Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-09-06

10Th political parties TO such alL extent
lat there is no hope of their I1eforma-
ion. Certainly the railroads have got be-
yond legislative control, unless we can
rfuse Into politics zs siewA spirit as Il
iAlluehce. ss HaF
This spirit is 10 be found only, ne be-
lieve, in the agricultural class, and |
therefore Mr.. Flagg is clearly in the |
right when he tells the farmers of llli- |
nois that rlley colnmit great mistake In |
trying to hold their oranges and State |
aloof from all political ac- |
tion and discussion. IL is the corrup- |
ton of politics by railway rings and |
Credit Mobilier rings which has brought
them to their present distress, and it is
only through the purification of poli-
ties that they can find a aperInanent re-
lief. The old party managers, and wire
pnllers, and caucus agents, and ''war-
horses" Of both the existing organiZa-
tions, are now tumbling over each other
inflaeIr haste to grasp the honest son OF
toll by the hand, and assure him of their
undying devotion to the agricultural
interest. The farmers are shreRd
enough TO distrust them all alike, and
not TO pledge their support again TO the
politicians who have betray ed them SO
often before. II we are not much mis-
taken. they will care very little this
Iitlft lDE " IilCh ttits OlIl4 DuIib
TO be kicked 10 pieces rs soon as tie eiec-
ton is over, and will scutinize pretty
closely the personal character OF iudi-
vidtal candidates. They will choose
| good men, without much respect TO the
| ties OF party, and we hope diey VIII
! send to Congress and the State Legisla-
lures a large proportion of independent,
practical farmers. This is Il bad year
for Christian statesmen with their pock-
cts ftnl OF Pacific Railroad bonds, polftf-
| cal lawyers WHO take retaining fees
| from railway companies, and profess
| ional politicians who strike the corpora
| tions for fle bulk of their election ex-
penses, and then vote themselves back
pay for their valuable services. We
look to the farmers more than to any
other class to connteract the mischieE-
Gus money influence which has filled
| our public offices with venality and SD
| fishness; and so we say to the grangers: ::
\ Don't keep out of politics, but go in and
cleanse them. You have the majority.
Vote like intelligent anu independent
men, and all the money of the monopo-
rlists cannot beat you"
THE PATRONS AND POLITICS.
Much interest is felt among politicians
in regard to the course that the Patrons
of Husbandry will take in reference to
politics. The following, ON this point,
is an extract from speech Of the Ma
\ tional Master of the Oranges, d. W.
Adams, before the Oranges at Dubuque
the past week:
ssBut in becoming Patrons we never
relinguished our right to dealin politics.
\ On the contrary, while advising that the
| q n n t.l
in politics, the speaker urged that as in
dividuals they inform themselves more
fully. upon political matters, and attend
with more fidelity TO their political du-
ties than ever before. Politics have be
come corrupt not because honest men
have attended too closely to political
matters, but because they have neglect
ed them too much. Let honest men all
over the country see to it that only
worthy and competent men are put in
4 nomination at theESGausls, and When
I election comes honest men win not be
compelled to choose between two COR
rupt men for office. When the town
ship caucus comes off, what do we find !?
We find the farmer holding his plow,
the carpenter showing his plane, the
shoemaker hammering his sole leather
and the blacksmith at work at his forge,
but every corrupt politician and pur-
chasable kDaye in, the emumunityturns
ont, and the. fTidustlfala Glasses leave the
politics of their country in their hands.
The speaker dwelt empiatically upon
this point, and hoped to see the day
\ when it wonld be deemed as much pa
| triOtic duty to watch over our liberties at
the polls in times of peace as defend
them on the battle field in time OF war. y
At Il Farmers Movement picnic, in
Knox Co., H., where six thousand peo-
pie are said to have been present, the
principal speaker, Prof. MeCormiekye of
Princeton, said 'sthat farmers must
make this movement political
movement; 1t wilHs not do to
merely organize Oranges, etc, and then
sit down, sing songs, pass. resolutions,
etc, and await the glory Of the Lord /;
they must be up and doing, they must
fight, they must stand mp to the rack,
ebay or no hay" aud they " i'll come out
conquerors in the end, for they have the
power of the ballot box in their own
hands,"
-G ThE STATE FAIR H
is going on successfully, as we go to
press-with splendid weather, and a
very fine display of farm stock mpie-
ments, machinery, fruits, flowers, etc.
Mr.. Batehani is present ami will give
some account of it next week, ut which
time he will be- in attendance at the
meeting of the American PonplOgical
Society at Boston, He will then take a
look at horticultural things around New
York OH his way home.
" -t TIME OF FAIRS -iA -''s