The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02
EDIT RIAL NOTES.

gress OF the United States will convene
at the Capitol, at Washington on Mod.
day, the 9th Of December. The inter.
est in the new Congress will center in
the House, as it is the first time that
the Democrats have had a msjority in
that body for the past eighteen years.
Hon. Orvis s. Ferrey U. S. Senator
from Connecticut, died at Norwalk Sun
day afternoon last, after a protracted
illness. He has occupied a prominent
place in public for twenty FIVE years
past; was member Of the Thirty-sixth
Congress, Colonel and Brigadier Gen.
eral in the army, and at the time of his
death was serving bis secoud term as U.
s. Senator.
The resolution of the Republican
State Convention of 1874, endorsing
Governor Hartranft as Pennsylvania
choice for President in 1876. is meeting
with a cordial endorsement from the
organs of the party in all sections OF
the State. His many personal qualifi-
cations and his record as Governor de
flying the criticisms OF his oppuents are
strong points in his recommendation.
The mania for mammoth and costly
hotels is on the Increase. St. Louis is
to have one named the Grand Hotel. 1t
will be situated at the corner of Grand
and Page avenues and occupy 10000
square feet "a 900 more than the Pal.
ace Hotel in San Francisco There are
to be 1000 rooms and the cost exclusive
of furniture, will be s1,950,0OO.
Work will be begun by the contractor
next spring, aud the contract provides
that the hotel shall be completed by
Sept. 4, 1877.
Sam Randall, Pennsy lvania's candi-
date for the Speakership of the next
House of the United States, is described
as man over six feet in height, ano
about lS5 pounds in weight; forty
seven years old, active and energetic
for his age stoop-sbouldered and losely
built; face clean shaven sallow and
wriukled with much scheming ond
thought; head good sized, with short
black h-ir, slightly tinged with gray;
voice very shr.ll and metallic; is not
flowing talker, but his dogged earnest
ness and untold courage make him al,
ways prominent figure in the FORE
ground Of the debate.
Sixteen National Banks have been
organized within the past three months
with an authorized capital OF 50 .000,.
600. In the same time S6,752,535 Of
legal tenders have deposited for the re-
demption of circulation and over S.,
100000 of them have actually been re.
tired and burned. In the three months
Sl,9l6,710 Of additional circulation has
been issued to new banks. The total
number of new banks organized during
the year ending Nov. [, was III with
an authorized capital of S33, l04 900.
This includes tw> gold banks with an
aggregate capital of 5000, 900.
1t is said that the following subsidies
are waiting to be pressed upon ihe at
tention of the next congress Northern
Pacific railroad $50, 100000; Southern
Pacific railroad s90,000,00O; New York
and Erie canal enlargement $4,000,
900; Ohio river slack water 100000
900; James river and Kauawa canal
$4,000, coo; Atlantic and Western
Georgia and Tennessee) canal $50
600, 900; Tennessee river S20,000,000;
improvements Of the Mississippi s20,-
100000; levees of the Mississippi sl5,,
900, 900; Chesapeake and Ohio canal
S2O,OO0,000; total $500, 100000,
Seven of these schemes are southern.
Hon. William II. White one of the
most prominent leaders Of the State
Democracy, died at his residence in
Philadelphia on Friday, in the fifty
eighth year of his age. Mr.. White had
been a member of Congress, and was
three times in succession defeated for
the nomination for Governor. Durirg
the last the years he had not taken
very active part in politics. About two
years ago he commenced the publication
in Philadelphia of Democratic weekly
paper. THE Commonwealth, with
which be remained until within few
weeks. Mr.. White was one OF the
ablest and most popular stump speakers
in the rsDks of the Demscracy OF the
State. He was delegate TO the State
Convention which met in Library Hall
m.