, 1873-05-29
NOTES AND OPINION,

NOTES AND OPINION.
In the National Convention of spirituallsts,
Froo-Foyors, Woman-sufTragsts, and that sort
of pooplo, at Cincinnati, Miss Addio l.. Ballou
took the platform, last Monday, and Is thus ro-
ported:
While abe did not indosHc ali TINT Mrs. woodruff
said ana dd, she could not sit still and hear lor vilt-
fed. II free love would Interfere with tho laws Of
worHo would It bo hnn tho syatem tat prevails now
Hnat man "Aa thore IN this room who could toll which
what Of Tho ress7 II tic men hoso wore fathtnl In
th1s wcp rGspeos, ihey Tsro s exceptions H..
| tho fair speaker subsided.
Tho milwaukee, Sentinel opens Wow Of tho
future Of the railroad question III Wisconsin,
saying:
It ia high mo that both these corporations [the st.
| Paul and tho Northwestern wore 1nado to under
tloy bound respect. It il high timo, aso int
the Wall street aud European ownors Of both vera In
formed that ia for theif interest and tho interest Of
their roads to DO guided moro by the advice Of those
at this end Of tho ne., The rejection Of tho land
grant was great mistake, and by It the st. paul Road
tho people OF tho sato. It has placed its managora
bore, and their friends who aied thon in obtaining
pabo IL Ths e. sa Mosa ps's sd
fo IT, bundor in tho unf.iendly ses ot legislation in
tramnfo nnn IL" rohta ~ +haf ty soy nA -; ~ 1vt
Lot them not provoke tho o1erciao OF those ample pow
deal with corporations aud protect tho rRhts Of tho
people.
In 1856, bofore tho elections OF that yoar,
and while tho Congress had another session to
| sorvc, Congressional pay was raised to $4,000.
Again, III 1860, beforo tho elections Of that year,
| and while the Congress Ind another sessfon to
sorvo, pay was increased to $1,000. In both
mittcd .nd ,n1oo1 I,vooa ~ 1e4o 49, ~,
,a1l ,.4' Au3' 4Aoooa' 'n'oAoa IL 1910, upoI 'no
,ast u"s u = cotfups congress-, TUG elections
haVlug passed, q combination Of 1nembors who
bora who woro suro of two voara mora (within
,v,,;,,, .,.,,a >. ~ 5eAo no4o ",.4a
"c' "l" s.o' =. ""e aopoe, 'no stot,n "ou1i Do"
-ovot?, 1a.aoo the pay 90 Sf,eou' ana hau almost
these transactions, the milwaukee, Sentinel, With
mt .foar Of mn ovorshodo,vino 11nitod atota.
as sA - ~ O'o-0nA@1'"'oe on''oo o'a'ea
oenh1or, says:
doe iaS1 tnat SO members hnve already covered
Sk a o tue u Tst,u9y m an nt
a s ~ us ~ sVao Ii Pre-
And tho only consistent thing tor Congress to do nnd
the only thing that will Batisfy the people, ia ths IN.
conditional repoal Of tho'set.
Tho common Sense Of tho country haa como
to tho conclusion that for mon holding as q
eaorod trust power tovote away public money, to
vote 1t into their own pockets IL a scanlaloug
breach Of faith, aud an act displaying dobaaed
standard Of honor. This conclusion is sound
much TIC better for tho country. = Some 70
Bpected mon did not view the nattcr In thia
light Rovon or soyontcen years ago, so much tho
worse foE tho memory Of those mon. Tho quoa-
no amount Of procedonts can obscure 1t now. It
has gono too far Tor tllat:-Neto Iorh Times.
AL the members Of the Forty-atird Congress-
who draw pay at the increased rate during the
members Of tho Forty-second Congress. By &C.
oopting it or any prrt OF it they make themselves
party to tho wrong. Il 1t WAS q "steal" on
the part Of their predecessors, they repeat the
they accept dollar Of tho excoss. Who will ba
tho frat, as lie draws his monthly pay, to dis
gorge $208. 811G-the difference between the old
and now rate Of pay, and to cover it into the
monthly until tho low shall be repealed, or until
tho end Of bis official term Of servioo? Gentle-
man, do not speak at oncol Some of you havo
acknowledged tho principle, and have COM
~ It out to fts fair logical conclusion. - Wash
ifsgton Chronicle (Harldn.)
Jasper Packard has grown witty. If not wise
Ho writes to his constituents, with borrowed
brayado. TINT he will return s12 Of the bnck nav
ho has taken that amount bong about The pro n,ss
portion 1as lo calculates It'll due to his district.
he appoars to bo too obtuso to perceive that tho
domand tor restitution of tho tilched luoro ia
mado from the whole country, and not from any
particular locality aud his frivolous imperti-
nonco Is really more insulting than Ills original
grab was dishonorably greedy. y.-Lafayeae {i,ai.)
Journal,
-Aokor's defonse to tho back-pay atoh is
seeus and sIsaad Liz Roye hs hss l. his
never oarnod. We ask the Democratic papers
these two ambitious trioksters.- (Pa.)
Eagle.
polled from tho Unted States Senate for attempt
Ing to secure hiB roeection to that body by brib-
ory, announces himself as candidate to I'LL the
vacancy caused by tho resignation Of Mr. Cald-
we'll. Hc has, 1t is said, cntorod actively into tho
oanyass and is confident OF success. Mr. Pome-
roy is man Of amazing eGrrontory md tho poo
plo of Kansas exceedingly tolerant. Thoro ID but
ono parallel case IN history, and Wo had hoped
that It would be tho only Instance Of the kind.
It soenas, however, that wo arc mistaken. and
that tho young political Byetom Of tho 1Vest ia Us
rotten as the old one OF Pennsylyania.-Phil-
adelRMia Press.
Tho Chief employment OF Pennsylvania poll
ticiana aeoms to uo In getting together in con-
vention and revising tho rules' Of the Civil Scr
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