, 1873-01-03
NOTES AND OPINION.

Inc popular vote Tor DTcg1dent 18 still lacking
! in the States Of Kansas, Nevada, and Texas
Taking, however, the Congressional voto o1
| Texas, and the Warmoth count in Louisiana,
tie Louisville Courie,'-J journal figures tho vote
Of tho old slayo States, Us follows: Grant,
,o62, us; Greeley, 1,022, 5s3. Even this total
Of 2,o92, ,254 the CourierJolr.:al believes to bo
800, 600 short OF q full vote.
The vote Of Nebraska:
ra4ass 3stss h.1 Seseot Psde Us
Lett, Liberal. ,os2 Greeley. ... 7,7o5
The Connecticut Republican State Cunven-
tion ia to meet in New Haven, Feb. :. Henry D.
Harrison, Of New Haven ia On tho slate for
Governor, and John 7. Wait, Of Norwich, for
Lieutenant Governor.
Tho Concord N. H. Monitor warns the
party OF tho Administration that
The circumstance thnt our three members Of Con-
gress were chosen BY Democratic yotes and the dsire
and essentially aid the opposition in bringing out
respectable votc And that It entertains much
ndsnee & II its :tali:y to [e-elect Abbard, Bell and
Tho timo-honored newspaper names in st.
Louis have been the Missouri Republican and
the Missouri Democrat; hut the latter now
calls itself tho St. Louis Democrat, Ike other
folks.
Duncan has changed the name Of his paper from
aud will henceforth publish it on sundayB
Rou1bon1sm thus loses its last organ.
Colonel Casey, tho Collector Of Customs at
New Orleans, and the President' brother-in- Jaw,
does not think Of running as u candidate for the
Unitod States Sonatorship, and Judge Durell will
probably be elected; SO says BoRtonian direct
from New Orleans.
The Leavenworth Times brings out for Sen
tor from Kansas Qf Pomeroy fails) q man who,
it eays, ",.>uld lave 1t Washington an influ-
cnce and power second to no other man in Kan
sas." Ho is brother Of General Babcock, the
PreBident's Private Secretary.
This is the season for almanac, with election
returns, and other statistics. The St. Louis
Times says:
D. Henderson II Governor Of Missouri but then It
makes partial amends for it by reporting Joseph
Brooss as Governor Of ARKANSAS The d:aereneeis il
TINT Brooks elected, though he didn't get his seat
~hile Henderson wasn't elected and has seat to Ret
The Exeter O. H. Netrs Letter 'thears it
suggested that in the reorganization Of the
Presidents Cabinet, after tho 4th Of March, the
name OF Senator j. " Patton Of our own State.
will he prominent for an appointment" New
Hampshi1e has had dnorepresentntive in tho Cab
met eincc the retirement Of Secretary Wood
bury in 1871.
The Goodtue County Republican adds itself
to the List Of papers which recommend Governor
Austin to appoint Judge Mcmillan United States
Senator I" when Senator Ramsey takes eeat in
Grants Cabinet" or course it t;ckles tho old
chap to be talked Of for Cabinet Office aad we
are glad to anuso him, but 'suppoaing the awful
contingency Of his receiving Cabi1.ent appoint
ment should not arise 2-St. Paul Dispatch.
The keoknk Gate City, whose editor 81. in
the United States Senate few months, says:
It IA har1er TO bea Ttztuoas Congressman than vIr-
tuous Christian the methods Of legislation thst hare
grown up and Of attempts to 1naneuce legtsatton aro
pernicfous and hateful Yet 10 man in the House or
Senate control them He only resist them to
q certain extent. II he accoinpshes anything It al:
he gets through measures for which ho Ia anxtous
and especially II he hopes TO secure appropriations
however just and necessary, he Il compelled to defer
in de8ree 10 petnictous metnods ct lealat1op
which he detests, Sc: which he canEot abolish CTR
cunavcDt. Now to dIscosa those pernctous methods
In al their hateful detail and fasten them upon the
certain members connected with thu Credit Aohtlcr
tetsiou, Is to fasen upon those certain ones the e
tire oliuu Of 4 perntclous ayatenl.
The New Haven Courier informs us that the
office Of Postmaster Of Chicago does not come
under the Civil Service rn1es aod intimateB that
this oftco is placed on tho same footing Us Cab
met positions and Foreign Missions. With the
Civil Service reform rules bofore Us. VIC have
Icen unable to SO read them Evidently the
Chicago Post Office is on the same footing as
he New York and Philadelphia Offices, unlesa
there is special exception. OF course there is
70 special c1ceprion.-Ne1n Hare1s Register.
-aesDectiac those alleged four thousand sfa-