The Lamar register., 1892-07-09
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
Permanent National Convention
uall-Improving tho Mississippi River
Married Women As Teachers

ST. LOUIS, June 30.
The Missouri State Democratic con-
vention which will meet in St. Louis
early next month to nominate Nhree
judges of the supreme court will hold
its sessions in the building where
Grover Cleveland was nominated four
years ago This is the Exposition
building on Olive street. In 1896, it
| will be offered to both the Democrats
and the Republicans for their conven-
lions, and "a strong effort Will be made
10 have one or both of the Presidential
| nominations come from it. The dele
gates who swcltcred and got wet III the
chicago wigwam have not stopped
complaining yet, and the city will
| enter the contest heavily handicapped
when it again applies for one OF the
| national conventions There was no
complaint whatever of the ST. Louis ac-
commodations four years ago. The
| Exposition building is permanent
| structure made of brick, stone and iron,
| in the center of the city, and it can
seat 80, OO0 people with ease. When
| the Democratic convention was held
| here, only one-third of the hall space
in the building was used, and yet, more
| than twenty-five thousand spectators
| saw the proceedings.
The city will begin its canvass early
| in 90, and Judging bv statements made
recently by the leaders of both parties,
it will be successful Beyond the antici-
| palions of those who do not understand
how necessary to satisfactory congen-
tion work good hall is.
General Sherman did good thing
| for st. Louis before he gave UP his
| house here and went to New York TO
| live. Those who used to know him here
| delight to this day in telling how he
| once turned the hose on water rates
| collector who presented bill 10 him
while he was sprinkling his
| front lawn in the cool of
| the afternoon. The incident made
good deal of fun at the time, and it
called attention to the exhorbitant
1 prices that house owners had TO pay
for the right to keep their grass green
\ in hot weather. The high rates the
city charged had prevailed then for u
number OF years, and nobody had ever
thought of objecting. Since the EN-
phatic protest of General Sherman the
rates have Lecn lowered little each
year. This year, the wafer rates col
| lcctor announces another reduction,
and house owners who sprinkle their
lawns will have to pay hereafter only
about half as much as they were doing
when the irascible old general aimed
| the uozzil of the hose at the dun.
1t cost the St Louis Merchants Ex-
| change good round sum to get one
| word into the platform of the National
| Democratic convention Tie other day.
| The word was continuous. 1t des-
cribed the kind of appropriations that
| should he made for the Mississippi
river. The money was spent in paying
the expenses of an energetic committee
of men who knew all about the river
| and its needs. They We're in Chicago
a week, and won their victory by never
letting the influential men of the plat
form committee get out of their sight.
Congress has always done for the river
exactly what the platform asked it to
do, and not thing more Hitherto,
the platforms have suggested appro-
.-.priations for the river in sort of per-
Is =, ss,sssy w., and Congress has appro-
funtto. - y susisss~. isse.Es manner The
priatcd in the same --ssssssand the
money was given in scraps, Gss~ ~
river was benefited very little. Is~.s
| demand for the continuous" appro-
priation this time will result in putting
into the next river and harbor bill a.
item that will cause millions to be
spent in deepening the channel.
A great school question controversy
| is raging here. Should married
women, not dependent on their own
1
teach in the public schools? Some of
the school directors believe they should
| not be. and n number of designations
| have been demnn nded from teachers.
| At the same time several school priu-
| cipals, to whom there is objection on
various scores, are being dismissed, and
there is n proba ability that by the time
the big stone office building on Locust
street is finished, many more of the
| M n nv xya fch irtu &c
tion interestedly will no longer feel
any concern in the pay rolls to be
made out there. All of these teachers
have, of course, many friends, and the
directors who are trying to reform the
| pedagogic corps are having an unpleas-
| ant time.
Col. J.. a. Grant, the Assistant Sec
retary of war, has just left the city
nftera thorough examination of Jcffer-
son barracks. He says that for the
army St Louis is one of the most import
ant strategic points in the West, and
| lie returns to Washington intending TO
| have the work pushed on the improve
ment of the post The appropriation
now being spent at the barracks is
$50, 600 only. Col. Grant states that
| this will be supplemented at once by
| a further some of Sl75. 900, which will
20 in putting up buildings that are
| needed at once to house the additional
troops that are to be sent here.
Senator Cockrell is preparing bill APP
propriating half million dollars more
and Col. Grant says this will be passed
without objection, rs all the War de-
partment officials are now cooperating
in advancing the post TO leading
position among the forts of the
country.
Let There lie Peace