The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10
e.. EDITORIAL MATTER,
From Tri- We elkly issues o Mon day nd riday
A Word 70 Our Valley Friends.

EUETUKlAL MATTER,
From Tri- We ekly issues Mon day nd rida
A Word 20 Our Valley Friends
THE DELEGATION OF ''NoTABLEs" THAT
IL TO VISIT WARRINGTON.
We very greatly doubt the neces
sity or expediency of the attendance
upon Congress at it's present session
Of a huge representation from the
Mississippi valley in the interest Of
the improvements proposed for the
channel aud coasts Of the great river
The recommendation Of the Mis-
sissippi River Commission will be
supported and backed with whatever
of energy, talent and influence the
Senators and Representatives OF the
States in the valley possess, and we
cannot SEQ that their backbones will
be stiffened or their influence in
creased by the presence and efforts
of interested gentlemen Of Integrity
and zeal from the rear. In fact the
cause may possibly be weakened with
Northern delegations that are only
oollaterally or sympathetically inter-
ested, by the presence Of a huge
lobby ostensibly assembled in the
intere, Of . heavy appropriation,
button. .holing and boosting Senators
and members after the fashion Of
those who in former and darker days
Of the Republic engineered schemes
that q retrospecting generation de-
nominates grand steals.
There is scarcely anything 80 ode
ous in Washington as a "lobby'pres-
sure or orinAuence, and no argument
can be urged by the opponents Of
any scheme stronger than the asser>
ton that 1T is pressed by lobby
If the proposed Mississippi river
delegation assemblies at the Capital
it will find itself associated in pub
liz estimation. with several other
huge canvassing delegations: The
iron mongers will be on hand in force
to lobby for tariff protection; the
Pacific railroad agents and attorneys
will swarm the galleries, cloak-rooms
and corridors to lobby against legis'
lation looking to the reclamation OF
land grants; the Hennipen Canal
scheme will be represented by huge
lobby. and the great rail road lines
that antagonize Mississippi river in
terests will see that the press OF the
Eastern, Western and Middle States
are amply fed with inimical tele'
grams and communications tc excite
apprehension in the public mind by
accusing our people of being in
Washington for the purpose OF
lobbying a champion raid upon ths
treasury sin the interest Of land
spectators and riparian proprie-
tors.
1t seems to us that a great deal
more good can be done in the cause
Of the river and its coasts by per-
sistent correspondence with Senator's
and Representatives, than by per
sonal attendance. The men who
propose to visit Washington in this
behalf are not better informed on
the subject than their Congressman
and hsve not equal opportunities to
obtain reliable information, and il
they are possessed Of more zeal in
the matter we have only to say that
they have displayed poor judgment
and miserable discretion in tho
selection OF the men who represent
them upon the floors Of the two
Houses.
Whatever Congress may be dis
posed to give to the Mississippi river
at it's present session win be given
regardless of the presence OF the
citizen delegations from the valley,
while on the other hand il parsi>
monious or timid policy prevails it
will be mainly due to the fact that
the presence of these gentlemen
afforded food for scandal, inasmuch
as "lobbyiug' has an unsavory sound
in Washington, and many Congress-
men-fearing home censure-dread
to vote for any scheme or bill that is
reputed to be backed by men inter.
ested in its passage, who are necee-
sarily conspicuous about the Legis-
lative halls, and the hotels at the
Capital.
OF course we do not expect our
words in this behalf to have much
weight beyond the borders OF the
State, but if we could be given a
hearing by our own valley people We
would urge and advise that they
give Washington the go,by and con'
centrate at the State Capital. 1t
strong delegations of earnest, able
men, be sent up by the riparian coun'
ties to jackson during the present
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