, 1873-08-08

grfovaucos "'e 'so S'A'
'--t3on. Butter. tho leading Administration 1so.
publloan Of MaABachrnotta; Senator Carpontor
tho ieador Of tho san,o party IN Wisconsin. and
Congressman rintt, Of Virgintn, i,aye con,e mi
in dcfenao Of tho ,aalary-stoal. It il INV lin
turn OF Roscoe Conkling to spoak in its defonua
Having ta1ton his portion, it In tno for him to
def end luis action, or ho may foil into dstayor nt
tho White uouso.-Neto Iordc lVo''d.
In Virginia, the carpot-baggors hayo tuBtt-
fed the Bteal md stand by tho Conyress,nen
who voted for tho stoat. Virginia ia
more directly under tho influence Of WastiuR-
ton nontimont, aud it Is falr to presume that tho
Virginia nadica1a rotleot tho aontimont Of King
nn Indignation aroac among the fatmors which
threatened tho overthrow OF King Ifirams Gen-
orela, profeaaion hecanaa nocossary to retain tho
spoltH. Ihe Inconsistency il one worthy Of tho
Washington, and Our readers can Judge for
themselves Wliothor or not tho Iowa Isaslica1
plntform REFLECTS tho probable policy Of the Gov
efnment efnna1 11 tof tho coming yoar.-Des 1otnes
1.-Two Democratic CongroeHmon aud one
Ucmocratlo Senator from Virginia hayo drawn
| their baok"pay." WIN tho Conservative Con
% tha M,'9 I'M meets g nohoa this wook p
| TO those mombose who have taken tho 1aonoy. >
fow Of them, notably Mr. rlatt, noDub|ican. III
Virginia. haVo boon bold and n,auly ouourl r.
qa,ena sof sotlon and Wo evo yot to hear Of
Oritoher, Draxton, Duke d Co.. speak to thia
point: ct Richmond 7-Naionai IfepuJlicau.
Washington. D. q.
n.a TRo Rol,, Noy9da papera aro calling on congross-
baoh-saary a1vindle. lio viii l,ardly undersske Ike
tho task. It is hhrd thing to explain. and can
only bo done by admitting tue motive to 10 tho
san1o as that which prompts enc man to stop
another Oh tic highway and rob him-a desire
catiy.-Sds FTdncisco Chronicle.
are tho farmers, laborors, aud mechanics Of
tho United Statcs aware that several hundred
pafreSonz 5ohn saaf Aavo Of this
cciylng the monoy regularly, Tor doing absolutely
nothing This too, W1lilo farmers aro oar1tino
| On tue average si19 a year., aud a11 oIaagea q
ysar s''rsgns is4mss 0n 1 esss sss
OF you muat toll for nenrfy q yoar and q
| half to produce the money to pay Congressman
| Ha"loy tor doing nothing, single month. In
1ne genera pursuit a q fc when people do
nothing until December. In tic interval sG25 ID
aont to osch momber overy month, md ST. .028,.
$40 will have boon diaburaod in this. way befora
aho eeaaion beRins.-ieock Island (ln.) argus.
II tho men who take back-pay or refuse to re-.
peal forward pay aro ovor returned to Conpross by
either party in this country. thoro is IitorallY
! nothing In universal public condemnation. Nor
| ts there anything winch congressman need foar
| the people. II these raidors aro approved ly
being kept In Office, they aro practically invited
| TO eoi!ecsive!y and segerally onricIl themselves
out Of tho Public Treasury without stint or scru-
plo.-S. Joseph (lno.) Gazette.
| Tho defendants III tho Credit Mobl1icr suite
havo asked m extonson Of ti,na until Octubor,
IN which to proparo their answer. In tho moan.
time, Matt Carpenter, Bon Butlor, IIirpes'a
| Weekly, aud fow other aalalo articloa viii d.
n tn NIL, liz
tho suits, i'll tho hopo that they will bo With
drawn. The last HarPet's Wseily co,1taina a
long editorial, in which it takes strong grounla
against tho suits, aud dofonds THO mon who on
| terod into tho enterprise Of forming tho Credit
hlobifior scheme. Tho article eounds 30 much,
] like cortain portion Of Senator Carpontors
Janesvillo speech tint It iB no trouble Ut III, TO
| imagine tnat it waa writton BY that gentleman.
ornmont, In it's prosecution Of these auitH, will
| DO opposed by nll the ability at tho command Of
! several omnont loyal gontlonon who have re-
coiyea back pay, and who will during tholr op-
year Thoy may not 10 tho known attorneys
against tho Qovornnlont, to DO suro, but thoy
| will bo tho power bohina tho throne. And we
fcar TINT they will succeed in defeating tho endn
1t B an established fuct in tho beiof of all
! Eght-rnindel nlan that William III. Tweed, and
fow others associated with him, lave stolen from
the city and county treasury OF Now York, on va.
!
they wore the city government, the sum OF about
S30 000, 900. It ia alH0 notable and unexplained
| fact that not ono Of tho 1nan who SO snonstroua.
| 1y onrichod themselves at tho exponse Of thu
people. hayo ever, by any legnl proceedings boon
compelled to diagorgo . slugfo dour of this
| enormous thoft, or punished for tho act.-Mc,o
| York Epening Post.
AT oach recurring political contoHt the pro-
ca conflict with each other. until tl.ey have lost
| sight OF thoir own and tho countrya interest.
md hlve boon anxious only tAnt their OWL uarti-
sAu tnoaauros should bo successful in tho strife.
The result has boon that however zcaloualy tho
| people havo labored in these Conflicts thoy 1avo
been beaten whom apparently tho most auccesB-
| ful. Ench contest has been followed viii, All
| imposition Of increased burdens alike upon tho
viotor and tlo vanquishea; and whichever party
has accumulated tho most votos, tho same re.
| suit haa followed, nm almost total disregard Of
| tho rights Of tho great maaaea Of tho people.
]. Then wo say, march tho political
tr1ckstora to tho roar, advance tho people to tho
| front, aud Boizo tho victory Just now within
roach.---Jeberson {lVia.) Banner.
| 1t is without doubt true that tho lenders Of
The Republican party ara anxious to keep tho
Democratic organization intact, md, If necos-
sary, twill subscribe libcrally for that purpose"
entertained similar affection for tho old Wing
| party, nnd was the most sncero mournor at tho
funeral Of that grand old organization. It ia
] Hpparont, however, that tho work Of diBlntogra-
|
aud that the day il not far distant whom it will
only TO known In history with Tho Fodoraiista
and Wings Of past daya,-Euansuiho (lnd.)
JoHrnal
IT tho farmers Of Illinois and tho Northwest
will address themselves to a complete reform Of
| our Tariff lAwB-that No may lavo, in the lat-
gaage Of tho Mclean County farmers, 'a sarin
for reyonue, but mono for tho protection q
special interests "they will fina tia. insscad ot
raising corn to pay Pennsylyana iron manufac.
| turora' innsonao profits with which to corraps
Congress and curry elections, they have str,,cka at
tho Tory root Of more than half their ills; that
they have dono moro to socnro cheap transpor.
tation and consequently remuno1atiyo psicos for
! their products tlaau all tho laws for the control
Of railroads that can be passod.-Q"tney( (M1
| Herald.
1t is estimated that tho farmers Of Town
hnye saved g, ,QQ0, GOO Hinco tho beginning of tc
yoar In othor words tho Granger is rchcr an
nually by from a100 to 340o tlsal ho WAS GIG ho
adopted, aa hH guiding rulos, caHt, common sonae
| aud co-oporation. There IL = stop beyond thia
I tabiy tnlle. II tho manufacturers hayo boon
enabled to strike OF from quartor to q half On