Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-20


- Ne anonymous communications read. Ho re-
ected communications returned.
Ur,ttd EEort Needed.
Every body admits the urgent e~essity for
united Ction by our clti-ers to ecure i-om
Congress legislation imperSt.y ~'y need 1 IN
tehalf of our District, but the trouble is that
what is everybOdy's business is nobody IS
business" A good man. in f2ct are dis
posed TO de-pair of getting any hing like
combined, energetic action in view of the
general listles5neS- dis plays !, and The dispo-
sition, on the other hand, by some to raise a
msd.dos cry of intereGtcd mo,iveg against
any citizens of public spirit euou h TO al
tempt 10 re5cue the community from the
Slough of Despond. Impellci, however,
by the urgent nature of the emergency, quite
number of our citizens interested in the
prosperity OF the District have entered upon
the thsnkle5s tack indicate I. After consul
fstion they appointed committee with in
structiors TO Eend out the following invita-
lion addressed TO considerable mum Der of
prominent citizens offhe District who 1t was
1houc bit would be willing to give active CO.
operation for I've object in view:
WASHINGTON, D C.. Oc,ot n 9, ISL.
D. tiR--f gu are Tespes..''ly invited to uniss
With eeIta-n other fellow izens with a view t.
eeavor 10 from Cor grt such Iegfistio1 az
VII ure TIRE chject- ses Ri n a memorial row
es,sIe tse 5nb; Tor sigma ures, OfNhich py IS
Please siG9i,y your acceptance on receipt Of this
Compii1ss
kEy' fS2I p'v'' s ssou w. Es4is..
yo,EFH CASEY, CROSBY 3 MOVES,
Soh n 4. RGsr,. i m1w H BEzrnrDes
S0sST MITCHELL, JOHN T. GIVEN,
JosiFH G. sExxrs, J. mip6 airSH
To re HoHorable Senate and HoEs, Of Representa-
pyes q ssDs END ta1sayers Of the
they are under the excIusive Jurist c1ion Of your
sensitive therein tGey tbs eofe th nc Of
the Iis ht Of ELTON. beg your favo- abs consd
The fail Of the G j1trnnient was bv act Of Con-
sIe.s Jrae = b. ls. pledssd to proloitional appro
pI3poIiion has not yet been dsterc,ined or sppro-
rls, made, a'hough tsree committees Of Con
proEo! ion LIQUID fairly lie fixed at ftv psr cent
mems IsyI tie niIe tIpepss Of the bisttc sbd
hour ing r.et to The extent Ct moderate tax on
%iee sgHitd tie payment s rast pS sG the
o VIZ ~ n az 81 t.ty PER cent Of the
tion Of the Supreme Court in The case of Van Ness
property, Of the large expense euiailed up5n our
,cni sr ,bn IN S Sssdfs Public ,eh3Sl
tax payers, and Of the exhaustion we are now lsber-
fbe Ns our Efforts to imprve and beau,iy
5oyeInments prorOIioDof tie ex pense be fix II AZ
,bsTsse For cent and necessary IesiatOn provided
The condition Of the Pot,mac river, we humb,v
for the pretsrvatien Of Commerce and the heath ~
The resident population. IN hich view the question
Of the nted stas and 1ae
The Vel es9.bssei poiey Of fbs ee1e
n,I 10 preserve the navigation Of all Important
ac1l eitODs 0etI mental 10 h.
ne Potomsc river, ore OF the larEest and moss in
Condition hes become alike Ssnqeroa. TO bssfb and
threaten ing = navigation We therefore venture f.
fcr The By 1roventnt Of the river 'n early 'A'e
The rule stopted b. the Government of disribut.
rssnlnd IN oIinyns to th. city large numbers OF
sls and fs Gale for mploynsnt in the elf
AND rece Mt reductions fOrce have left .rs nu.
Of returning 70 their raspe:ye sorte
Who have pxg ope dec.nde. T,u the casrity Of thi
abe re 9aHs sars o Tn, time ]; if
1rge ID, as strong reason FOR liberal spp-opria
In eane O. mon o. y our
record in the past Law abiding ard tax paving
ate With tSe tee sef. .G g.
mept in mssing this the worthy CAPT al Of great
patton.
The answers to this invitation have been
so hearty in promising the active co-opera-
ton asked, that there is enoouragemer. IN
believe tIat a real working rgs-,iz,tion ~
jealous, energetic men car oe effected in the
shape of Citizens Committee of one hun
drcd or more. But one declination has been
received, and that comes from Mr.. Columbus
AlexP nder, who thinks he smells some "ring
Jobs" in the movement While he admits
III al there is much in the memorial that is
veTy jrst and commendable, he thinks the
clause in reference ID the improvement of the
Potom1 &c Ever ''may be construed to involve
a job which may result in nearing a fur
a. er debt to the District and increased taxa
ton" This objection from Mr.. Alexander
InUstrates the difficulty-we might say the
utter hopelessDeSs-of securing entire bar
mony of action on behalf of vital District
Interests, or OF bringing forward any meas
ure of public good that will not be
straightway denounced by some clique
or some suspicious Individual as hav-
Ing f5me wrong motive at the bottem.
All 81 the world The clause in regard to the
Potomac rIvef Improvement contemplated
was to induce Congress TO make such appro-
priation for the Improvement of The river
and barbor at the National Capital a. IT
maker every year for the improvement of
livers aud harbOrs all over the country.
There was not a shade of n sha low of a four-
datiOn for a suspicion that there wasany
'.job'' in this matter; aud it would seem to be
impossible that any man interested in the
welfare of the city Gould be found ID oppose
t'Ie effort to get an Appropriation irom Con-
gress u improve the navigation and abato
the malarial Sc purge of the Potomac. But
the Potomac river improveme nt, and other
matters referred to in the memorial, are, as
heretofore Explained in this column ,oOly inc,-
dental objects to the great paramount one
set fol n in the memorial OF procuring from
Congress- the legislation fixing definitely the
Proportion II will pay towards the expenses
of the District. 1t is so vital 10 the interests
OF the District that this matter should be
fettled that all other District is and
grievances can afford to wait until this IL