, 1873-07-24

tho pooplo insist upon 1t 1t will be donc.-in-
-Wo don't know that It makes a groas deal Of
difference when tho amount Ia drawn, but got
ting pay by the month at tho rate Of o., 800 por
year, nino M mo,!ths In adyaneo Of tho meeting Of
private business Or idiing their timo at tue aoa-
aldo or springs, Is not calculatod to inspire mitch
ontlnHlaam. .S,kokomo (lnd.) Tribune:
Tine people novor e know until now the vslua-
ry ono Of thom considers htlnsolf o. valuable rs
a Bl,ah's diamond. Considerable bettor tlan
common roople--that is aftor they are eleotod
to CongroHa. They all defoi,d tlor courno on
iB not too much for their useful Congressional
sorvicos, tho principal part Of which, with many,
ia playing poker. Nov, playing poker and drink
ing whisky all night is hnrd work, especially
do It for nation Of forty or nifty millions otpco-
ple,.-INiaois Slato Register.
1t IL worry seldom Tint wo SEQ any mention
mado In Democratic pnpors Of tho Congressional
salary grab infamy, nnloas It Ia for tho purpose
Of lofa1ning tho character Of some Republican
Reprosontatlvo.-Ga Galcsburg Republican,.
It 10 very soldom TINT wo 500 my mention
mado in Republican papers Of tho Con ngresstona1
salary-grab infamy, ,1nloss 1t is for tue purpoao
Of showing that tho Democrats might hayo do
foatod tho bill, even though the Republicans
woro in tho majority In Congress-. According to
those papors tho Republican majority arc not
groat fault EoB h tho Donsocrstio minority Tor
pormitting them to do lt-Peoria Democrat
Tho groat battlo Of our day Ia to be the
battle Of money Tho cGmbinati1n tn Of capital,
conc concentration Of money In comparatively few
hands, IL raising up o Plu:ooracy which thront-
onR to oyorrnntch Legislatures, courts, and all
privato fntoroAts that may stand ir tho way Of
Fl 1Congroaa aro so easily beguilod ind pervortod
by the first onsnt what will tile future bo, when
millions OF dollars can bo brought to boar on
CongrosB to socuro mi]llouairos' legislation na
against the interests Of tho common pooplo2 10
tho Congross Of the United States to become
an exchange on which money princea shall moot
aud exchange commodities p Christian Union.
| 1t ia a nattor OF universal congratulation
| that public sontimont has not become wholly in
| different to oncroaching powor, and that tho
alarming period Of unchecked abuses will soon
! DO terminated. Tho revolution 10 long delayed
at last takcs sllnpo. lts work will be effcotual.-
Boston Post.
right good will. A1ti-Mouopoly Conventions,
| Farmers Conventions. and Koform Movements
aro hoard from every day. They all have IN Wow
tho Same objects. They nil arc eooking to at-
tain tho Bans ends. They moan death to corrupt
political organizations and vonal party lcadera i
reform and economy In tho administration Of
public affairs honest mon as candidates for po-
Hitions Of honor and trust; no moro c!ass legis-
lation to mako tho rich richor mud tho poor poor
or; and no moro building up OF monopoly and
just now The wiro.pullora about our Court
House are busy fixing up Republican county
convention, telling the Republican farmers to
party thoir object boing to bronx down the farm
erB' movement a,ld put thor topls into tho ofices
SO thoy can run things tho oldsay.-Rock Island
(IN. Argus,
boon in power in Iowa. and has invariably en-
ployod it's power to create and foHtor monopolioB,
not to restrain or check them. What assurance
does the past give for tho future ? Mono what
over. It rather warns tho people OF pSolonga-
tlon of their grievances and m increase Of theis
ain.-Quincy Herald.
1t is not against tho railroads that the pres'
they aro managed: Instead Of boing the
aory yants of tho rooplo, they hive sought to be
thoir masters Illinois State Journal
Tho poople are bound to win, and railroad
kings and various corrupt monopoltes may aa
PiVsaeid (M.) 6I Flag.
The Chicago, Burlington i Quincy Company
has about doubled Its own rates Of shipping fur
niture from Chicago to this place. Now, II the
road has heretofore boon carrying freightof thai
kind at profit, Which 1t undoubtedly Inns, bc
cnuso it has had no competition, what excuBt
can thoro possibly be for doubling up the
charges now under the now law, which oxpressl,
| prohibits unreasonable and oxtortionate rntea?-
1faconab (Iu.) journal.
Matthew Griswold, Of tue Peoria GINS Com
pany, yestorday gave us the following instanc
Of tho way tho new railroad tariff works in on
direction. Before the 1st Of July tho O., B.
q. Road charged the Gus Company $Gper car 70
coal from Edwards Station to Peoria, and al
parties wore aatsfed-tho railroad company q
the rato they askol, tho das Company at th
favorable tcrns given them, and tic coal me-
aud miners at tle roady sale at coal. But nor
tho Company charges 511.o5 per chr, nearly 10
per cont In advance, to tho benefit OF no ono bu
themselves, and to tho loss OF tho Gas Compan
and othors. The Gas Company are now oblge
to look out Of tho State for con1-coal that ca
be shipped at certain rate to Peoria and th
IllnoiB md Indiana roads settle 1t among them
| salyca wlat eaQh oneR portion shaQ bo-Peoyi