New-York tribune., 1873-03-04
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Toledo Blade gives currency 10 q rumOr
that the constituents Of Congressman Lamson, IN the
Vth Ohio District propose ask him 70 because
he voted for Gen. ButIers Salary Dill
The Louisville COurier-JOurnGt, commenting
upon the fact that New Yorkers rapid transit
- II they will hitch tile CustOm-honse officials aud the
members OF the late Tammany Ring TO train 0f at
OF the and tell them there Is something TO
steal at the other they will have about as rapid transit
as they can possibly want
There was no mystery after all ia MIR. ID.
W. Bartletts evidence about Harans fasthOw
ing The weeping did NOT take place over the
checks. VIXEN presented by Dir. Durant, but at Later
date when Ames and Alley found them the assets
Of the Union Pacific Railroad. duly ndorsed by the Sen
ator and this sin IN the light Of his countcu
natural and drmaS and M BaTiletts expianation of
It clear and straightforward as he always is.
Denouncing the action of Congress in the
Credit Mobilier matter az "shortghted and illogical .
The NetcH1vsn Journal and Courier says: We anJci-
pate that this business will not be suffered TO rest where
is When Congress assemblies next Winter or In the
SUMNER extra session shall be found necessary, as
now probable the demand for more Investigations
will be renewed vigorously than ever and Butler
Co. will ind that, instead OF siencing the newspapers.
they have but aroused such popular ndgnat0n - can
only be appeased oy thOrOuHh eNposure oi a 'Iat ~
dark ana nOsome In recent Congressional history"
Prompted by cOmmendable desire to help
its keep pace with the rapid progress OF po-
lite learning The Cincinnati Enquirer gives these as the
latest substitutions for an ancient Saxon word now
rapidy becoming obsolete "' Erroneous impression Is
one Of the latest it, That is what Senator Will
son. VcePresident elect caused TO be sent, 10
NewYork concerning his connection with the Credit
Mobilier swndle. When Moses received the DeeaOgue
from ont Of the cloud and the fire ana the thick darkness
the Mount that Mt the name given TO 10 when
Horace Greeley alive eyen different name char
acterIzed such sttsements: COntFauictOry reILDh is
one the for it. This term was invented FOR the
| uf Pat d
II ia the opinion of The Cincinnati GG-ette
that the Senate Committee swallowed camel and
strained at a gnat when it recommended the expulsion
OF Senator Patterson and whewashed Senator Harlan,
who had taken $4,000 from the Pacific Railroad Com
pany to use 20 his election TO the Senate while
he was Secretary OF the Interior It then gives the
following heartess verdict upon the latter Senator's
guilt: AS Secretary, he position 20 use favor
itism toward the Company As Senator, this sum was
calculated destroy his independence and integrity
The Committee slides this act, "a It related 70 the
Secretary. Perhaps t right for the Senate not %
claim Jurisdiction OF malfeasanoe by secre-
tary, alter his had Expired. But the money was
given and taken 70 corrupt the election OF senator ana
this s a within the jurisdiction OF the Senate
The Springfield Republican derives much con-
ISOLATION from the fact that the Credit Mebilier dis
closures have aroused the natiOnal conscience" from
the torpid ami inactive" state which It was In last
Summer Now that public opinion has been aroused
mainly by the fidelity OF few newspapers, t thinks 1t
matters little "whether the punishment meted ont to
this OF that individual offender be adequate or not the
ofense itself has been brought 20 Judgment. In these
investigations these findings. the Poland report. the
Morrill, report the Wilson report the censures inflicted
by the House. the changed tone OF leading Republican
statesmen and journals, we hear the voice or public
opinion passing sentence upon the crimes and taking
care TO prevent any repetition Of them in the future.
The condemnation and the menace equally explicit,
equally unnisakable IL is not going TO be easy for the
men who have duped ana hoodwinked the people IN the
past % reinstate themselves In the public confidence and
favor 10 going % be- safe, for some time to come,
for an American politician 10 be caught At Improper
tricks or even To suspected OF them. Party loyalty
has Dretty much value a screen for private
rascity The people thinking less abOut names and
about things less about profession and more ABOUT
performance"