess that the
cor grsss which will give the encourage
meDt asked to both projects will make
itself excCe dinghy unpopular. The
Texas Pacific proposition asks q guaran-
Zee by the government Of the interest on
The bonds of n corporation organized for
he purpose Of buiIding the road. The
Mississippi levee project is that the leVee
system OF the Mississippi shall be taken
in hand by the general government, so
that provision shall he made for the
maintenance OF the levees by annual
congressional appropriations, to be eX-
pended under the direction of United
States officials. This is what may be
termed the main proposition. There is
another enc, however, to the effect a.
near rs l can get at it, thst congress
snail appropriate annually, tut that the
mOney shall be expended under the SUI
revision OF State officials. This latter
proposition seems TO open up better
chance for peculatiOn than the first one,
and it is clsimed that the friends OF the
last proposition managed to get the con-
troll OF the leVCe convention recently
held at Vicksburg. There is a great deal
of bitterness between the frienGs OF the
two propositions, and il may happen
that they will neutralize the effyrts each
Of the other. The amount immedia ely
involved is, believe, about three mill
lion dollars, bu5, OF course, if the prece-
dent is once established, there will be
an annual demand for large approrria-
tons Or this account. The arguments
used by the Ievee people are plausi-
bic, and will carry more weight
next winter than they ever have
before. They point to an i'm
pOverished people, whose condition a.
fects directly the general prosperity,
who are not able to build levees them
selves, and who are at present entirely
at tie mercy of that strange, wild
river. a sudden and violent freshet
sweeps away the feeble barriers that
man has pa 3ed to its inroads and de-
strOys utterly all opportunities for max
ing crop. The n ain point is, of course,
the impoverished condition OF the sOu,h,
and back of it may be fet Inducements
that it would take q week to detail. But
with all its seeming strength the chan
ces are against the success of the prOpO-
sition. 1t viii undoubtedly carry
in the house if the friends OF the
Texas Pacifi; do not grow fear
sol and kill il to cave themselves;
bat It cannot go through the senate
which bOdypromises to be liz year, for
the first time in decade, conservative,
and check upon the license and eX-
tIavagsDce Of the house. The case of
The Texas Pacific is different, and l feel
quite col fident in p 'edicting that it will
be inGO,sid in ole shape or another.
The reasons that will gain for it
the support OF many northern Democrats
have 8lTesdy been made public in this
correspondence. Throughout all the
south 1t has streI 9Th that is united and
determined. 1t looks now as il it would
be q somewhat difficult task TO get rid
Of Tom Scott, but l believe it will be
done. The Tom Scott faction are IN
ierstOOd to be DESTROYS Of running the
lire Ella st. Louis, and the representa-
tives from Missouri and the northwest
will oppose any lewiston from the gen.
eral direction. On the other hand, the
great msjOrity OF the southern represent
atiVes appear to favor project more
purely southern, which will supply the
Scott directory by southern men, who
will make the line run in the neighbOT-
hood Of New Orleans, so that that city
will be the piir cipsl inter-oceanic point. |
1t is clear that the arguments in favor Of
the line will be more forci- |
bic in the case Of line ViG New Orleans !
than one which will make st. Louis the
chief central point, and l have no doubt |
that the st. Louis faction will be worst
ed, and will have no redress because Of !
their weakness. They are not strong
to kill off the opposing faction. !