, 1873-12-25
NOTES AND OPINION.
While tho fight for tho California Sonatosnhip
waa fn progroas, tho San Francisco AAa Doc.

18) lleld this language:
sapporrtl r.. Of nooh !: hostIly to tho nernbiisaa
.as IL sz s5s.s'' ' ?s IT:
aai ovsr}row of be sepssean p pnrty Esery man
who yo.ss ter htn ahares hts parnoa, md boso,nrs
,noro dangerous to ,ttlle dominant PARTY
the the PIT ne%oeHns .s Toy claim rosttG
.vo serio,,aiy woa1toicd ho Repntlican narty IN
Town, Wlseons1n. 1lltnols Ohio, and Kansaa. They
all other parties: They clan farthor, TINT # ~
soon YIN To- pqous In t1 csracer and that 1t will
This Doing tho Wow OF the case by President
Grnnt's lending nowspapor-organ on tho Paciho
Slope, We ron,ark that tho Illinois State journal!
tho WISCONSIN Slate Journal tho indianapolis
journal, and other Of President Grants nowB-
papor-organg hereahorts. appear to DO highly
delighted with Booths election. The Indannr-
oils papor calls 1t, indeed tn complete and de-
clsiye victory" and Says ut placcs Doot',
among tho rsing mon Of the nation." But good
Brother f1arlan'a Washington Chronicle, noaror
to hoadqnartorH, and presumably nearor to tho
truth, don't lot on amy enthusiasm OF this Sort
It only anya:
II Va. Thought by many Of tho calitorn!nna In THIS
ey at si WA tmn aaty u.asinK h,twco to
rather thi Auo l3ool> nucceed lIp as bycn tho
ganizer An,l lcador "f THU party which, It II asaertcd
eam ranra tn @ u ao sns Gr w.
nolnt,lco o1 llle Democratic caucra.
Tho Quincy Herald fold Dick niohnrdaon)
wautB to know:
.sso sva nd lac ~ TO- o. ~ no per-
Dors Of o"ascss wo IL n {" sm
to repoai ths asary rah iaws iavo ti"v .tr,vca m
| bco atolcn from do1gress7 >A'' ">'1'1A "
IT In . proat daal for Tim Dotro,t PM fzac,,
ohondlor'n orran1 to aav ovon NJ n,..
''1.e..:H W 'a'' ''ou ea6a''eoA''u Will
| Qualifying apologies:
We think T. NJ, unden!ablo truth that tho fart that
M u III sss1soh .s Maes st after flfsancal
sna,iy ~ rocavoo ~ ~ u" ~ 70 III te
country from thesr prostration. 'N"'' ~ 'A'
rim romar,. ann1;oa ~ Ih;o fonorsss. . u,1srx-
.,s o~..,,. .,1nn:s t ~ '" os 700 :" '''H''
siap' cleu's'Aonllae congress- a congress that
acornB tho pooplo, dof,os tho popular will, and
| puts Holfish interest abovo the common welfare.
It Ia eu{1icientlv hun];atinp w1,i)o II lazta. but
TIN spoctnclo viii not aoon be roncatc6.
VIZ rpoetas4o ~, Va, NV eooa ~ ,opeatca'
Inc back aud forward satary-grab hns been
nnnateu ~. iu inanner 10 olssus1 Tug conhtry ahd
s'eaen tne hsoE!e. ,..+.' II H. tne m1ansino,
apoa IL " lncompotohey anu corfaptloh' how
o mnt"ng cn1tr1 'S"yh q thoro,o,,v ,.ca,o u,t,
tno action oi 14G I1onse on on ,.y tnss ,s.alary nasl-
ness ami. t, ow sah 1no ar encG f';s P&es
noW' nVoia tao resps1ns'nla!ty lcr tl,s ,loonns
dEd
Tho bill which has passed the Honse does
not please us, and it ia precisely tho kind Of bill
we feared would pass. It is 4 compromise meas.
ure, tho very kind we declared would full to meet
tho demands Of tho peoplc.-LdGfnportG Gazette.
Ii tho President or any member Of Congress
imaFnes TINT tho people VII! forgot the lniqnity
greatly mistaIon. How foolish It is, then, for
any set Of men, in or out Of Congress, to oppose
their voices against sucb tremendous odds.-Jot-
let (Iu) Signal.
| Ii Congress can't 500 tho steal in that light,
can.-1erre Haate Gazefe.
| Tho action of the House OF Representative
at Washington on tho salary question has caused
moro talk aud more condemnation than the
original blu increasing tholr pay.-Des Molnes
Correspondent Of Dubuque Herald.
1T is already demonstrated that there is no
hope Of relief from tho present Congress, and,
II tho people return another body as corrupt,
Democrat.
! And still tho rhinoceroB-hided saiary-grnb-
bers don't eco nny uso in the newspapers and
peoples making 80 much noiso about tho in
have boon aud are dopreciating, and while others
lowered. loWored~Tatioon "St NJ llu) s'osal. l' ''As
--Congrcssmen have wasted thousands Of dol:
Of SALARY tloy o,,ght to receive and, by their
| dRwdug, 1uibbling, unnlnnly proceedings, have
given tie best possible evidence that even 5000
Ier year Ia moro than most OF them arc worth
Worse than all IL tho fact which Senator Chandler
statoa, that tho session laa already driven ur
the price Of gold and disarrangca busness.-
Rock Island (IN.) Union.
Tor all practical purposes it would have been
botter II Congress- had adjourned until tho 5tl
Of January AZ soon as the Presidents message
had been read, instead OF remaining in
scssion noarly ti,rco weeks. ItH time &c
| far has boon for tho most part frit.
terod away with tue accomplishment Of moth
ing, aud the discussions which havo takou
place Oh financial slD1ects hare only served to
further middle the idoas OF Congressman, which
| were. az RUE. crude ano con1uscd pe1o1enand
| -Uefr0N ITee Press
Tho Two weokB' adjournment OF both
Housos, from Dec. 10 to Jan. s, is m olrepse
against docency 80 gross as to reyiyo alt the
other shortcomings OF our public servants al
Washington. It was bad enough to waste nearly
q month III useless and vulgar recrimnation
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