, 1873-03-12


By Mr. QUtNN-Rogulatlng The labor Of con-
Dy Mr., MARs1E--To amend Chaptor % Of the
atat1tos OF 1916, entitled Charitable Usoa
Adjourned.
NOTES AND OPINION.
Tho articlos Of impeachment against Btato
Trnaaror socgcr, Of h1innosota, for AT Irregular
and ulognl tso Of btnto funus, all OF which
could be intelllgonty charged and described In
twenty lnes,-would I'LL half a printed page Of
The TRIBUNE. Tho trial will now proceed boforo
tho Minnesota Senate, in May, to ascertain, not
whether the Treasurer is guilty, but whether tho
indictment Is properly drawn. a point raised at
tho Outset is, that tho Senate, having, by ita own
Investigating Committee, frat brought to light
and oensured thcae irregular transactions, IL, by
that act procuded from taking further Judgment
as demanded by tho Houso.
Tho Dcs Moinoa Register, speaking of tho
gigantic scheme for land-grabblng under pre-
tenBo Of aid to Agricultural Colleges, which
failed In tho last days of tho session, says:
The I'LL thus mcnts for tho prosont with Its most
It the next session. With oven stronger vitality II pos
eibe and got more complete corps Of lobbyists when
graccd with defeat.
Tho lofalcation OF State 1reaspror Rankin,
Of Iowa, is not to bo allowed to pasn unquea-
| toned into obBcurity because Interested party
| friends would hayo it 40. Tho nlcGrogor Times
| says:
Arc tho ta1.payora to o3pend thousands Of do1lara
Sss Sa S 10 sn ss
| by such proceeding? Arc tho already burdensorne
ts.ss essened ny theresy7 = Justice Hete1 out IN
ssaurnnco tha every State Treasurer for oil time 10
come, may not use fhe pubic moneys ~ aid Rankin?
i,npunity and contempt that has characterized the
Treasurer during tho legislative session? Tleao are
temper Of tho people Of ta ercat Slate Of Iowa. thoy
will not DO slow to answer boforo another year rolls
around, In tone TINT will not bc misunderstood.
Tho Cedar Falls Qowa) Recorder says that
upon examination into tho accounts OF Eberllart,
the late Republican Olerk Of Black Hawk Coun-
" he ia found oto to bs , defaMter g to between
$1,000 and 1902 while IT. is tntmated IT. t:d, tnt sl
considerably swell the total. Tie three Repub-
| lican papers Of tho county say never . word
about tho ,dofalcation.. Tho names Of those
papers aro tho Cedar Falla Gazette, tho Waterloo
Courier, and tho Waterloo Reporter And yet,
| these are all 1c,ospapera-Du Dubuque Herald.
1t WAS rosergod for Tho Boston Advertiser to
remark that Mr.. Patterson, Of Now Hampshire,
"rotiros aftor faithful aud oxcol1ont service"
| Tho Washington correspondent Of the Utica
| Herald writos as follows about Schuyler colfax:
Thoro world Of .pathoa IN oolfa1s brief fare
Ms os apTesssa a a,i | VITO hesra lin M and nar hl
sa IL % so s H. sps Il svs4y s1 ssus. ns @ @ @
innn!te sympathy- Tho yoico and manner Of Mr..
az to his ~ hsaEess @ f9s
o 70 Which M he ~ Was aading the list finishing toneh
put tho words wars the reverse olaongS mssnt meant
about tnom to Indicate t6at 10 believes him
IL ito sys Is no ae t H. oa4
feca conscious Of entire innocence In tho occur
tas the # s to @ 10 ha M
faz las this feeling. aud can honestly cling to t. 10
as public man. Ho bears out With him record to
which o can point and say Hh among you aa, can
It bis character, and listen to who attll hns
faith in hs ycraoy, still compelled to admit TINT
the nation has been gasnos by having mr. oofa1 fora
--Nothing could moro o-atrikingly illustrate tho
peculiar confidence placed In linn by those who
knew him beat than tho spectacle Witnessed ln
Washington. III tho eyes Of tho country at
largo this man went homo in hopeless dis
grace. !. :. From ono point Of Wow this
that faith is not dead yot in this slsoptical ago.
But 1t III not liatteriug to tho understanding Of
AIr. oolfax's constituents .-1y6ato Express.
-Naat is to do tho funny side Of tho inaugu-
him do the funny side of tho Credit Mobilior-
If 1t has any.-TPhecling lntcu'gcnccr.
Tho caae Is not yet onaod. Tho people will
! yet record their Judgment in such manner as
viii leave no donbt IN any mind but that thoy
arc competent to mete out juatice to mon who,
under tic shadow Of their official station. plum
dor tho Treasury for personal aggrantizornont.
As long rs politics arc run in tho old ruts
by political hacka who "labor for hire" expect
ing to make money by election to lucrative oicos
or tat appointments, and tho lnaBsos walk up
expect to enjoy high taxes and political corrup,
ton, II Horo almost bottor to hnye no GoVorl-
ment than to lavo such q Government al we
nov havo.-~Fort Dodge (Ioua) Times.
| 1,3 unt1,o tyoy Rt3n fafr In
mud independent Of tue Government, to purify
It, and to make it subordinate to the will aud
DEVOTED to tho interests OF tho pooplo, and tl.at
way must come @ ro 11e ad h 10
az 9sserminaon sn & Tic iiS mae.inory 5 by whiea Con-
groaanen arc nominated and elected IL not in
h%as aoaa 1T ae Il ehsr put psr oSy II
i, tho people nro prosumea to oloct tho Congrosa.
men, ali they hnyo to do with the election Is te
, | vote for ono Or the other OF the canadatef
, eiavea Thia sygtom cannot b broker
, up, aud, wlio it lasts, the people will haye to
submit to such Congroases rs lavo boon elected
years past or tnke the matter @ ~ tho'T 9wI
al Aasombly Of thofr own, and, BY 80 doing, Gro
ate . new machinery which will be under the
control Of the people. aud snbaoryent to taeil
a2 utsu e IL o5pa pS%otaa aoas ael sS5S
"A Consress of tAieyeaI All the wetors o.
tho mighty ocean will not wash out our National
! disgrace Tho whole thing ia 30 outrageous. 3!
/ monHtrous, that IT is hard to speak OF j. " VIZ
y calm,,esa or moderation It shakes OUT faitl. IL
r 1nnpkind. It 1nakos lib tremble for tho Htabilit.
8 OF FREQ instttutiona.-Fona dH Lao |P1s') Com
So In the discussion Of tltH Infamous raoaa
q uro, whatever else may DO Baid, Democrats CHI
mover with any conaiatoncy aasert 1t to have 6ec
: larger proportion Of tlo Democrats In Oongroat
n than Of tile Republicans favored it, and a lnuG