Daily Republican., 1879-12-09
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER,
Preparations for the Grant Re.
ceptiOn - Invitatiens 10 1.-THE
National Political COnven.
tiOns 10 Meet I'm the Perma.
nenG Exhibition Buildings -
The Beer (lusstlon-The Political
Outrage, &c.
Special Correspondence Of tn. Republican.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. Sth, '79.

Special Correspondence OF the Republican.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. Sth, '79.
The most active preparations are be,
ing made for General Grants reception
Oh the 18th instant, and it is expected
Mayor Stokley will issue a proclamation
calling upon the citizens generally to
observe the day in manner beft-
ting the event. The parade proposed
for the occasion Is likely to be the great
est affair Of the kind ever witnessed in
this country. Not only ars our own
citizens responding freely to the call
to fall in line, but applications are be-
ing received daily from other cities and
States for positions for such delegations
as they may send, and it has been
roughly estimated that 10000 persons
will take part in the procession, and il
Is possible this number may be increas.
ed by thousands before the 10Th. The
President and his Cabinet are expected
to participate besides number 0l
others of national fame.
The display Of bunting and flowers
will b. abundant and attractive, espe-
cially at Independence Hall, where also
decorated arch will span Chestnut
street. No more fears are now enter
tanned as to the success of the parade,
but the question arises, will anybody
b. left as looker-on We want to see
Delaware represented by big delega,
ton, as we'll as an attractive one.
The Permanent Exhibition folks have
extended an Invitation to the National
Committees Of the two political parties
to call their Conventions mex! summer
at the Exhibition Building in this city.
This is move of the right sort, and it
Is hoped the Committees will accept The
invitation, for nowhere else will they
find city and building SO well adapt
cd to their requirements.
Reports are current that smallpox
is becoming troublesome in the upper
portion of the city. The disease is al
ways in our midst, but every precau-
tion is taken against its spread, and it
may be that these reports have erigi-
mated from the knowledge Of a few iso-
lated cases.
The brewers are agitating an advance
in the price Of beer Of from IS to 50 per
barrel. They were receiving the latter
price few months ago, but New York
competitors compelled them to make a
reduction. The hop crop in England
the crop most desired by the trade-is
a failure, and consequent prospective
advance in the value Of this product,
together with the increasing rates for
the other components OF the precious
element of Teutonic existence, brought
about meeting OF the brewers, with
out, however, any definite result.
The worst of the trouble is that the
retailers threaten to retaliate on the
public by charging six cents per glass
or making the glasses smaller.
The political outrage of Tuesday last
has stirred up a sentiment OF animosity
against the old regulator McMullin that
he may find harder to overcome than
ward conventions. The Fourth Ward,
which belongs to him, is the Yazoo City
of Philadelphia, as we'll as the abiding
place Of criminals of every description
in short it is hot bed of moral de-
pravity.
1t ia the denizsns Of this vile place
that McMullin leads about on election
days of other occasions to do his duty,
political work. Even his Democratic
friends are becoming ashamed of him
which is saying great deal. 1t is to
be hoped that the law, to which he has
been so often amenable, will this time
land him in DrisoD