, 1873-08-12

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Tho Clinton Qown) Herald which ia a1so
Postmaster. Indignantly epnrns tho lion tl1ai
uraut will continue to koop tho prcsIdoutiaI
oHloo intor1nlnably, and sayss
ophstesy sy On tno s1 po viii b found a Il IL S
sparn tho iea Jorna1s m sect . to roat 1T tue tnat
impress!on that It Ia MI organization willing to toseF
Col. Robert Tyler, SON Of tho. former presl~
eertiser. puts:this prediction n typo: IN losa
than four years tho probabilities that UlysBos
R E14ana Grant will walk to tho aoa1old Or mount
Tho Pittsburgh Epen;no 7e,eorapn. edited
by President Grants District -Attornoy tor tho
Western District Of pennsylvania, Shows pluck,
coma oat :. snd dstond tho ffoaidoat'e aeStion "a
pay Of Government oilicials-Iiasburqh Post.
.,-Whilo convontions Of all parties In tho
Northorn States haYo almost uniformly lonouno,
90 3,i iae salarygreo tho carGot-bag statoH hava
dorBed the swfndlo. This is not eurnriBinps Tht
characters recolvod Into Congress as ronrescnta.
tives from that section, arc tic more scum and
foIasg a o. society, to whom m honest aat would
| wonder With them is not that their assooiatoa
took 90 much, but that they wero contont vith
@ losa thsn T. IT tho entire contents Of tho Tronaury,
Enea eot 10y aa ao,npE 70 10 but to say
Congressman Plat, whoao autograph on tho
| yc'low Wrappers Of political documonts Ina
blockadod every newspaper Office In tho country
down to IL tho death Of the franking privilege.
Convention tho othor day, whero lo appeared as
an humble follower Of Bon Butler and Hiatt Car
pointer Ia dofenso Of tho sa!ary-grab. Mr. platt.
NO nov know, y Ver1nontef 6y birth, hut he
groae, served his constituoncy, BY acting a.
Frankmaeter-G General to the Washington poll
ticianH: Ho drew Ids back-pay. however, aud It
was this that brought him to tho front In tho
mark that ho "voted Hi1 tmcs for the stoa1, and
thon took the money Of conrso." Under tho
sano oircumatances he would do 30 again. In-
| gonuous, exalted Platt!- Cleveland Leader.
road out the ,bacbl-salary congreasmon:: Through
this means tho Domocracy at Ohio will lose tho
stump services, this year, Of Lewis D. Camp.
boll, Oumborland Gap Morgan, philadelph Van
ard ozro J. Dodds.-Dayton (0.) journal.
We11, these citizens can Ro fishing this cam,
psign with Aaron r. Perry, Job e. Stevenson
John 4. Smith, Samuel shellabargerr, John Boat
5cha 4. Binsham, and jacob A. Amber, "i?R Ill Ro:
publican membors Of Congress from Ohio, who
pooketed tho "grab."--ozeueland Plaindea'cr.
Tho salary Of Stephen 4. Hurlbut, .congroBa'
%an-eloot from this district, from tho 4th o
6alary blll, was SO, 1876, Although ho has notye
entered upon tho discharge Of his duties, ths
money is paid him ovory month at the ratio o:
1926 per month. Is thero another man in tha
district who uakos as much by constant labor
-Aurora (IA) Herald
Tho Belloville Democrat publishes a long edi.
tor1al donounclng. Congressman who arc taking
forward pay. Quito right; but will the Demo-
VIM. r. Morrison draws his a625 q month regt1-
larly; and II SO, whether no will refund it in caaa
tho law Is repealed 7-Beaeuile (lA.) Adrocate.
1t is . BIG blot upon the history Of tho time,
this whole congressiona! salary business is, and
tho worst Of It ia that it don't ond with Congress.
succeBsfu grand larceny provokes numbor1eBa
attempts at petty larceny, and up and down tho
1and, in hundreds Of counties, thiovsh officials
will 1ovy their wrongful contributions upon the
public troasury, aud, when calcd to account, will
set up tho dofenBo that greater knayory than
theirs has boen practicoa and boen unpuniRhod.
ha % psaaa r%sSS they T sas
punished. Nothing is plainor than that ten tinea
the amount Of stealing involved in this Congress.
stonal salary bill will be dono In minor official
positions and because OF it, II something is moi
done to show that Bnch gigantic fraud cannot be
perpetratod with perfect impunity- -1e,1e Hauit
--Aleu who hitherto bayo been operating WITH
the different political organizations. cngagne
With all tho earnostneas and bitterness ensen.
derod by party differences. have buried the
hatchet, and arc ready and willing to denounce
wrong-doing and wrong-doers wherever found.
THIS, take 1t, ig ominous Of good. :. 1t ia
law Of nature that the stream cannot be pures
nor rise higher than It's fountain; then we Pa-
irons arc charged with the momentous work Of
purifying tho fountain--even the people them
selves they may be made to SEQ that the
man who Legislators the peoples money into his
own pocket, or botrays public trust in any way
whatsoever, iB worse criminal than ho whc
ateaB horse or robs banls-A Kansas Patron
--Experionce demonstrates daily tho fact tha.
misfortuues befall tho country when incompo-
tent men arc elected to Office. Our own country
at the present time gives unrnistakab1e proof Of
this great fact, aud all over the nation the poo
ple arc suffering from either the dishonesty Of
, stances from both. :. Wo must hayo reform
The country cannot stand this ceasoleHs drair
} upon it's resources. There must be sono kind Of
, correspondence between tho income and the ex
penditures Of the country, or bankruptcy viii
onsuo. Rotronchment in personal and public OK.
/ penditures must bo the watchword.- d.-0ska!oosG
| (Ran.) Independent.
The fact is, this movement Of the farnert
| started without tho aid OF any politician or news
paper. but, as the grasB springs up all over the
, land in the spring Of the year, so this farmers
movement was tile spontaneous outgrowth Q!
existing conditions, springing into existence il
all parts Of tho West, as naturally and neceasa
lily ss the growth Of vegetation in spring time
Wherever tho sanlo CAUSES exist, thore. from ths
necessles OF tho people, has arisen this farmora
: movement, aud there, without leadership or por
manent organization, 1t is struggling against th'
! power OF aggregated capital combined with tL
evil Influences Of party ringa aud political doma
. goguoB.-Aurora (IH.) Herald.
, Tho reform movement Goos bravo1y on; ant
tho dsinclinAtiou OF tho farmers. and those Wllt
sympathize with them in tho war aganst mouop
0 oles, to be drawn into Or indorae auy party, OF
to be ridden by any set OF politicians: arges vol
pSess pre- 1 wahos up, rubs its eyes, and hogins E
comprehend tic aituation.-EarloiNc (W.
, | Transcript
The peoples cause In this county IL steadil.
d increasing in numbers. It has not grown Ike
!, toep convictions that the time has come whe1
!, something to break up old party ties must b.
i done. It Ia not Democratic move, OF a Ropnb
0 | lican move, but OF all WHO will take part. NJ