, 1877-10-08
Arrival as Yet Of but Few Con"
gressmen at the National
Capital.
Cox Ontspokcn in His Opposition
to Every Kind 0f Public
Steal.
sayler's Friends scraping and Apollo
gizing to tho southerners.
{}orernment Receipts and Expenditures
for the Three Months Ending
Sept. 80.

THE 8pEAKERS11IP.
yrr CoN1nKssMEN IN wAsMlN0ToH.
soreiat bt+ps,ieA in 7As fAseHga Ts4bnne.
WASHINGTON, u. C.. Oct. "a pretty careful
.4,mnatton Of hotel md boarding -llonte rcg1s-
,.rs shows that not mnrc thar, twenty-five or
,hIrty members Of tho House have ret taken tlp
thcl, abode in Washington. anil Of these only
.hs,ut onc.haIf arc Democrats. Ono remarkable
fcat,rc OF tho dcsultory talk f'ear.l about the
hotels and other public p'aces is tue utter
a,scuce Of any discussion Of principles as cntcr-
tnr into controlling tho sncakershIu contest.
Listening to tho opintons Of tllosc who hare
bo,n,ons to express. one would suppose tl,at
tho whoto contest was Ia turn upon
tho succcss OF the several candidates
IN SECURING pledges Of votes hcfore
thc cnucue next Saturday, aisil that these
n1c1gcs wcro not bascd on my but personal
considerations. Nobody spcaks Of Randall as
1xinE strnug on account IN his supposed friend
liucss TO the Texas Pacific lsoat, nur ot Cox ns
bctng weaker because he Is apln'sca to It.
THE srEAKkRsHir CAHDlDATEa
rho l,ayc arrived hrrc adrit that It Ia tco early
io definitely forecast the result. Not onr ot
tlcnt with tisr p.'ss!blo exception uf, Nor
HIM, tonscle that their own cl,nfccs
r. not no,Ss G1se'eo o his anda! eouense ns ''t Luz
Il il remarked that his followers do
not claim as string votc for him oil tile first
ballot rs tlicv did thrcc days ago. !ie must
determination q the lending oppoonen.s Of
XonlalI To combine against hn Numerous
conferences have been held between tic repre-
srntatIrrs OF these opposing interests. To-
s',arsutcc sn% tee tic election ot either Cox Or Mur-
rIson, thcy arc confident TINT Randall can be
bcatcn. In no event do they conecde that
Randall has strcngth enough for election on
the Gfst caucus ballot.
Is ontspokcn in his 1cuunclatiou Of all subsidy
schemes, md deserves at least credit Tor tho
courage Of his convictions. Tho Morrison and
in tIu Interest Of Randall, designed tn draw OF
strength from Morrison. Cox openly dcnounceB
al subsidies, and says that lie proposes to .tcer
clear ot what he calls "mcrrenary puiit!cs." II
cannot, l,c viii not abandon his principles. Tho
oppos!tlon to say1cr arc making ,grcat
uso Of letter written BY him during
the last campaign opposing tho payment q Ill
mrn to toady to tho South ts illustrated by the
fact that Saycr's frlcnds hcru Insist that that
ritter wns written for campaign purposes only,
and at tue dictation Of Reprcsentatisss Ellis and
Lew, oI Louialaua, who will soun bo hero to
assume persdhal responsibility fur It.
THE CANVASS FOR THE MINOR OFFICES
Ia becoming Ruimatcd. The South c,al1na nearly
al these oses Is ts stst n[neaee sas the
present Clerk, Ia losing ground.
Thcrc sccnis % bo littlo or no Opposition 70
thcfcelceil9,m, o. .t,s',t
:" ~" .t,sc1 "o,n sncnkcr in whch event Il w,ld he
INCUMBENT Gu tllo Democratic CAUCUS to scicrt
a scrccant-at-Arms iron. some other State:
Very httlu has beea ea'a at'out t,ae ollte u
1" accpSr o. sn"ms tn " n1eya,i nv tat t
nr~scnt i1nn1L"ener viii moi la re.electvd. nud
Gcorge c. Weddrburn, Of Virginia, Dctno'
c!atlc journalist Of some notn. Is tanaidats1
Anu eecms 10 hasc GolsiuGsau.1 M =. s"pposs. H.
~ ~ H., y" uoutn xss ~ t%c ham,s Of t. Rcns
Leans, been hoilorea by the Democratic nolnina
lion ior tho sanlc place.
DErE1prrS AND ExpENSEa.
,ann'n,aaa mnH =. - ~ ~ n.c,,,r. ~ ..n 49, rrn.s... -
COMPARISON or Ins nsoa.Ta AND AND, s1rassas .tas 81
TIE aAns rEhlop LAST La: rEAn:
ofspdfea 10 1ftto Turk If"ts
WARRINGTON, Oct. 4.-The following state
mcut will show tho receipts Of tue Goycrnu,en
lof aAe I"'so sa"a nas,z ] op: H.. ~. ~.
eo'npatca Win tno corresponding lures month
Of 1916:
1870 1871.
Customs. .... ST. hM. rs $38, 4Hi. e41
Inlssaal rozenuo ..... ~. sl:t a19 ~. h2s, 7a1
Al.cellanaons... u. IA. 400 B,703, III
n,,, era 17o 5a1 s75 71s ~
An e1am,nstion Of tbe foregoing. figure
shows that tho receipts from customs and 10
; 4rrna, reyenu. fl, ofY In tl,o aerrnpate dur,na
t,,o ia,. n.,., o,,.~.or A. asS ~ ~ c,r, ~,
. .ae a,t hseai aoas.ss se 9osa ~ eo ~
WITH Tue same quarter OF ls'o, inc Ialalng OH II
cuatoms being 81 ,070, ,480 and internal reYcnu
S38,C05, Compared with tho rccetpts for tn
nu,,t.r .,acd RerI m 1a7n thc recrnt. fron
11%' '.'~ ~uusN wy. ~.r,. ~ .e -r.n osn .-,m
customs sho" failing OK ef.fV'ofo' "a'
the internal revenue receipts show IN tncrcas
Of $3a0,000
Tho rccetnta from miscellaneous eontcea 70
the LAST ousrte, shn,w mn tnrrepan NJ n ma M
'o '.at Vus' s8t euo" W. sasa sae.os " v4'o"A
oSes Inc sans quarter Of lafo' "a'eh more tna
cotnpcnaatca for the aggregate decrease Il
receipts from customs snl 3nterual revenue
trst s,,"t4es eA ~ 1Ss lrrsnt fsroi yesr ~
coed tic aggregate for he corresponding quar-
celiancous rctslpts. however. il spparcnt I'M
not real. It does not indicate al tncttase il
that slass Of receipts, but is attributable 10 th