, 1873-05-06
NOTES AND OPINION.

M tE2 ANU OFANlCN*
Tho little apurt of yirtuo In tho Administers
tion of Michigan, ovor tho discovery of frauds In
the State Lnnd O1ico, has had this lamo aud i'm
potent conoluaion, as stated by tho Lansing Re-
publican
Th7ee days wero devoted last week by tho Joint In
vcstgating Committee Of tho Senate mud House to or
mining witnesses rolatTo TO tho Land Once Frauds
The Comttteo did not oomploto their reacarches, but
reported 10 the Legislature, on the day OF adjourn.
ncn that tho public Interest In their opinion would
harmed.
Tho Louisvillo Commercial paper sup-
rorted by Administration patronage hopns tho
people Of Kontucky will this year elect decent
Legislature, and Bays:
III MI tho stases In fact, thcro ia outcry against
ncss, general low tono, and Embellishments worthless
ness Of their legislative bodies Il Is sat q she
war brought great deat Of Alth to tho surface 1t In
slowly settling baek Into ia place. but It aetea It
eear til It II baI in Ito placo at tile bottom again
Tho Utica Herald (Roscoe Conklings organ)
attacks tho Farmers Movement with n vindotiye-
ness TINT amounts to q trst-rato exhibition Of
fear.
Tho Rochester IN. " Democrat, speaking
Of our humiliation Mt Vienna, Bays:
Tho hcrcsy Of the day-that honor and integrity,
however estnallo In private lifc, are not necessary
Ff3EG--Eshl!A
--f}oy. Davis Qlopublican) and tho Democratic
Legislature of Toxas have harmonized on m
agreement for Il general election In October, oy-
crybody to 50 out of otfico in order TINT now
terms may begin at m oyon date. There is q
now apportionn,ent, and voting is Ill to be dono
iu ono dny at precinct polls, instead Of running
through four or fvc days at the county-seats.
Tho Atlanta (Gn.) Herald says tho President
has proved unequal to the crisis In Louisiana,
and ndds:
Congress having fned to provide measure Of pacl-
ncntion ho should have orsre1 an elootton himself,
and taken tho responsibility. Ha failuro to gsasp tho
diBastrosy, bo to his political friends and enemies,
In Louisiana. It has found its Legitimate fruits In To-
touB from the Ut which tho mind In
at!nctive!y shuddcra a.ad turns away,
Tho habit Of neg1ecting public dutios, por-
mitted in tho President and his Cabinet worry
readily runs into abuse. Samuel Z. Dimmick,
tho Attorney General OF Pennsylvania, Inns taken
his family md gono OF to Europe. The Sta!e
Journal, at Harrisburg, enye:
OF all other oilcer1 tho Acknowledgement ought to
coonsel aud irect lis cet Magstrate An abssnee
Of four or yo monthH Of tho Attorney mbtb
amoaphoro q Europe, is moro than hennayiyania caa
etan-more than her poopfe will submit to, and there
fore wo repeat our adylco that tlo rcslgn.
| Arkansas owea 80,500,o00 on account OF rail-
roads, aud is under obligations which will run
tho debt up to s12,000,0 900. During TIM late
session Of tho Legislature, while tho doar people
gore bogulod to watch this hole In the TREASURY,
tho railroad managers were at work in another
direction mud hayo secured to themselves m out.
right grant of all the public lands Of tie State,
| 1850, 900 acres.
| No people can be assumed to huYo assented
to thoir own permanent Injury, no nlattor wla'
any charter Gays, or franchise purports to con-
fer. No legislative body haa authority to be-
body, aud II it doos tho oct Ia not binding. Sucl
wo take to be law in it's purity, dlyoatea Of al
yorbiago Of teclnlcality and precedent. Govern
monts arc instituted for tue banoflt of the gov
end, they are no longer obligatory. !. Il
cases Of manifost wrong, tho pooplo Of till
country will mako tlor own proccdonta. lTho,
aro oppressing 10 ono. All thoy ask is to bo ro
loved from = a fa nn Fomee nma nna
b.t.er na it is long. Thus far the farmers aeon
to hive ,nado but little headway beyond organ
izirg and drilling their forcea. Tho raileoad
have baaton thom tn several suite before til
courts, and SO far haye prevented them fson
getting any law passed through tho Lcgislatur
af IllaoiH-tho State where tho "PatronB 0
HuRbandry" arc most numoroua-that will ayol
tho constitutional objections OF tho courts. Du
tho pooplo soom to have en1lBtod for tho, wai
Thoy realize that they arc tho demonstrating a
we'll aa tho law-u,uklng powor. They can max
tho courts aa easily as tAey can Legislature, ,an
tho Indications aro TINT thoy intond to " wor
! Ii tho honorable gontlomon who VIII cor
yone In 1t. Louis imagine we havo any idea G
waiting till canals can bo built from tho Missis
sippi to tho seaboara, before reRllzsug ouy dtoa1
OF cheap transportation, they aro aadly mistaken
Whit Tie Wost wants is tho recognition Of th
j s,,prot,,aey Of tho State over oyory channel c
! transportatationt wAethor it 30 watcr Or RI!
q natural or artificial, and q reduction OF 1feigl
t tariffs to fair compensation for the cost {
! .-Le7na,s {Io,ua) Sentinel.
Everybody BaoB and knows that tho railron
tnonopolios arc grinding tho Wostorn farmer
v The oxtent to Which the organizations OF farm
y growing affords atrong evidence of tho nocesaiI
y fcr eueE q 1noveiilont :. Such mon mea
= BUSINESS. Thoy arc aarnest III their work. The
II havo power, ana It a thess purpoao to eaerol'
r. Tho question of cheap transportation is II
vital ono now, mud the supporters Of this rofor
t. ara n,arcling on" to triumph La croy
II (lKs.) Republican. .,.-..-.,
u III the people aro united ana ~ ea1noet,
courHo theso corporations must yield, But th'
vast associated capital which las hitherto COZ
j, rollod tho legislation OF the country is ~ Il
- hant}R Of shrewa managers, and 1t u. cepable
10 welding tremendous influence. III Il II Gan q
D. able to SOW 1lseor among tho ranks OF the pc
ID p!o 7-Afadison (lNs.) Democrat. -
G. How Hhall tho problem Of bringing tho pr
" dnoor and consl,n1or faca to face be bost evol
" o1. Is now tic subjact attracting tho atomic
q OF moro roope than Any olller, and moro than
n hAs heretofore dono.-Iopeka (Kan.) ST
H., Record.
~ ~ The current topics ~ treated Of by q
ee Atlanta Sun md Mobile Register aro tho rosol
~ tlons OF 'o8, state rights, cto. Wo humbly su
IL gont to our older (thoy should DO wiHor] co
ut tomporareu, tAat t!loso wore current forty yes
ago md that tho current OF oyonta has eu
II ulergod thom, and moreover that thoy arc out
- tle currout OF popular thought chattafoo
~ Times.
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