, 1873-12-04

NOTES AND OPINION.
It WAS only hundred thousand tho Govorn-
ment lost by Clews; but then 1t lost Clovis
whic',. balances tho account.-Neu lor:
Graphic.
Quito n,,mbor Of our mc,clants arc re-
ceiving their goods markod "Dayonpors," and
l,aYe arrangolncnta n,ado for leaving thom on
this sido Of tic river, thus ovadig tAo Illinois
freight tariff, whicl, Is much above that Of ohor
statos.-Rock Island U1!iou.
-Wo must have roform-gonuino, healthy
roform in every branch. Of tue public service.
aud commercial be eurbed. Tho gentla-
men rlth Tom Scott's railroad-paBees il their
pockets muBt lot ii they wish to rotnin or rugain
tho confidence of tue people. vote aa ho directs
tleln to vote through his agonts in tho lobby
Washington Republican.
-Reformers must sock to do the'r work out
sido Of tho old larty lines: Creator and louder
tban over arc tho demands for rolief from this
outrageous despotisn Of party organization or,
rather, disorganizatfon. - Laurence (Ean.)
Standard
Tho ohicugo Times awears to circulation
Of upwards Of 35 900 for tho daily. We wouldn't
believc 1t X old Stotoy would nwear to ii 81, 700
times, On q stack Of Bibles higher than tho
Times building. and reiterato it with his lust
gasp.-Gatenn Gazette.
1t III notsd with plcasuro that tho Hon, s. 8.
Cox md Judge Holman withdrew from tho Dem
ocratio caucus OF Representatives whom that
body refused to agre8 not to nominate any sal
ary-grabbor as speaker.-Sp'l"QtieM {lA) State
Kegiater.
--Tl,e Chicago Journal says that " President
Grants luck consists in tho taot TINT he ia truly
great man--ono Of tho Groatost men America
has over Produced" The Journal man must bo
after foreign mission ut least but wllatoyer It
is ho wants. II ho viii put it on postal card and
aend it Oh as onco, Ulysses will doubtfosR attend
to it.-Dct:oit Free Press.
"A new tsauo will delay the resumption OF
epocie-payments for yeara. but 1nay etayo off the
final cris'a = while yet. So long aa tho aovorn-
than we nced. The tnsuces Of tho country will bo
III an unsottlod gtato.-0herokee (Ia.) Times.
Senator Hove. Of Wisconsin, has also con-
cluded that he ought not to accept tue appoint
him, aud declines In a note addressed to Wis
consin paper. Wo don't think Senator Howe
was ever in much danger Of m invitation to
1eavo the 8ouato Chamber for tlo Chief Justice
SLIP. He stands, In more poril Of boing retired
from the Senate to tho Ht'adoa. etc., for hfa ad-
vocaoy Of the "back-pay grab," in the Into Wis
oonsin canyass.- Piusburgh Telegraph.
The difference botwenn Brother Craig md
tho editors whom tho Sentinel complains of is
this: Brother Craig pretended to gyo up Lis
uBo. After lo has accomplished his purpose OF
getting on tho Supreme Denoh and linds no
further need Of deferring to public opinion, ho
accepts his FREQ paRa again and all tho personal
louHAtd kAAt AIG4ud 4luIu I've Nu Gt4lt1@ III tuS
Stato that wo know Of, ever denied nsing pass
II he Ind one, aud mono OF them confessed that
llo was, Or could bet improperly Influenced by tho
Possession Of QUO. In other words II the editors
complained. Of wore in possession Of rasaos they
owned up like men, aud didut act the hypocrite.
as this model Supreme Judge aesms to have
aone.-lcoria Transcript.
Congressman Garhotd is supposed 10 have
badly injured himself with the ultra -Admi,istra-
ton party, aud tho Prosdont, by his caurso in
Ills s,f,f,tfh aranrhna ftlp fnH ff,h nf
salaries, whorein ho has boldly averre1 that, II
he waB oulpabe for voting for the BILL finally
the Preaidout was ut least as much to blame, in
that he aiguod tho bill and made it law. Con-
Cured tho disploasuro Of tho Administration by
the lukewat'n course lie has pursued einoe tho
adjonrnment Of Congress-. 1t seems that tho
Administration or Grant faction are very willing
that those who voted for the grab shalt 50 down,
but that thoy aro unwilling that Grant should bo
pullod down with tLom. But tlat iB Graut'a
crowd, aud ho onght not to desert them, 40 they
did bottot by him than they oven did by them-
BolyeH. They doubled his pay aud tllsy only
Increased their own onc-half- f-Peofia Democrat.
-Grant has determined TO appoint g. II.
Williams, the prc8eut notoriously weak and rn-
1t Attorney. General Of bis Cabinet, to tue posi-
tion OF Chief Justice Of the United statea.
Nothing would have shown tho craftsmanship
III his excessive peouliartieB IN appointing, 6eu.
Grant haa won tile reputation Of bong na
ignorant OF tho Responsibilities Of his high pre-
roeattya "a lie is muliRhly atubboru. This last
appointment capa tho climax. That Tho place
deseoratoa by Attorney General Williams seema
too great an insult for even an American to SUBJ
nit to. But this IL not all. It also tranBproa
that Col. Darstow, Of Kentucky, Ia to take
sS sc yooas h 's aspa esp spn e l.
through such statoamanahip that tho Preaidont
hopes to raceive his third torn l-MadlsoH
Wis.} Democrat.
III tho President should borrow leaf from
Forthcoming nleaaago that 10 had docided-in
view of the hard tlmos, tho general reduction Of
wagoa throughout tho country, tho necessarily
heavy expenditures and di1niniael royenues OF
tie deysrament-not IN to touch a penny Of the
extra 325, ,000 1t would be tic greatest hit Of bis
Administration. Tho American people, always
in,puIeiye aud often absurd, would cheer him to
the eelo.. The now sulky and disgruutled Or
gaus would vic with each other III laudiug 4ia
patriotic sol{-saori1ico. uo mould become again
try. But Con. Graut, although, as We beliovo, 4
well-meaning man in tho min, quite as good as
lis party, and better thah many Of tho older aud
ADLER politicians who surround him, ID not ~ tho
tho eontrary.-Sp,1ngaeld (Afass.) Republican,.
Ell Perkins writea to tho Graphic from 1arro
Haute. Ind. TINT the war cloud Ia very great In
tlloue parta. lie atatoa that Ad}utnnt 6terne
bAyA ne Ioubut a.! FnfOukA tu0 latc MArt e0lle-
times on QUO side and sometimes on tho other,
aud. rather than aoe America kneeling at the feet
Of Spain, he would gladly welcome wur.-war to
tho kntfe--and accept Paymastership He Ia
40 enthusiastic for the cause that. In case Of no
vacancy lu our army, le has telcgraphod for \
place on tho stan Of Spanish General.
=: The now Chicf Justice was an old.llne DEM
oerat. In Tho dayb OF Ianoy he supported tho
DEED Scott view, Of politics end INV. Originally
Nov Yorker, born in 1873. lo followed hlr.
oonsin, where he 6ecame local Judge. Alr.
pioroo appointed him Chtef Justice Of Oregon,
and Mr.. buchanan retained him. The War camo
on. 1le WAS patriot, joined tho Republicans,
got into tho United Staten senate,, shonco on-
Tered tho Cabinet, aud now oiimba into tho
place mada illustrioue by M.rahall, Taney aud
Chase. I1a is, a lucky politician.-Loutspi|s
Cosirier-J0nrnas,
-lne tibuster editors, who have boeu
trying to canouiza the barbarian who disgraced
tho Confederate oauae by hia shocking !nAu-
mauity to the soslded and drowning soldiers 1T
1ost at. ohAslea, hAss ignomlnously failed in