, 1873-07-18

ling las no. tic name right to practice his profession
aud earn his livelihood as any other man.
mr. Oonkling iB prospcotivcly tho Uhiof JUS
ttce OF tho United statos and ho haa takon and
holds oxtra pay Of the Government In order
that, aa Senator, he nood not bo forced "to
practice his profession and carn Ills livelihood
as my othor man." This question ut issue In
volves 1885, 900 now In tho Troasury, and, indi-
rectlyrit involves millions Of possible royenue.
It willnot be decided until "tudicial Judgment"
Ia made from the Bench over which Mr. Conlk-
ling ia nkely to preside, next winter. Ought
Mr. Conkling to sell hin "judloial judgment" /"
now?
Tho Peoria Transcript, speaking of the rail-
road returns Of taxable valuations In that coun-
ty, aaya:
Of valuation. and those only slight 10 reckon tho
Board Of Equalization will ave to adopt tic insurance
companies had any conception Of The fact that IN
effort was to hc mado to 1aiso tho stae and County
did, they recklessly refused to concur.
Tho railroad-proporty OF Illinois was, in 1871,
assessod at 925, ,o42. Tho figures for 1879
woro not much largor. This year tho Illinois
State Journal believes tho. assessment will DO
raised to s200,o00,0o0. Tho stnto Board Of
Equalization meets next month.
Gov. Tom Osborn, Of Kanaas (Judgo Della
hays aon-in-law, and one Of tho dofondants In
scandalous suit Of recent notoriety), is himself u
candidate for Caldwe1l's purified sent in the
United Statos sonato. Tho election will bo made
by tho Legislature late in January next. Tho
4onato moots tho 1st OF Docombcr. Therefore
Bays an exchange:
GOV. Osborn has In his hands, In connection with
tho sonatorahip nico little plum for ono, and
ho Will DO worry different from tho run Of Kauaas poll
tcianB ho does not aspose OF it to tho best advan-
tago for hlmaelf. H. has tho appointment Of = sue
sG I'M IN she Sona,e We W. W. hon @ ha sGss
pay from tho dato OF Calwcll's resignAtton-ten
onts py foE twq mont1s e3 se.yse Ths
Ills friends over TO the Osborn interest, and Ia Alto
Goher d!foront affair from Establishing National
Tho Dob MoincB Register has correspond
ont who wants "the names Of thoEe members Of
congress that tho railroads bought with an OK
cursion ticket aud FREQ whisky in tho St. Louis
Autobiography Convention" Tho Register an-
Rwora:
We know Of only ono way to md out thcse nhmea,
but that Que way is good enough: let our corrc.
Winter and is votes. Ho can then ses What Con-
IL :ss s4sps:sa s III Ssssss;s s?:s;
were bought up " the Laid ling. Railroads donE
o1crciss tho rights Of their ownership u the voting
time comes. correspondent will keep his eyes
saf tae sis knowledge % he % aska for IL advanos ''f
-Wo aro told that tho railways arc playing
the little gano 30 as to mako this attempted
Legislation against their vested righta'' odioua
to tho public; md tho plausiblyy thought that
in undertaking auoh thing they may only auc-
coed in making themselves unbcarably odious to
hard-working, tax-rid1on, sorely oppressed
class Of people, suggested tho title at tho head
Of this artlclo-"A Risky Experiment. ."-Arcola
(IH.) Record.
-fhe Iroquois Gll.) Times tolls tho farmers to
"begin tho reform at homo and when tho Ron-
eral oloctionH occur you will be ready for tho
contest Will, your forcos disciplined"
1t will be only partial remedy Of tho OWLS
OF monopoly il We stop at tho simple cure Of rail-
road oxtortion md loaye in full forcc the moro
burdonHomo tariff laws and other class legiBla-
ton. The time has come for general reform,
and tho man Or paper that would coneidsr tho
unwittngly, acting the part Of ali obatruotionist.
IL tho reform moyoments which havo been
instituted in political afrairs by tho farmers Of
progress, as thoir organization has developed,
Into almost incredible proportions Binco ita in
coption, thoro IL little doubt TINT 1t will clear
our Government OF al those hot boda Of polti-
tion and discord in all its departments ainco
radfcalism has come into powor.-Dubuque
Herald.
Won't the farmors' movement have similar
OBJECT, OF il It not designed to hsve 1t On the hot
beds OF political pollution that e1ists in tho
Democratio party "a vol az in the Radical.
Won't it hnyo any effect, for example, In Du-
buQuo County, tho most corruptly governed In
Iowa, and tho nlost polluted by eoheming po1itl-
cianH.-Du5uque Telegraph.
The Chicago Times hns gone crazy on the
"Economist Party" aud " on yostorday. CHI
cinnaH Enquirer.
"A Congrosamans salnry-steal will juat buy
hoTso aud huggy, and put m IL" on tho house,
-seong, unnliatakably, tho political denth-plt
into which ho has stumbled, bfr. James G. Rob-
inson Inns become q desperate man, henco Lis
wild and rookless daring at IN attempt to offcr
Robinson, to ask or plead for lonionoy at tho
hands of tho people whom you have heretofore
betrayed into your confidence. You may ~ we'll
take baok sent. 10 far aa tho Democratic party
There il roason to fonr> that tho Boston Ad-
uertiscr haB boon mtsinformed by it's Washington
correspondent rs to tho feengs with which, tho
Administration regards Con: Dutlora candidacy.
At loast the Washington Matiena a,a1! R.Goa,
should think, tho moro liko1y OF tho two to have
correct information, assarta Oh faot within ita
knowledge that Ills dispatches on thls subject aro
"untruo In overy essential particular Furthor-
diots tho Btato1nont that Mr.. Richardson ie tho
only Cabinet officer who wanta to 300 0en. But.
lor olocted. hTr. Robson, First Lord Of tho
Admiralty, is "qu!te friendly in hIa disposition,
adviser, in compensation with tho correspondent.
Inns t. Expressed doolded preference" IA for
tho President, the 1rauc|ler's gentleman says
tlloro Ii 10 misapprehonaion in well-informed
Washington circles about his position. ''Al-
though It Is not tho province Of Con, Grant to
moddlo with Btato polit!cs, there can be no
doubt that tho succoaa OF Con. Dntler would be
highly gratifying to htm.--SprinadeM Repu6li-
can.