, 1873-05-07
NOTES AND OPINION.

should DO ION the above nvorago) not loss than
e1oa,774.s0. Tho total atoal was 81, 10000.
According to tho 1ate Hon. Samuel Sholla-
bargor's view Of tho matter, twonty-sevon (and
possibly forty) Of hia comrades have cast upon
him tho odium Of being thief"
Tho Davenport Gazette, Bpeaklng Of our
judicial elections in Juno, Hnyn:
That 1osre should DO fclt under tho present cir
cumstnncce to know whether tho Bynpaties of an In.
coming Judge tho ailo Of corporations or OF tho
70 90. An honest judge is expected fcaressy % do.
clare tho law, aud my attempt to tIe his tans, on
ton, is calculated bring him into contonpt and to
d!shonor hs supporters.
Tho party managers In Minnesota aro bogin-
ming to talk about now State Treaauror
whether ho shall bo Of tllo native or foreign oo-
mont Norwegian, Scandinavian, Gor1nan, or
Irish. Wo hope it will occur to thom (aince tho
laat two inct1nbcnts proved to be dofaultcra)
that ono oloment in tho stato has not had fair
show. Is it necessary to natno it?
Con. Ayerill, tho st. Paul member, s out In
dofenHo Of his vote for, and acceptance Of, Con-
gressionnl back-pay, In what the organ calls :" q
plucky letter." a frank, straightforward, md
manly statement Of tho why's and whercforos."
Most Of nil, Con. AyoriIl wants to know
Why few Senators and momborB should bo tho
pay for servces performed III tho Forty-sccond Con-
gresg Whfle they arc are"y drawing the increase for
QUO inatancc. 1t cannot bs right III anothor.
Good for tho General. Lot all these Chaps bo
smoked out nov, and hunted down before tho
people in tho next elections.
Tho st. Louis Democrat prints tho Illinois
Railroad law, and says:
It would be too much to expect perfection from tho
first Or tho secund attempt to egslae matter Of
this kind Tie interests Involved directly antngon-
lied to each other tho popuar welfare being tho
sldc aud tho ayarlce Of rich corporations tho
single legislative net tc work Of quarter Of century
Of Legislative corruption. Tho railroads havo onoyed
since their construction, tho unlimited right o1tor-
have exercised this right pretty freely. They huvo
done other corporations havo done, aud inttvi.u
ala have done aud nre constantly doing-gono to the
a1trcme limit of eelflshness and tyranny.
In our Wow, tho emergency is now upon tho
railroad managers and nl,lst bo met. To say to
tho farmers, - Get D. home market" is only to
basis of wealth ut tho Wost, which Of nocossity
must bo derived from agriculture, thoro will not
bo largo anount Of money spont In developing
manufactures. We Any, thon, to the railroads of
mighty capacities, will in turn holp you.-Pats-
0urgh (Pa.) Gazetfe.
How, in tito namo of common sonse, can tho
farmer, or any ono else, rotross a political
grievance otherwise than through political
| may sell III common, aud moot and discuss tho
just discrimination against them till dooms-
day, but, without political concert Of action, tho
crying oxtortion Of railways, aud tho damning
frauds softened by the name Of Protection, can
never be adiuBtod.- Cherokee (Io,ca) Times.
We SEQ nut ono way out, and that is to move
| upon tho enemy in q mass mot al Republicans
| or Democrats, but al honest mon who aro ut
tacking corruption. n.-Cfar1nda (lo,oa) Democrat.
-Underncnth tho farmers movement there is
| enough Of solid foundation to induce somo Of
the ablcst political thinkors Of tho day to regard
it aB destined to slapo tho Hocial, industrial and
| political life Of tho nation i'll tho near futnro.-
| Hartford (N) Courant.
| Tho signs nrn that = for decade at least the
farming class will be dletators; and they would
| have boon long ago but for . lack Of confidence
to lead. Tho Tennessee Aduoca!e strheB Tho
praeticca in public labors, have too long CLING to
tile idea that, failng in this regard, thoy lacked
tile essential qualitios FOR tho leadership Vcks-
burg (Afiss) Herald.
More than year must elapao before any
nominations will bo made with reference to
| National issuoB, aud :he whole time is nono too
long too Boc,tre that fullncsB aud freedom Of dis
oussion which is absolutely necessary. It is
Issue botwoen Protection and FREQ Trade will 1o
| tho predominant one either in 1874 or 1876 but
ieyon IT it were morally certain that it would be-
| t is entirely too carly to draw the lines, Tho
| enmo NAV DO aaid of tho oyostiona
| which ero agitating tho pooplo OF Illi-
nois and othor Wostorn States. It Ia not i'm
possible that Bomo or all Of thom may risot to tho
dignity OF National isauos and enter into tic
next Presidential contest; but, until It is time
to decide definitely and finally upon what issues
that contest sha!l bo fought, it is worse than
| folly to check discussion aud progroBg by at-
ton;ptin9 to bind tho Opposition, Tho tic Of a
common aud growing listiruat Of tho Aiiminis-
| tratiou, aud D common determination to insist
upon reform in tho public service, aud roturn
to honesty and ecouomy, iB quito strong enough
to cop it's ranks as cI5aoly United ID Il is coll-
eIstont with Freedom, until tic uoar approach OF
conflict shall call for a more porfect organiza-
-Onn Of tho most encouraging sicuB Of tbe
limos in tho nna,,imity Of the uress and tie mo-
nlo nf ali sla1og OF DoIitica tnourLt on tho aub-
foet Of Il Tie aalary-grab. ~Ooucord IN H1 Mon-
itor,
tton salary IL still rocoiving great doal OF It,
tontion. II ID 80 g!aring, 10 outrageous, TINT
tho poople will not forgot it,-Iiid;auapolis