, 1873-07-19
NOTES AND OPINION.

Tho Attorney -Geuoral OF Iowa will DO romeu1-
bored another year in very enrnost. As II it Was
not enough to complaoently regard hole in the
State Agricultural College fund, 1nnde by Ran
kin's Observation-Disclosures" of $40 600, the Attorney
General now decides that tho common school
fund must be receptacle for any stolen money
that the thief may please to bossow upon it.
Tho St. Paul Press (which Is Postmaster)
derives this comfort from having It's slate all
'smashed In tho AIinnosota Republican Oonvon-
tion: !
It Is victory Of tho poopo tho politicians. =.
That tho popular movement agaInRt railroad nonopo
es ans ssua s J. u ehfs III poas
q significant ptuof Of the power and carnesncas Of
% u ] ss s paat instinct W no r. ess ast nsR I'd
1ag"Gy rso Of t1n politicians r., an irreS'ae ,a1
late ilself.
Tho Minneapolis Tribune (Which is organ to
William D. Washburn) says:
By means most foul and dihhonorsbIe 8Ir. Wash-
bnrn yesterday dofeated III tho Republican State
Convention as candidate for Governor. Tlo gross
and absurd fascl.ooda and caumntes Of the st. Paul
spatean a osnsenon, aa one ~oss Of the
aud most worthy Republicans Of Minnesota
suad eubesa h nssns p.
doned Tho party When they could no longer rule It, are
now doyotng their timo to tho work Of OBTAINING the
faithful aud loyal leaders who hayo maintained and
upheld OUT party organization whle 1t was being
saed by these fa1thleAs creatures who naatn
In not too much say that the nominations Of yestcr
day. cspccally TINT OF candidate for Governor WIS
dictated by tic St. Paul Dt.pa1eA aud 1Gnaua Dun
Tho St. Paul Pioneer says Of Washburns
defeat:
Our pleasure at the result is toned down and modi-
fed by the consciousness that tho political party Mr..
rhXt1d r HnIit mt tn
st Excepting lis place a ha LEAD Of he Repaslcan tick
bis devotion to tho ancient dogmas Of tha party Dom
ocrata may have personal satisfaction III Mr. Davla
triumph over tho oce-hpIug ring. hut they cauuot
elultify tholr principles by aid,ng to elect him.
Resolution adopted at PottHvillo, Pa:
WHEREAS Reports have been circulated that tho ID
bor-reforners would not nominate ticket this fall
Resolved, That wo will not abandon tho field, but
will use oyery Legitimate effort to tnau9nrate vgor-
q ne ho wsafs m an
ofour county.
Tho people nro restiye, uneasy, and nervous.
Thoro is something wrong. They feel it, and
aS9 o IT, ba G1' us snp{ " ss Fl ' II III IT, Dfsh. ess
try; and perhaps no Stato In tho
North ia suffering any worso than Iowa.
| Tie produce Which her far7nors raise cannot bo
got to marriott without giving two-thirds of it aa
DO told tint this il wrong. It is solf-eyident
| fact. Thore il n question which Is moro por-
plexng aud that il, wlat is tho cauBo Of this,
| and how is 1t to bo ren'ediod !? It il evidont. to
| just aud fair mon tint tho political party undos
| which those OWLS hayo grown cannot reform
| tholn. TheRo errors arc part OF its policy and
| q part Of its corrupt practicos, by which It ro:
tains It's power, no that nothing can bo expected
must must work 1 the briisgion {io'sD Ca
Tho cry Of railroal patriots is, "Hold still.
| good public, and lot lib mako fow more mill
Ions out of you, aud thon wo will lot you. Co."
| tlnd out what it Is that AAs been hurting theni.
nll tloy are becoming reBttye, and doubt tho
policy ot holding still any longer. Won't
some politician DO gooa-natu1oa. aGcommodnt- &c;
md business mon to koop. quiet aud suffor ten'-
mis- lila crosse !Ws.) Liberal Democrat.
We hays now 4y s1tored M upon tn9 n0w
iuypiyol tue power OF the pooplo to control tho
great railroad highways Of tho State aud nation,
and their right to protection from the bllghtiny
| grasp Of those nyarloioua corporations. For
yearH the railroad corporations hayo oxortetl
strong influence osor legislation, and mn',y of
| our Wsoat mud best men l,aYo felt no slnal do
o alarm at thS,r increasing ana
| porasiouH, the people wlt$iud ,noana through
| tho Government to cnt tho lions ulawa, mud
| mako lin roar aH gentle AZ a sucking doye."-
| Princeton. (IN) Republican.
Each day tho infamy Of the new tariff Of
Illinois railroads is becoming moro apparent.
The railroads aeem to lnyo determined to plaoo
.!Aan illiboral and wrong construction upon tho
law, and thus turn measure intended TO relieve
tIo people into ono to oppross thcns. !.
tic pooplo, tlon tho people will reeolleot that
ali power Ii Inherent III tiicn, and they will act:
Ordinary hogs would bo coutont with the amount
already stolen from tho people, and these rail-
1t seems remarkable that the difioultlea