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The city is fast filling up with strangers
brought here by various motives, prominent
among which are the advocates and opponents
Of the bills forfeiting the land grants TO rail-
roads, the whiskey tax extension, admission
of Dakota, and Mississippi river improve
ment while the friends and foes of tariff re-
form seem as numerous rs leaves after an
autumn fost. But the crowds Of to-day will
he greatly augmented next week, when the
Mississippi River Convention assemblies. AL
ready the delegates from Missouri alone have
secured fifty rooms at Wizards, the Ebbitt
and Riggs hotels, while Illinois, Iowa, Louisi-
ana and the other great States bordering on
that grand river and its tributaries, are not
far behind in asking for accommodations.
In this connection it may be stated that one
of tile most able, useful and influential mem
bers of the present Congress, on the Democrat
icside, Is General J. Floyd King, of louisiana,
Chairman Of the Committee on Mississippi
River Improvements. Gen King is native
of Georgia, where his distinguished father, y.
Butler King, WIS MN Ofgreat Influence and
n power for good. When the war broke out
Gen. King naturally went with the South
and enlisted as private soldier. but by sheer
merit and fine soIdierly qualities be rose to
the rank of Brig. General Gen. King in his
| first term 10 Congress soon showed himself 20
be an honest, Conscientious, working men-
Der, above all sectional animosities, free from
oil prejudices, and anxious for the the general
good. His services on the Committee of For
| eign Affairs In the Forty-fifih Congress, were
distinguished by good sense and paiustaking
care in all that be did AS Chairman Of the
Committee on Mississippi River improvements
in the present Congress, his influence has all
ready been shown by the passage of the ST.
o0O 900 appropriation made carly in the ses-
sion.
Following the Mississippi River Con vention,
which assemble on the 9th inst, the National
Democratic Committee will meet on the 22d.
and many OF the delegates to the river con-
veniion will remain over, while delegations
from principal points will be here 10 urge the
selection of their private cities for the assem-
bling of the convention, which is TO nominate
the next President Saint Louis will have q
large delegation on hand, claiming that in
that city was nominated Samuel J. Tilden,
who was elected by the people and counted
out by the 10 commission, and that they
are entitled to the honor of having the con.
venlion which Is TO nominate a President who
will not only be elected but inaugurated.
They also claim that they have the finest
convention hall in the country, ample hotel
accommodations, and the most hospitabIe
people in the country, and your correspon-
dent feels inclined to endorse all they say and
claim. .s-vsrs
John Sherman and his little Lieutenant
hahone, were considerably taken aback by
The Democrats refusing to discuss the calamity
resolution and declining TO give them an OPP
portunity to pose before the country as cham
pions ofa "free ballot and "a fair COUNT
These two worthless had prepared any amount
OF gore and were ready to deluge the country
with 1t. but the Democrats OF the Senate paid
no attention TO their atlitudinizing, and
knowing no possible damave could result to
the democracy from the passage of their reso-
luton, refused to discuss it, hut entered their
protest against the expenditure that would be
incurred through its operation, by recording
their votes againstt.
The Dakota delegation here urging the adj
mission of the southern half of the Territory
as State, is composed largely of played out
Republicans, who have gone there from the
States, who hope, should The Territory be d.
vided and the state admitted, to secure three
votes for Republican nominee for the presi-
dency, and perhaps a good federal position
for themselves. Colorado whose three votes
and the grace Of the 8 by commission secur.
ed the Inauguration Of Hayes, Jared so well
under him and his successors that these Dako-
TO patriots propose to play the same role, A
Democratic House will not permit the admis-
sion of Dakota or any other Territory as
State until II can be clearly demonstrated that
II has sufficient population TO entitle it TO
representation in the lower house of Congress
and present itself with clean hands.
Mr.. Morrison has his tariff bill prepared
and will soon present it to Congress, 1t will
meet the appreciation Of every true Democrat
and receive the endorsement ofthe whole peo-
PIE 1t will place the party in the attitude of
the friend Of the masses, seeking only to re-
duce taxation to q minimum, and prevent the
accumulation Of millions In the Treasury for
which the country has no use. When 1t is
known that there are over S40O, 600, 900 now
in The Treasury, that is being augmented by
$40 100000 per month or $l2O, 600, 900 per
year more than the Government is called upon
TO expend, anG that this is collected, if not
directly, at least indirectly hom the masses
to build up the monopolists, who say 'the
public be id" the people win give the
measure their unqualified approval.
Let our Representatives in the House and
Senate but pursue the course now wisely pre-.
pared, refuse to be swerved from the right by
monetary influences of the cor morants and
monopolsts, aud the election OF November
next will be the Waterloo Of the Republican
purity.
The public debt was reduced a little over
eleven millions of dollars during the mouth
of January.
II is stated on good authority that the Ways
and Means Committee will report the tariff
bill on Monday.