Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-09

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Ia the Presidential chair. and there
arc 4 great many who would not.
Bui there are Thousand or more 10
liitical banners, who would support
anyb,nIy whose friends will "rus up
land this class are unfortunately all
.aT Conkling, he being the 6rst New
Yorker mentioned for the place.
| They are organizing "Conkiing
Iclahs.t all over the city, snd are
| maxim great deal Of noise. bat am
happy to say they ell have hungry
look. They are not getting the ra'
tions they expected, nor viii they.
senator conkling Il gentleman, aud
nnrc nsnn. He would of course
like 20 be President wouldn't
mind il myself but he never did
dirty thing. and he never viii.
He will never lay eaminers he
will never support body Of mereeD-
aries, nor viii be use undue iniiu-
ence. The bummers who are shout
ing Conkling al this time are doing
Il at their own expense, and they
are getting sick. The supplies don't
come, and these fellows never do
anything al their own charges-that
I. for any length Of time. Conse-
queutly their zeal viii very soon
abate. The fact IL that New York
isn't very anxious to have candi-
date. There are two or three differ
ent factions In the city, and they are
MORALLY afraid Of each other. They
would all rather have new man
than any one who has ever mixed IN
city or state politics. The Democra-
cy are hardly better off. Tilden can
not get the undivided support OF the
party In the city, and for that matter
no one can. so far as New York is
concerned ii will not make q show Of
influence In either convention. The
liberals, what IL left Of them, are
waiting for the highest bidder, but
there are go few Of them that no one
considers them worth a bid.
THE BUSINESS OF THE WEEK.
The list OF failures this week, foots
up nearly one hundred, and they
embrace almost all varieties Of busi-
ness. The smashed parties general
Is offer Is cents on the dollar, that
being tho regular figure. SO com
mon have failures become, that they
excite no more surprise. The oldest,
strongest houses in the city are going
and 30 one knows to-day who Is 90.
ing tomorrow. Rents pre- sinking,
aud the nearer the first of May mp
proaches, more the landlords trem-
BILE. Their expensive stores on
broadway are being vacated, and
applications for them are as rare as
hens teeth. / know Of one store
that four years ngo was in demand at
sis, 900 per year, that Is now being
occupied at So 600, aud the tenants are
giving IL up for they cnn get a better
one at 81 900. The truth Ia business
men can hardly afford to pay rent,
for there il no profit whatever In
business. Relief must come from
some source, or bankruptcy will be
the rule, and solvency the exception.
New York Is very sick.
THE nIPpoDRoME MEETINGS
Are still wonderfully filled, and IL
Is as Questionable not to 20 and
hear Mr.. Sankey sing rs not TO hear
1itiens or Won BuIow, or any other
light ~ the musical or dramatic
world. The Iiippodrome ID still
packed nj mid day and evening. and
the religious movement Is treated
with the greatest respect by the pa
pers. But visit To the meetings
e0nvlnces candid person, that the
reason ~ the great audiences drawn
together Is not Mr.. Moody's earnest
ness, or Mr. Sankey's singing, Of
which he has grown rs caary Of late
as a pet tenor In opera, but the mum.
Der who take a serious interest In re.
iigion. There are thousands Of gen.
uiHe good people In the city, who
believe that religion out weighs all
other interests, aud are drawn to
the meeting, hoping for gDsd. The
popularity II Moody sud saDkey In
Great Britian Is easily understood;
II Was their Americanisin attracted
Tire crowd, just as any thing uistine-
lively American attracts English at
tentIon, like tho jubilee singers,
Arieinns Ward aid Mark Twain,
and Brete Harte's stories, whose pop.
ularity abroad out runs that they
have AT home. One can Imagine
what contrast Mr.. Moody's curt,
utterly unconventional manner, his
illustrations, must have
been To the formal English way OF