, 1873-03-03
NOTES AND OPINION,

n ca'tcna Of Tho omlnnnt party was hold 1aat ovtr.
nliy " MT whether tho Treasurer Ind bc
o. ine rotica party to which fo b.ougs dc1np, q
smn srn 10 ooia Gne & Il wan decided TINT mild voo Of 81,
s1pfa tg w ~ o s Of II. onea o
ars ps st ns a oSy s1y ssssufss r. s st. q ohs
ordored by tho Caucus. '''' '''"' '''H morning. IL
Tho Wisconsin annual town-1aootiuu will q
hold on tito first Tuea{1ay of April, whom will a
olectel Justice Of tho Supreme Court for + n
1ull TORN OF years. uicc Orsamus Colo, vi O
VIII prooably DO tho only canliaato; and a Chi.
Justice in plaeo Of Luther 8. Dixon, whose tom
onds In 1876, II TINT gentloman shall resign, "a
~ Is reported lo will. County Jugoa aro also 10
DO elected throughout tho State.
lilo Nhodo Island Republican Convention
aoets IN Providenco, March 10, and new nnmte
iof Governor are talked Of by the dozon, E1ec-
ton, April 2.
-hontuoky olccts, Aug. 4. State Troasurfr
aud Legislature. The Democratic Uonyontifn
la called to meot ct Frankfort, May H.
AT q special election In Louisville, Ky,, ard
eomo adjoining counttos, Saturday, I. L. HYATT
was elected to- tho State Bonate ufce Standfon,.
who goes to Congress; Horato ". Bruce, OHM
COLOR, o1ce Cochran, deceased; and William T..
Jackson, Circuit Judge, uice Bruce, promoted.
Bruce ind Jackson hayo boon temporarily flllipR
their respective Offices son,o weeks, by appoin,.
ment..
Tho Democratic membcre of tho West yir-
ginia Legislature have adopted roaoluttons tr
"hoal the breach" cauHed by tho election. last
august, Of Governor jacob, by aid of Ropublf-
can votes, over tho regular Democratic nominee.
In tho United statos Senate to meet to.
morrow, tho Lousiana contestants will DO Gen.
". L. MoA1i1len, elected by tho MoEnery LogiR-
laturo, and P. B. s. Pinohbaok (colored), olocted
by tho Kellogg Legislature. Moh1illon has been
tho contestant of John Ray (Kollogg), for the
unexpirod torn ending with this Congress-. Ho
is q brothor-in.law Of OK Gov. Donnison, Of
Ohio, and Republican, but not Of tho Kollogg-
Durell atripe.
Tho Albany Argus calls attention to tho fact
that, of tho Poland Committee, four Of tho f1yo
members voted, in 1869, to prevent judicial
INQUIRY into tho Credit Mobi1ior iniquity. Tho
Argus Bays:
Congress could have 20 acted I'm 1861 to prevent
Fisk from Illegally gobbling up tho roa and yet havo
ons @ ~ n0H0u9
ehose also TO- ude inquiry And tho
poso am Maa In tho eyo inter
briboAkere, with tie cooperation and support of a
rncm:bers Of tho poland Committee.
Tho Constitutional Convention at Albany, N,
X, "a merely advisory body Of the Legtsiaturo).
hna voted to recommend division Of the Staie
into nino Senatorial districts, tho CITY Of New
York to DO double district. Undor tue Conati-
tuition which was superseded in 1886, thoro woro
eight Senatorial districts.
Tho Providence Journal, Senator Anthony'a
paper, Bays Of the prosont situation.
Tho developments Of the past few weeks not on'y.
With respect 70 orcd!t n1obor transactions, but afo
With Eesncct to tho election Of several Senators Of ho
United Btatos arc httcd to create universal nlnrtn
Thoy tend to destroy oil faith in tho legislators Of ,o
country, result Which makes al lava contemptibls
Tho action Of the United statos Senate in
setting aside the Caldwell caao In order to con-
sidor the Agricultural College land-grabbine
bill, fR characteristic: Corruption is permitted
to go unpunished, while robbery proceeds apace-
time iB short.-Albany argus.
Public opinion has condemned PomoroY,.
Caldwell, Harlan, Patterson, aud Jonoss but tho
Senate will not condemn them. It daro not
move. Too many Senators are conscious Of
their own guilt to 1noyo hand or say wortl.---
Cincinnati Gazette.
Tho result Of ovory day's proceedings ut
Washington demonstrates that the corruption
by no moans confined to thoao implicated In the
Credit Mobilier aud other scandals Indeed, il
ia greatly to be foarod that q majority Of both
branches arc prepared oponly and boldly to dis
Whenever their own personal aggrandizenent ennti Is
to be propoted.--c Concord (N. ~ Monitor 3D.
II tic Senate choose to stultify itself and
inault M the People by retaining Caldwell. It can
dianapolis Journal (Admin1stration.)
Tho Rey. Robert laird Collier, Of Chicago.
recently denounced tho Credit hIoblier thioVea
in Oongrosa in very effective terms, particularly
pretensons to pioty. Those Bopublioan journals
who were so brazen and ahamolesH as to defend
the conduct Of the hypocritioal thieves, called
Mr. Collier tho '.Bogus Col'yer," as il the other,
81 T~1q iz1u r
e1presa similar viows, lilo Wayne .a Genocratio a
Press states that, whom the other h1r. Oollyor
was in Lyons. recently. ho denounced Colfax
and Patterson In terms similar to thoso used by
1t does make us miserable to think how
Christian atateB1nanship has gone by tho board.
We never loved Colfar, but wo thought him all
sinaploness and grace. We dospised Pomoroy
as ea II rSfsRssaa Sss sd ds ksz ae e. ss
miracles Of virtue, probity, and diligence Which
eyes Of million Of children Credit Mobilier
comea numbering along, and, preatol the scene
is as Artomua Wards friend said Of his ruined
household, a loved vito and air doting babes
burned to death, mud uninsured, -" simply too
ridiculous." ."Louisuille C0urier-Journal.
- NIr. Buffers line in defending Amos is, that
there is no precedent for tue House taking cog
nizanco of tue particular ofrouses Of which Amea
ia accused THIS argument will make no i'm
preston upon tho mfnds OF the poop]o. II there
is no precedent for puuiahing q momber Of Con-
gross who has beon guilty Of bribery, it is high
time that ono should DO made. OAkes Amea
acknowledges that he wishod to place tho Crolit
Mohilior atoclk III quarters whero "lt would ba
useful" and for tho purpose Of "making
friondH." There cannot be doubt as to his
motiyos, oven taking his own yerelon Of 1t. II.
Congress refuses to punish him, 1t will merely
have succeeded in sharing his disgrace.-Neso
York Times.
--Thoro is no spot in the United States whero
tho old-fashioned political parties are moro dis
tnotly dead than In Hamilton County. Party
lineB have heon almost oblitoratod. Tho old
party machinery is preserved In running oondi-
tion by tho perHons who got their living out Of
politics, md tho people aFo invited to answer to
the old calls aud orios. Perhaps shoy will II they
hayo nothing bottor to Do Meantime the "Lib-
erals II represent tho popular protest against.
partisan idlocy-they hare roal strength as pro-
testants againat tho popery Of parties, and Il is
not unlikely that they may oxort decisive influ-
f}erci1{,