New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-26
MISSOURI POLITICS AND BUSINESS.

A SOLID DEMOCRATIC DELEGATION IN THE NEXT
CONGRESS PRoBABLE-DEMocRATIC SPLITS NOT
TO RESULT IN REPUBLICAN sUCCEssEs-sT. LOUIS
PROSPEROUS.
The Democrats gerrymandered the State Of Mis-
souri, two years ago for the express purpose OF Sc
curing a solid Democratic delegation in the ALVlth
Congress, and they seem TO have done their work
effectually. A gentleman who resides in st. Louis,
and who though formerly active as Republican
and successful as the candidate of his party for inn
portant offices, devotes his time to the practice
of his profession was in New-York yesterday, and
had very little that was encouraging to say about
the future of Ropublcanism in his State 1.-THE
Democrats may quarrel" he SAID, Sin ono rtwo
districts and so allow Republicans to sipin but as
you know, they have a way of threatening great
deal early in the campaign and then coming up
solid on election day and voting the regular ticket"
81 see that many of your present members are
failing 10 get renominated," remarked the repre-
sentative Of The TRIBUNE; q presume there Will
he n no worse delegation from Missouri than the
present onep
"No. | think not" was the reply. Hatcher in
the WITH and Franklin In the With District
have already been beaten. The chances are all in
favor of an Improvement IN both these districts.
Crittenden in the With District is defeated by
Law. Crittenden, believe, is the best Democratic
REPRESENTATIVE we have. He was left out OF the
XLIVth Congress after having served in the
XLlIId. Layis bright fellow and good speaker
"How about independent candidates. Is there
not likely TO be one candidate IN each OF several
districtsp
,'Wel there is a good deal of talk about 1t, but
doubt If the Republicans are likely to profit by
Democratic divisions. Missouri Is full Oh great
men who would like to serve the Democracy in
EVoxv and IL ia unfortunate
for them) that there are not enough good places 20
90 around. The first three districts of Missouri are
now represented by Republicans and will return
Democratic this Fall unless there is split in one or
more Of them There is some misunderstanding III
the lat District in which the country delegates
seem TO have got the control Of the convention. In
the lid, Erastus Wells, who served III Congress
for several terms, has declined to be q candidate
and in the Hid, Metcalfs district Martin H.
Clandy has been nominated by the Democrats
The fight in Gloyer's district may prove serious to
him. have no idea that it will cause Democratic
defeat there"
"Are.there any Nationals in Missouri
ave see a great deal about them in the newspa-
pers / believe they expect 10 break the pohtlcal
slates but they have made no nominations anu
know very little about their numbers OF ther pur-
poses" ,c-.,..,.
The DemOcfatsOl yOuI StaVo "A0 81"
men, are they nOtP
eyes, they swallowed the Greenback platform
whole"
"Wbat of the prosperity of St. Louis y asked the
representative of THE TRIBUNE. changing the SUD
ject.
ain the amount of business done, st. Louls has no
cause to complain. Profits are smaller than they
used TO be. | suppose st. Louis has suffered less
than anv other large city from the depression winch
ia complained of all over the country. Our mer-
chants sell directly to those who deal with the
farmers of the West and they have had good crops
and high prices. Our trade with the South is you
know. immense. Much of that is temporarily s'ls-
nended by the quarantine of nver ports"
Every one who is acquainted with the true eondl-
ton of affairs in the East and in the West knows
that the losses since the panic of 1873 have been
much greater among the manufacturers, merchants
and CAPITALISTS of the Eastern States than in the
Mississippi Valley.