, 1873-07-08
NOTES AND OPINION.

Tho Grange Movement is gaining headWay In
the South. In Mississippi to the 18th OF June,
lao Oranges had boon organized. Richmond
papers speak Of the spread Of tho organization
In Virginia, and tho Richmond IYhtg saya:
That which evidoatly lies Ut tho bottom and Is
destined to ssaS up ~ no res + the g5est and
tween tho money and tho producing interest.
:. -. Whom We consider the difficulty Of combtn-
ing such scattered forces however they may
b. tho concentration Of .hoir adycrsnres We
fesB to be not sangnno Of tho result. But tho
enthusiasm and confident tone at tho West, whore
everybody Rocms to bs 1nfect0d vol calculated TO
inspire hope.
In California tho railroad managers control
both the old party organizations, and indopen-
deut reform tickets arc boing nominated in
every county, for the Legislature to ba elected
in September. Tho call signed by 275 citizons
Of Yuba County, for convention at Marysville,
set forth that
The present important issues In our Btate aud
ional politics roqre the united efforts OF all good cit
1zens to bring about reforms that much desired.
The psescnt hg ta1es, tho oppressive freight and pas
Benger tariffs on or railroads, tho e1ravagance and
onopolie, on tho riehts Of tne peope, to disregard
o peaRes md aho &C., " our
regard to party, should unto in effort to bring
about reform In all these abuses
There Is leak in tho County Treasury at
DesAloines. Iowa, and $4,000 hnyo ruin out.
Tho County Treasurer ia also tho Republican
candidate for recollection, but there Is run'or
TINT he will DO withdrawn 1.-The Republican
State Convention at DeaMoines Juno rs, said:
RESOLVED, That we belevo that whcnevor person
9nf b say 81 Sxsa so b
victed and punished under tho crlulinA laws Of the
land: III addition to tue recovery from him or his
bondBmen of tho amount 80 embezzled.
Congressman Durchard waa tho orator at
D,,o1 n vic tbn vi nnf& In
banner Of Stockton Grange No. 81, planted con-
spiououBly behind tho stand, bore this inaorip-
tion: "Grangors will seud men to CongroBa
who will not yoto thomsolves $4,000 back pay, y
Tho correspondent of tho Galeua Gazette Says:
The different dranges came in processlon-somc
with banners, and nu In regalia. Some Of thuiE
1nottooa were determinelly significant. These
army ot soldiers evor won't Into ths aght WITH more
fixed resolve to win or die, than do tho arangera Of Jo
they hayo set out.
Tho Charlotte (N. o. Observer, apeaking OF
Security [aatlway] Company, aays:
Ono thing Ia certain. shs people, tho merchants.
hsxs @hS u
nopolista. And my QUO will prophetic eye car
foreseo very cearly that the time s coming when tue
people will demand aueh protection: aud when tho
Law VIII say to these railroad companies, THUS far
| shalt thou Bo aud no farther"
Tho farmers OF WlBt Ieune8Soa mot yeater-
| day, July 4, in convention at Humboldt. aud or
ga1iizod ns promptly as men usually do who have
| business to transact aud ara pressed for timc.
| The resolutions show that the farmers under
| stand tho power and scope of the Oranges quite
| Us VOL az their brethren Of the Northwest, ane
nro quite as determined to make Il right uao o
them The homonopolios arc to feoi tho weight Of tim
powor first and no doubt tho next Legislature O
| TonnauBeo will ho elected on platform in wlicl
the essential plank will bc roof for tho planter
| The farmers have at last hit upon feasible pla1
OF roliof, They llRvo only to keep 1t out Of til,
hands Of tho hungry politicians and they vii
succeed. Thoira ~ tho paramount intoroHt II
tho State, and 1t should receive tho conBileratfo,
| due itA Importance and their numbers. Let then
soc to 1t that they mako no ontangling alliances
aud thoy can control the Btate.-Ale1nphts DIP
peal.
For ton yoara there has bean general dis
position to turn aside froul lie public good to-
ward private interests on tho pnrt Of loBalator
-oxtrayaEauco In public expenditures. oorruI''
ton in elections, malfeaBalloe In office, part,
llato and caluniny more Or leHs but, upon th
whole, the patriotic Hentlmont Of taie ednntr1
III becoming healthful, aud political action /
tending more tllan formerly toward tho tru
euds of tito Htate.-lfenphts Auatd'lche.
Tho wall Of ''hard timos' and "tlghi
money market" Ia prevalent from Ma!no t
TexAs. WMlo there may be an excesh Of til
complaint in tho Impoverished South, 1t i8 by n
meana confined to- that aoction.'.
1t must be confessed tho outlook iB not pronale
ing at tho South, and tho proBpect OF q reaotto
At al carly day il not as hopeful ns We eoul
wish. But nhat will be tho consequences
things do not iluproye3 Are we to AhYo : ger