, 1873-07-09
NOTES AND OPINION,

California elects Legislature in September,
and upon the Legislature doyolvos the choice OF
= Unitod States Senator Tho san Francisco
Bulletir. says;
There ta great activity uat in tho matter Of Or
s a"Ss1 a s s a o ea: hs7s n bs
organized under tho most 1nttoring anapiccs !.
II would bo novel spectacle II, as tho issue OF all theso
should SECURE tho management Of their own local AZ
fairs nd that tho Legislature which is to aascmbc In
than TINT Of nero party W. SHOULD then be- in 10
Bion to treat on something like forms OF equality
WIN ana So to laGp9s %
Tho Placer (Cal.) argus givea yoico to the
complaint Of people OF that County, OIL pacilo
Railroad e1tortions saying:
The railroad company Will long bo brought to
azo tue faet that whom tho people rso In their might.
land, and will nd 70 tlolr sorrow tint tloro is such
thing aa carrying oppression to too great longth.
Tho Grangoa are made up OF mon Of both
parties, and tho most sgnihcnnt foaturo of the
which 1t demonstrates that party lines aro woak-
oning and fading out in tho Weat,- where
mon domnnd actual results from the party in
powor. Tho farmers of tho West Bay in effect
that they have adhered to tho existing political
parties until thoy have fallen behind tho roquiro-
montB OF tho time. The party which In future
recolves their support must be party Of action,
Of deodH, not morelY ono with q history, For
these and othor roasonB tho recent Fourth Of
July seems to havo meant more in Illinois aud
tho other WoAtorn StateH thnr in any other part
Of tho country.-0 Cleveland (0hio) Leuder.
The grcat producing classics tho farmers
and the nsechanlca-and thomHelyoa at tho nb-
soluto mercy Of tho Monoy-c}iangora. IS. III our
Judgment t1ls movement holds forth tho only
fair show Of saving tho public morals aud tho
public liberty. We do not know that 1t can sue
ceca-wo 200 vaat obstacles in tho way-tho
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tho hands Of tho few; but it IL lilo only lopo.--
.S"q lho psoplc a' q fI Iii country aro becoming
rapidly odl1catod up to knowledge Of the baHiB
matoly rost-in an enlightened defining of their
rights aud just application OF tholn by the
courts. PrecedcntB not founaal In right must
bow their venerable hoada boforo tho Intelligent
convictions OF living actors. Tho vorbiaBo and
the hedging oxpediopts embodied in tho idlo
technicalitios Of courts must yield to tho do
1nalida Of Justice aa botweon equals before tho
law, irrespective OF accidental or social Htatua.-
Bloomington (IA) Leader.
Labor IL entitled to fair Share Of tho
profits mado by the use aud combination OF labor
with capital: Capital ia no moro entitlod to all
Tho profit Of labor and capital, loas tho wages
pnid to labor, thnn labor III entitlod to all tho
protitB, loss tho interest paid to capital. AB
paid to capital, aud whatover ia earned by joint
aud combined 1abor aud capital above wages and
inteross should DO fairly divided botwoon capital
aud labor.-Dabmque (Io,oa) telegraph.
Grant partisanH aro giving to farmers. TO, wo
holioyo in your moyomollt, but bs Huro aud lot
politicH alone" Gov. Carpenter, Of Iowa, thinks
tho peopIe should mind their own bllainoaa. but
lot politics alone. All the candidates IN hlinuo-
sofa arc unanimous that thu farmers should lot
politics alono. Every poatmaster advises
thom to lot politics alono. Evory ring
about every courthouse Ia auro that
they should lot politics nlonc And tho
organs too. 1'Ioy have 10 doubt of It. But how
aro they to reform al abuse II they lot politics
alone? How punish tho Mobllior folka aud
baok-pay grabbosn3 2 How reach tho tariff and
other monopolios2 How reform tho currency
How royyo tho commerce, open markets, and
force cheap transportation? How accomplish
any valuable rosulta III 1t worth while to parade
griof and outragos without doing aolnatling to
remedy them PSI. Paul (afi'!m.) Pioneer.
Tho Farmers movement has brought about
change in tho action Of leading Q1aut ma4-