, 1873-01-13

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NOTES AND OPINION.
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| Inc Republicans OF Now Hampshire, ut Con
| cofa, tomorrow, WILL nominate Governor Ezekiel
! 4. straw, OF Manchester, Tor reelection, and
! viii make their Congressional nominations On
wednesday, anu complete toe1r local tickets tnls
! week. Ihe democrats haSe already nominated
e1-GoTernor James a. Weston, o1 Manchester;
and tho Temperance people have nominated the
! Rev. John Blackner, OF Sandwich. These wero
all candidates in the election last March, when
the vote was: Straw, 1881: Weston, 36,6s5; Z;
Blackmer, 478; Cooper q Qabor~Reform), 54o
What the Labor-Reformers will do is not, as Jet,
indicated Their coalition with the Democrats
! in 1871 made Weston the Governor that year.
The Democrats Will renominate Congressman
Hibbard, Bell, and Parker, who we're elected in
1871; and the Republicans most named are:
First Distr:ct-samue1 II. Wheeler, OF Dover;
William B. Small, OF Newmarket. second-Aus-
tin F. Pike, Of Franklin Third--simoa. G.
Griffin, OF Keene; Levi ". Barton, OF Newport; !;
Fl. w. Blair, OF Plymouth Mcssrs. Small and
Griffin we're the unsuccessful candidates in 1871.
Tho Kentucky Legislature will most likely
confirm tho Governors appointment Of Willis g.
Machcn to occupy the late Garrett Davis seat in
the Senate until March 8, although other per-
cons are named az not unwilling to accept tho
brief honor.
-Gaaena wants Congress- to vote $4,000 for
the Improvement Of Fever River; and Dubuque
Wauts Congress to bald for it great free
bridge across tue Mississippi.'
Congress, at tie instance Of old Pom, :"
voted 100000 to reimburse people OF Kansas
for service during the Price raid OF 1864; but it
Seems that the Treasurer Of Kansas had issued
scrip of the same kind for service nthat raid.
md for other service, including the Indian ex-
pedition under Curtis, and that the $500, 900 has
been paid ont lndiscriminately to trst-comers.
Now the Price raiders, many Of whom we're: un-
serred in fhe d,stribntion- c1a,nor for another
s,ono an una - ~ d., :, a.-a :,
Soto,oou. anu sOld tom. says, he 1s IT,
aIected t}1av shalI have it.
.,,
Several OF the opposition memee1s IN feeble
minority Of tho Now York Legislature, foun-
dered into tho Conkling CAUCUS, and took the
oath Of allegiance.
The Pogtmasters, editors, and party leaders
in Iowa, have notably changed their tone on the
Rankin defalcation, and no longer wear the bold
front of IS What are you going to do about it 7'
ngoma of the organs faa The Rur1inoton Hn,ck
a....-a 4t.I p~n;.;. .h.1, 80 L. ,s.~
Eye) demand thas RANKIN sha4 receive the pen
atty of tho law, both fine and imprisoument,
Others ara growing bo1der in criticism of Coy
ernor Carpenter, Tho, by failing to arrest the
Traasurer. eaTa him time to tTansfar the defal-.
cation from the State Treasury, secured BY
official bond. to the Agricultural Collero Fund
unsecured. And now, inquiry into tho worth
Of the property turned over by Rankin to tho
fund he had defrauded, develops that 'it will
never: yield. one cent" There is evidently =
grind awakening Of the people Of Iowa to tho
fact that the State Treasury Ia now, BY means Of
wasteful expenditure, $500, GOO in default that
State warrants are protested in bank and that
q debt OF sozae millions is in prospect, ~ the
work OF - x,
The DesMotnea State House lobby;
4h he AnamGsa As si.on 6hr
TIC 5it. Pleasant Insane Hospital lobby:
The rinlon Blind ais, T. Asyl1m Ix re LOBBY ,.,,. !
The Independence ] Insane Asylum lobby; ~
The Eldor. Reform School lobby;
4he ;l iowa Gny t'1a1 Xyo9anS i9ous ,.,,
aiod nd eo Az nr tbrce 0snhan Assnm MIDI fGhMe.
The Iowa Caty 1Eep1otacan eodted BY Post-
master Brainerd speaking OF "The Empty
Treasury" says: ,,. -.
How has this trouble End Disgrace come upon u Z
Simply because majority Of our legislators have been
incompetent for their work. They have been unable
to calculate u the resources .. tne ss ana navs Is.
o,tare, nTo ths bndin5 n naT Canit1, uhict viii
cost At ,e,et tvo niIlons of oliara II comnleted
Ind far which. in such maanitude' We have no mora
11se tan for ona Of the nTra1nfds ~ Ernt Hnon en-
terinc npon Ills onster lob. they ha tbe coof trnn
dancs 70 aoga int f shonid fnove the tsta IN no
eItra tsxstion moro foolIsh Ind cnntemnihla res
outon wss never passed md ye: We sro sssured that
~ T. enough votea xree nerad r. rsrv tha 1neaanre
Bas wo arsin for the two million Capitol
The "najority Of onr Legislature, - declared
as above g incompetent, J" is composed Of 12o Re-
pub1icans against 80 Democrats
The Waterford Qawa) Courier, edited BY H.
G. Woodruff, who came near being the Repubii-
ran no1ninaa for Congress- II, tf,a Ranner Renuh-
49,
Acan DISTRICT declares thas the Anamosa Pen1-
teutiary lob ia full of rottenness, and: that