, 1873-07-29
NOTES AND OPINION,

Col. smedloy, Maator Of tho 8tato Grange Of
Patrons OF Husbandry Of Iowa, doc1ineB to bo
considered as a possible candidate for tho Iowa
Senate, wloreat tho Dubuque Times, evor fnith-
| full organ, Hlys:
Mr. Adams, Maatcr Of tho National Grange, With
tho special Representative Of Tho Granger intercst In
nohls nnd ~ manly letter; and nov Mt smedey hlas-
h asso eas @ aS a
qualification Of any personal ambition for political pro
forment. uo applies to himaeK tho principles WHICH
no 10 constantly tnculcain8 to tho Patrons Of tho
State, not to strand tho ordor the Ahoas Of par
tisan relittss BY hia present both he and the
gain in tho estimation OF all pooplo Of worth mud
| Judgment.
And yat tic Times Ia not happy.
| Lot 1t be recorded: TINT DR.. J. L.. Chapman
thereby resigns" his position Us Chairman Of
| tho Democratic State Central Committee in
Oregon, and announces that tho Republican
| party shall honceforth receive lis unqualified
support.
Tho Boston journal takes hoars Of courage
md tolls what tho Republicans arc going to do,
thus:
They determined TINT trcksters md demagog,cs
shall take back seats II they aay in tho party, that
ali events they shal DO hurled from power tits no
ss as we as
time When financial corruption L. proclaiming its
cities. II il IN evil Of tic day, and it respects
neither political social lines. hut tho Republican
party Within it's sphere will not succutnb to this ovi
tt will upon and overthrow 1t. It calls upon alt
truo men to enlist for the fgh-wlich, indeed IL but
tie Of thy same struggle which
anew on tho basis Of oqual rights When tllo Repub-
lieana a Of Mnssaeluaos como to speak, who doubts
that they Will take tho same nobla ataud, and
forwnrd With e1uRl unanimity7
In Kentucky, whoro tho election Of Legia-
laturo will DO mado noxt Monday, tho shoot is
| On tho other log" Tho Louisville Commercial
! Ropublcan) says:
~. The rings aro thosongh1y frightened. but they
otor1nne on reforms, and tat unieru .heir attention
can be distracted IN aomo way tho day of rngs
TT su @ old f .s s
calling the reform moyesnent Radical trick they
show 1t by their votes.
Tile Philadelphia Press aayB:
| State Treasurer Cardozo, Of South Carolina, has
furnished to The correspondent of Charleston jour-
o hss TIC havk MI no
t!canH OF that State hare IN contemplation tho repn
,lta aon Of e9 Of bos on Very key teso
time tho loHH win certainty fall Innocent parties
car,ozo IN The same interview. aaya thore 70 vacuum
be aad Of tho pockets Of some Of the present mud
o!a1s OF tho stae aud Of those Of ta representatives
in Congress-. And thereby hangs story with sori-
| Gus moral.
Tho "innocont parties" will be found to in
| cludo Horny CLOVIS t. Co., and Morton, Bliss 4
| Co., and George Opdyke i Co., and other
bnnkors-in- ordinary to tho Long Branch family.
| OF course they should be paid. and tho State
Of South Carolina, which absolutely got nothing
| for tho 47,000,0 600, may then entor upon "a
| twenty-five years. lawsuit" as Unclo Sam Inns
done with the Credit Mobilier gang. il, indeed,
the State Gun find any who arc not innocent par
| ties to bring suit against.
| The Rochester IN. " Union insists TINT tho
| acceptance by Luoius Robinson, Of his rocout
election in tho Erie Railroad Directory, takos him
out Of the list Of available candidates for Comp
tro1or Of State by tho Antl-,1onopo]y party, and
| snys:
It bahoo7es the people, in this timo Of public plum
dor to lay down and rlgldy ahero to thu general rlo
that the 1nan who Ia Director in great railroad
other sa not Eecoiye er a,aEseges for
thu pulc intorost ay bo brought Into collision with
| tho intorests Of tho private concern. ;. f.. Wo
especially great railroad corporations III tho Goyern-
mcnta tho States aud Of tho United States, aud tnk
grost Of tho people think So too-know they viii
think so whom hoy cono to reazo In tho East as they
creatures Of their own law.
-Ex-Judgo John A. h1cClernand, OF Spring.
field, ILL.,, has boon retained as COUNSEL by man
who reBists condemnation Of fright Of way"
oyor hla land In Sangamon County, and in Ills
argument McClornand says:
Why is Il that railroad corporation may claim to bo
~ t1o "t tee OF .ho soYoregn tight
ha QUESTION involves soo ipeonstseucy II not con-. ~
tradloon In tho light OF legislative and judicial a,t-
thority and precedent, tho Legislature and tho
courts have declared that such corporations
nay y ns11,, assama tn's Isofogatvo or faghs, uIon
t'.}o @ 1ro uoo oL quasa
aro nublio uacs. On te ohur hand, tlo courte Lave
declared that s,lch corporations ~ aro priyao
corporations. They have held thcm to 10 prl-
vate corporations in respect to tlotr contracts
with tho State iavioAho by It; again, In respect to
INC M u G.E olcep1 upo tao
rs raanot o IT. c'n e a',ah
exempt e roaae eagass hs LIS
| transportation 1t passengora und froight. II
follows. then, taat railro4d corporation y both
public end private. paeu9 ana clothed With and
po sc Xxx ~ u o a,nso IT. M ses aa