, 1873-03-21
NOTES. AND OPINION.

WHO rendered Indirect n!d theroto, and who will
DO known and remembered whom tho time comeH.
The Concord N. H.) Monitor rocalts thia proco-
don't, following tho q Congressional eaary atca1
Of 81 500 in 1815:, ..
from Nov anpahire votod for % o b vi Wh,cS 4e"iiy
was an equitable one, for it did not unrcasnnnbly
ss.ry ay rsar s s m
aon resided in Concord; hut aro Informed by Of
our oldest inhabitants that attor a term coucd in
Congress {18l7 ha party friends hore afraid to
bring him forward as candidate for tho Slate LNgsa-
turc.
II nay DO added Tint tho public virtuo Of 1916
demanded md obtained q repeal Of the 81 800
salary, and return to s8 per day.
Senator Frederick A. Sawyer, Of [hlassachu-
Rot!s andl South Carolina, voted for tho aa!ary-
steal, and has beon made ABaistant Secretary OF
the Treasury. Representative jesse II. Moore,
Of Illinois, voted for the Balarv-stoal md has
been made Pension Agent ut Springfield.
Mfr. Dogy, Of Missouri, who is accused Of
bringing Senatorial honors into contempt by pay
Ing no moro than $751; 900 for his scat, inda hin-
solf 10 boHot that flo announces that ho will not
exercise any Of tho duties Of Ills Office until tho
Senate shall have indicated ita pleasure; hut Mr.
Jones, Of Nevada, who boasts thut Ills ticket Of
admittanco cost 100000, Ia III higl, favor and
will build residence at Washington to outshino
any othor in tho Federal District.
lilo following, in the Washington Chronicle,
ia inserted gratis:
4 CALI uroN stE,fBEns or CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON March II, 1873.
As "a very acscrylng and desirable iustitutiou tho
Christian Wonens Association was not provided for
n1onbera Of Congress who do not tnko tho extra pay
a 9 s1 G or tne e ehm. ha
s:fece fnd TINT they do likow!se, 40 tbs Government
hns no legitimate way Of dtaposine of TINT fund.
Tho Cleveland Leader snyB tho Hon. William
H. Upson, who doos not longor serve In Con-
gross, "han refused to rocoiyo" tho extra pay.
But he ought to receive 1t, and wo hope ho will;
and then put it back In the Treasury. Otherwise
ho may be tempted to rccoive it mud pocket 1t O.
year or two hot,oo.
Capt. Havorstick, Of tho Rock Island Union,
haB lost the poatmastership. A year ago lie
mildly suggested, iuBido " the parity" that John
D. uawlcy ought to be satisfied with four years
in Congress-; and that's how 1t happened to
uayorstick.
-Postmaster sperry, Of Now uayon, CT, who
organized the defeat Of Con. Joseph Il. Haw1ey
for United statoB. Senator, lust spring, by tho
timely discovery TINT caucus nomination was
not binding, has boen appointed for u now torn
Of olico.
Mr.. Colta99 hns been indo7soa ut Anlovor,
Ohio (tho reaidonco OF his wifsa relationa), and
will return to-dny to South Bend. Tho South
Dond Register saga:
Tho sentiment ef tho people at Auioyer, many Of
them baing acquainted with him personally uhe pace
numbers bit . few h'ulrcd irlabitanta) ia uuant-
1uounty favorable to him, Republicans and Democrats
both uniting In tho bccf tint ho III innocent and
| deeply wrongca nlan.
-Tho Statesman, at Lexington, ono Of tho five
Administration papers III Kentucky, has gono
| doad.
! Tho Boston Transcript, speaking Of solluy-
lnr Colfax's cry Of ttnersnc11tion" in his South
! Bend speoch remarka that "1f to-day hts oxpla--
| nations are not convincing proofa Of frank and
straightforward pss1caedings, tho roasons OF
their unsatiBfactorinoss are to bo found In tho
! clunsiuesa Of his eudeayors to c1ear himself.
all things consderol, ho haa no right to talk of
| persecution, since ho haH harmed himself moro
! than anybody olso haa llarmod him."
"a curious caso c!1no to tho attention Of some
| members Of tho Senate. a New England polti-
| cian Of menua nctually hold consultation with
! .nombora Of Congress Of high standing just be-
fore tho 1ato sonatorial election i'll Florida, to
ascertain wAotllsr the vigorous course which
| vestigation was likely to be continued. Tho rea-
| noa Of anking wns.that he had beou assured from
| Florida Tint If Ito would como down thors
| and furnish Il largo gum Of money, it would rem
dor his election au United status senator certain.
| Iio l,ad hesitatcd about going u1tl ho could
loarn whether the He1nto was likely to look with
favor upon Mortons thoroughnoss.- Nashi'g-
] ton telegram in 81. Louis Democrat.
| --Whilo many Legislatures are passing votes
OF ccnsure on Congressman for tho salarystoel,
the Pennsylvania Le8leaturo is taking tho
| opposite course, by playing tho grab-gamo
itaclf Tho lover HouHo las already passed. an
Increase- Salary bill, containing tho Hama Of
fcnBivo retroactive clause that les made But
| lers bill infamous. We arc inclined to bclioyo,
after this, tho story about tho enormous supply
of ink included III tho stationery account Of this
Legislature. 1t IL said that it has roconty been
discovered that liquor dealers i'll Harrisburg buy
! largo numbers of empty ink-bottlos Which they
| I'LL with whisky and sell to tho members as
| "lnk, warranted not to corrode," which accounts
for tho frightful stationery bills.-BuDaso E1-
| press.