The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-04-05

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The weatl(E il. a3aia modeJ te,
and to-day after cold rain the wealth
'er 10 fair. It is now hoped that The
long looked for Sprin has indeed
set in. The past two winters have
beeh exceptional with us, and the
Spring on aceoun. of tae deep
SHOWS of the North which remain
late has made us rather backward
in an kinds Of farm work.
A. convention of railroad ticket
agents ives held in the city during
The present week to manage rates Of
travel for their respective lines,
each line TO be bound by. the decis.
ion Of the convention. If the roads
in this matter were actuated solely
by . desire to secure the public ben
eft the work, of the convention
would be very easy, and they could
soon establish system of through
tickets that would not only be d
immense benefit to the. travelling
community, but also of enhanced
profit to the lines themselves. But
local and selfish interests largely
predominant ct such official gather
ings, .ot - na. 4ssl.
The order Of Patrons Of Husban
dry has its headquarters in Wash
ington- The National Grange meets
here and is presided over by VIM.
Sanders, Superintendent of the gar
den of the Department of Agricul
ture. Mr.. Sanders is q thorough
and progressive agriculturahst--
Mr. o. III. Kelley, the Secretary il
q man Of tlntiring energy and great
aptitude for business. This great
movement continuesto make STEADY
progress It promises soon to take
ahand" in public affairs which viii
astonish the nonopolists. It is M
derstood that the order is commit
ted TO- alllthe great reforms in, I'D
ministration which have been iagi.
tAted, and chat it Will glapple il
deadly struggle with The, railroad
monopoly~oas ~ al .bae"sss
notwithstanding the past session
has been a short one there has beer
great efforts made in the direction
Of q general reform in eli the de
.partments of'industry. The.post
telegraph bill reducing telegraph
tates to about one third Of its pres
emit cost was acted on by the Sen
ate Post Office Committee, and IA
vorably reported, and only for tn,
want Of time, failed to receive tn
consideration Of Congress. Soo1
after Congress convened there wa
considerable connection in relation
ITO life insurance companies. TIL
/ Mutual Life of New York, havin,
through economy Of management
reduced it's premiums several com
+ panies throughout the country Al
rayed against them. These com
| ,panies were apprehensiye that .
soon as the New York Mutual Tx
ing the leading company reduce
its rates, they themselves woul
Have to do likewise, and that the
expenses compared with their II
ceipts being SO much greater, thei
existence would be short Il Is {
be remembered that the New Yor
Mutual Life's expenses for conduct
ing it's business is only 1928 pc
cent. on its receipts, and by far th
least, according to the report of sh
'Mnss. Insurance Commissioner, {
sixty four companies doing bushes
| In that State.
The hate visit of Governor He,
bricks to the National Capital wa
significant Of the fact that the Den
ocratic party will esoon, asa sep,
rate political organization, pass on
of existence. Yet the mass of th
rank and file Of that party, as ye
'can't see it." They are still 9th
opinion that the dog should wa
the tail, and not the tail wag th
dog. They can hardly see how IL
small reinforcement they receive
from the liberal republicans, a rel,
Y forcement which drove a still large
element into voting for o. Como
in the late Presidential canvas
should shape the destiny Of . gre.
historic party in politics. a As suc
the old liners will continue to han
i together with the vain hope Of N
cawber that something will turn q
1 The resignation of Senator Cal
| well Of Kansas is q fair confessi6
Of the charge against him, az