, 1873-08-11

s!inGu"".0A IVIICtA4ut tA0 1EnuuA hnH CuIInp-
tonB Of Republican iowa officials. s'Tho people
arc no used to those things tloy do not mind
thop''-a comprehensive commentary on the
Influence of radical reign. Our State Treasury,
have all boen proatitutod to bnuo purposes, aud
mnde to aubsorye PARTISAN schemoa, frauds, aud
dislonost traffic in tho property of tho people,
and tho State inntitntions. hlcn aro still in
official powor whose transactions would entitle
them to mn ndoilnito torn within tho walls Of q
Ponitontiary. Herald.
Could anything. DO moro hnmiliating than
tho denomination Of Governor priyy to tho
1obberios committed a'gatn,st4 ,t4 TIC stato by its
Iowa e3a, ,600 robbery. that Ito vigilance on tho
part OF tho peoplo could avert, M d connivanco
{s plaiuly visible between tho robbor ana he
Tlloao duty It 'sss e sec IT. ths State protoctod.
larry 10 exhausted Yet wo find these protoBtants
Of purity not only ronominatng tho thiof'B
frlcn1 Int justifylng him In hiB BouioBs iu-
qulty.-oherohee Qoioa) Times.
Tho people arc now thoroughly aroused, and
src taking charge Of thcir own afTnirs In 4 man-
ner that makna scheming politicians and monoyod
monopoliHts tremblo.-Parton (Iu.) Journal.
1t is ovidolit that tho farmers Of tho North
west arc thoroughly aroused aud girding on their
.rmor for battle. Tho tono Of our exchanges on
MI sdos Indicates clearly tlat tho old party ties
must bo aovefod, and that tho ratnpnnt coIrnp-
; ti9n Ut the age must bo abolished Wilmington
The fact Is, Republican farmers understand
each other exactly; they have pitched both oltl
parties overheard, md so for their own anti-mo-
nopoly party. Tho Republicans reject thoirs bo-
cause they don't believe 1t wants better things,
aud tho nomocratR leave their organization bo-
calao it Is too nohr dead to stand tho storm.-re-
o,ia (lN.) Democrat.
Tho reform movement begun by the organic
zation Of Granges In tho agricultural regions of
tho West, has already dovoloped into q more
formidable power than many Of its best friends
had reason to anticipate. Not tho least i'm
portant agency In its successful upbuilaing has
bsen the clement Of harmony-an eloment which
the politicians eaid would 10 wholly wanting.
:, ;. -. Tho meeting OF workingmen III this
city Inst evening, shows that the agitation haa
already commenced, and encourages tho hope
tint general union Of oil citizens opposed to
robbery, oxtortion, and fraud will bo offootod.-
Leducn,north (Ea's.) Times.
Tho little speck In tho Bky, has become
cloud overshadowing tho whole horizon. Tho
Oranges, at first scarcely noticed by railway cor
porat1ons, have spread themselves over ontiro
statos, and the Order is today tho rising politi-
oal power Of tho land.--D Denucr (Co'.) Ne,os
Grand Master Parsons is at homo again after
busy trip through tho State, He reports tho
ordor Of Patrons Of Husbandry as making rapid
Strides in Minnesota as we'll as In other States.
The farmers arc eager to join, and In some in
Htances have stopped in the very midst Of llar-
vest to organize grange: Since the 1at Of July
up to tho 9Th Of August, Mr. Parsons has organ
ieea twenty-five oranges in this State, aud nppli-
cations arc constantly coming in 1Vinona
(1finn.) Republican.
Tho albany Eoe,sing journal says: "politi-
cal organizations necessarily deal with many
cornod with only one" Admitting, for tho nonce,
tho truth Of this proposition, what OF it This
one question is Of tho most vital Importance
INinois Slate Register.
IA majority Of the few persons who hnd at
tended tho Iabor-Reform Convention, at Low
oil, hlaaB., Aug. 9, wore undoubtedly Butlor's
adheronts, aud sero only restrained from thrust
ing him on tho delegates BY the threats OF tho
Lawrence men to bolt it this was dono. But ut
the evening moeting, which was open to tho
public and no Doubt stpacked," no such ro-
straint was present, aud it was the easiest thing
in tho world to pass a resolution in Butlcr's
favor Worcester (afdss) Gazette.
Logically thore could be nothing moro abb
surd lh.n that ar assembly Of mon Of tho pre-
tensions Of tho Massachusetts Labor -nofornera
should rofuyc to Bay what they think Of tho
back-Eay and Balary-grab. A resolution to con-
demn it was, howoser. thrown undor tho tablo
only hecauso tho Convention WAS for Butler, and
Dutlor was tho chief manager Of the "grab."-
Boston Adeertiser.
IT thore Ind been no Democrats In either
House Of Congress-, tile salnry-grab measure
would hnyo been deieatod.-.Mi'lheapolis Trib-
une
Tho President permitted gang Of plnnder-
,ers, healed by Don Butler, to rob the United
States Treasury, right under his official noso,
afor the roason p" that it would hayo cost more
to arrest tho thieves than thcir stoalings would
amount tol That is pretty fno sophistry.-
E2qin {IW.) Aduocate.
We havo vet to SEQ in the Cincinnati Times
any denunciation OF Grants Bordid moanness
and inlcconcy III approving the Bwin1lo. The
Republican party cannot dodge the responsible
ity of tllis I" grab,'' because Bomo Democrats
holpod themselves to tho hack pay after Grant
had made tho swindlo 1aw.-Cleretdnd Plai,'-
dealer. ........ .-..
If tho Republican papers nre sincere in do
ao,,nciug Congressman fer their rascalityi why
do they not donoul>ce tho President also for tho
samo rascn1ity? To be aure, lis defense has
boon urged on tho ground that he signed the
bill because it included the appropriation for
Government o1penBcs,- II this ID truo, why does
not tho President turn his extra pny back into
the Treasury.--C Clark: County 1Pis) Press.
About onoe month President. Grant goes
to Washington to intend to Ills public functions.
For this ono day'a work ho gots his monthly pay
little-Nc.o FORK Sun. ....-
All Of our honest and patriotic Congress-
mon arc drawing their salaries with remarkable
regularity every month. They do this because
i Is evident TINT public opinion intends to COM
pel ropeal OF tho bill giving them an incroaac
Of pay, mud they don't want to have any laying
back when that occurs. OF course, none Of
them will have to refund. Increase OF pay cur
be dated hack, but reduction not, and so all thai
IL drawn by our 1loblo lawmakers will remain
securely in thoir pockets, repeal or no ropoal.--
Lincol,. Ifl.) Salesman.
-Is tho triiio Of thirty GnBhels Of spring whcat
grcHsman2 Tho Patrons Of uuabaudry should
tuke up collection for tho benefit Of Orounno
10 III not hnif paid in proportion to his brains
5ix hundred aid twenty-five dolars month fol
nis services to tho poople since the 4tll Of Marol
u simply swindle upon tho Judge. We call fo
,suhscription in Ills behaif-0maha Herald.
Tho pcopic Of Monona County, Iowa, th'
Jthor day, at n maBa convention resolved that i
would DO for the hest interests Of their diBtric
if their Representative jackson Orr), d "bacl
ealnry-grabber," would resign. in orslor TINT th
position ho has disgraced may ho filled at TIL
i, vt oloction.-Dace1port Gazelte.
~ Tho St. Paul Press hna announced that Bon
o,or !, >>mHey bud returned his back-pny, md til
hlnuonp' M 'atja Tribune las made the same ,I! an an
IN bha Oh Of son9toF ~ h %!ndG
hv 1"tho the itsts1 faetsILs%'. Paul Dispdtch.
I've d notico by = table il ? late isane Of th
Into mon,ber Of Cong 'css from tho old Fitth Dir If
trct remarkably @paya ~ ~ raa ns'gm t;a ~