, 1873-02-19

NOTES AND OPINION.

NOTES AND OPINION.
Tho Nlr. +. A. Doclsrny who appearB to hnvo
inyoBted $500 In the Florida Legislature for IN
election to tho United States sonato, is not tho
Rcnator-eloct, though yoatorday 80 reported by
MI error Of tho telegraph. Ho Ia from Proyi-
dcnco r. l., antl haa boon Collector Of tho Port
OF. Jacksonyil!o, Fla. Ho. vent up to TailahnH-
800, q Republican, ms Tom Dor1ins, Democrat
did TO Jefferson City, to invest for "1aat
chance" aftor everybody olso should have quit
tho fold. On one or two balots, during tho nino
tlays' struggle, wo think hIr. Doclsray got fow
Republican votes. At tho ond, aud on tho twen-
ty-Arat ballot, Alr. Simon D. Oonovorwas elected
by combination Of Democrats aud anti-Admin-
iBtratton Republicans. Wo believe thore is no
scandal agail,st Conovor.
Tho Albany Eucaiig journal demands Of
Caldwell TINT, '"whetllor rostgning or autforing
expulsion, out ho ought to CO."
Tito DeBAloineB Register insists TINT Town
must know what boonmo Of TINT 900, since
Harlan expressly Bays It was used for "1ogiti-
mate purposes " In lla election QBGo), and E1ijah
Soils swears mono Of it was uHod, MIR, Sells lav
Ing bcon Mr. Harlan's disbursing agont at that
tilno.
AIR. Harlans Washington Chronicle eayB.
"The very mir sooms rocking with sennda1.".
Tho Dubuque Times administrator raisoa
tho standard Of revolt againat my dooroo of
King Caucus to control legiaation at DosMofnos,
l,y whiclfmoanB, It appears, Mr.. Kasson has pro-
posed to sottlo tho railway-tariT question.
--Gonoral Griffin, Of Koone, N. H., speaks Of
Ills candidaturo for Congress- as "tho cause Of
oil tr,1o Nopubllcans," md talks the familiar
s]ang about fighting 1t out on that line, oto.;
but wo do not observe that General Griffin, or
any other Republican candidate in Now Hamp-
slire, Inns any word OF commont or coneurp on
tho mon who have tishonorod their public trust.
Indood, the State Central Committee Bays, in
published addroBs, that "tho Republicans OF
Now Hampshire are not distracted by National
iHsues." -,
There ia much scandal ut Albany, N. T., In
tho matter OF tho State Printing. Tho Express
(Adminiatration) says:
Tho State would gain money to present m annual
gratuity OF $780, 600 to each OF our great print
other profits.
Tho Now York sonate (24 Republicans,
Democrats, Tweed absont) Aositates about an
Investigation Of tho charge that the Eric Rail-
road Company disbursod largo aums Of money
at Albany last winter to procure legislation. Tho
Rochester Union says:
Tho Republicans Of tho Senate dare not deny the n-
vostlgatton demandod. Although Senator Wood af-
hayo heard Of tho charge II il notorious
Attorney General Barlow contested IL published iot.
ter to having psd TIC Speaker Of THO Assembly
whatevcr Treman ts nlao 1n11od up In the matter
Governor Dig and Dan sickIcs, Mr. Grants Min
the Legislature and In Congress- lifted him by expo-
rionco for the work, was tho diaburslng agent and
| manager Of tho whole business.
Tho financial condition OF Nebraska is a1l
unknown, how much tho State owes, what has
boon its income, or what its expenditure. But
II ,sox III @4,nt Z ii
| Governor, received $4,000 in settlement with
! the United States, and not o dollar Of 1t ever
reachod tho State Treasury. The ox-Goyornor
says in order to keep it out Of tho hands OF cor
thin other fellows ho deposited it in the bank of
D. J. McCann, Nebraska City, and now can't got
It,; but McCann, having q caim of his own,
says:
I was approhcnHiyo and watched tho amount drawn,
not esaad tho It TSps
| cent, refused to homer moro checks.
So, the 50, 600 is gone.
| THE Senate Of the United States ia a heavy
body: moves slowly; is more corrupt than tho
| House, and is much less apt to respond prompts
ly to tic popular demand that tho public stables
shall ho cleaned, without regard to which party's
| property is swept away, thereby. But we do
hopo tho ,nopnblieans Of both hrnnchos Of Com
gress will understand tho public temper and do
oloan, uncompromising,. and straightforward
MobIlier orowd@RsoSnE dae lS oiy q 11da,iniss s
/
Out in Hoosierdom. whore they are q good
deal better acquainted with Mr.. Colfax than
with the Trench language, thoro is current dis
| ticl Of this sort:
Tho South Bend smi1cz
| Got sonlo Credit Mobi'er.
They might add:
| Which tho sa1uo 1t Ia bad for Schuyler.
-Woodsiock (Vt) Post.
On dit that the Credit Mobilier follows have
employed Mark Twain to writo up history Of
| fhair Ev 11nAn f1,o
| Of Tho InnocentB Abroad; or, Roughing It
illustrated with cuts. by tho American Preea.'
| Great Inducements offered to caugassers.-
| Louisville Courier-Jonrnal.
rhia Ledgcr-sunls up the case thus: ''If tho
decision is to bo based on the hitherto good rep
utation Of hIr. Oolfax, this will ovorbear tho ID
verRo ovidenoe but, if it is to be founded ex-
oluaively. on the evidence, tho weight Of the owl
dence is heavily against Ills explanation"
Tho present session Of Congress has been
poldng up all kinds Of corruption. An attempt
is nov being made to bring some Of tho profos-
slonal lobbyists to book. In tho interests Of
public morality, we trust that Congress will go
right to the bottom Of thfa holo.-BnDalo Com
| n1ercial Advertiser.
We are glad to notice that tho proposition
for 2 uniform election day throughout the States
Of the Union is meeting with favor. Tho Ponn-
| eylyanla Constitutional Convention Bomo timo
ago adopted, resolution changing tho day Of
election in that State from October to Noyem-
bor, aud this has boon followed by similar action
in the Maino Legislature. An amendment to
| the state Constitution will DO submitted to tho
people in the September election, changing tho
Monday In November. There is good hope that
all tho States which are out Of accord with tho
majority will fall into limo within the next fow
nocticut, Vermont Maine, West Virginia, Ohio,
Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, md CAL
ifornia.