, 1873-07-28
NOTES AND OPINION,


layo eharaeterixod i 1nlseh'eyous' Tnl Th1nuss
ia ciet end iIo overthrow hlssST' oi iaShs ths
Republican rarty, commons tho resolution, and In ia
1caontasion Of our poadtion. 1t aays accoring 10
the Muscatlno orac1o and expounder Of tho law" Ro
criminal ho e tho party candidate, md tho partya
constituted authorities do not direct otherwise, ko.,
&C. Tlts Il, Il species Of narsassd sd
lion of I'M TapuNr. Il Knows mo W vol enough Ill no
Of The kind imagined by Il Is at all probable, and
that 1t IT, therefore, both foolsh md unfair to dwell
upon Huch auppositiouB. .-Nuscatino Journal
Not ut Ill probable! Laat fall tho Republican
party III this city nominated ono Alderman who
had been convicted Of bribery, and another who
haa boon indicted but not tried. 4 fow months
ago the President Of tho United States appointed
q nun who had beon impeaohod Of high crimes
and misdemeanors, convicted and removed from
office, to tho position of Postmaster of naleigh,
N. q. Perhaps tho diBoaso haB not sproad into
Iowa yet, but tho last Republican State Conven-
| ton evidently thought 1t would, and accordingly
took measures to diaInfect tho party.
Tho oditor OF tho Champaign Union Beoms
anxious to start daily paper in Chicago, and is
only doterrod by tho obstacles which he fancies
THE Tribune will put IN tho WY Of his gotting
tho Associated Press dispatches. We hopo he
will not roproas his noblo rage Oh that account.
The TRIBUNE will sign paper admitting him to
mombership on easy tor7nH whenoyor ho gota
ready to commence operations.
Tho Bloomington Pantagraph Is Tin sweat
because TRIBUNE reporter made mistake tho
other day in copying resolution Of tho Wasll-
ingtonian Home-writing the word Times in
stoad OF inter- Ocean. a very little thing Bomo-
timoB stirH up d great excitement III country
| nowspapor~offioe.
Tho Canton Qll.) Register, home organ Of
Mr.. Granville Barrore, aatary-grabbor elect,
says:
The Ledger is grow1ing at Mr. Darrcro, tho member
salary which has bccn yotcd to members of Congress-.
Il charges him with not having porformed dnya
Ledger knows about 1t. Mr.. Iarrerc has performed
several days service in tho matter Of his otce aud
ero y scarcely sy passea but wst H. Is called upon
Tho truth Is, the discussion Of this whole
matter Of pay by Congressman themselves has
neyor lad any soriouBnesH. Not more than
hRlf-a-dozen Of thom lave folt at all earnostly
| nbout it. In tho minds Of tho most consoion-
| tious of them, with fow exceptions, tito subject
has bcen considered in tho light OF policy rathor
| than morality. ThoY havo considered always
| tho effect upon tho popular voto. mover tho
effect upon tho popular conscience or upon tho
standard Of public morality. Thcir arguments
Boning fa}lacious. Tho popular Ronse has MP
pliod Tho moral teBt to tho transaction, but tho
| laH-makora have not been able to comprehend
it.. Nothing will bring tl1om to it but persistent
| agitation.-Ne,o YORK Tribune.
Tho poorest aud menneBt demagoguery OF
which we have heard is the proposition to reneal
| tho law increasing the salaries Of CongroBsnion,
leaving tho baok-pay grabbors with thoie booty
| and tho President with his doublcd-up Balary,
There arc Republican politicians 30 Opaque as tc
Tim f1nnr1n 1tfit mi =
taroly attempt at public doccption.- Cincinnat
| Commercial.
"a loading Republican paper ut the Woal
makoa this valuable contribution to political
| history: Tho Republican laborB to SHOW thai
tlo President ought to have yotood tho Salary
bill. Why didn't tho Democratic mombora and
Senators veto 1t boforo 1t wont to tho President
They had tho power to do it; but the truth is, il
! ancc." Indeed = Springfield Republican.
Tho milwaukee, Ne,os, organ Of tho Domo.
cratic party in Wisconsin, keops up a constant
fro against Matt Carpenter and all tho nopubli.
cans who grabbed, but carefully sllielas Eldrelgo
who was on par with Matt In tho easno dis.
graceful, Infamous steal.-Fond du Lao Com
naonsueaNh.
This IL not \ party mattor, as betwoon Dem.
ocratH and Republicans and cannot DO mndo 50
because ono is aa doop In tho mud M tho other Il
III the miro. But 1t ii tlroct issue between tic
people and class Of arlstocratio politicianB-au
isBllo betwccn tho people and Het Of men who
Aavo boon III Office so long tllat they have lost
tiioir M sympathy for tho pooplo.-princeton (IA.)
Grant has been importunod by all aorts Of Re-
pubcanB III all sorts of ways, to sayo tho party
BY returning to tho Public Treasury tho extra pay
ho has thus far received, aud publicly annoull-
But tlat, Ito says, be won't and can'tdo, because,
knowing nearly yoar ago that the Salary bill
was going to 10 put through Congress during
ita closing hours, no shaped luis affairs at TINT
timo with rcforouco to his prospective increaso
OF salnry. A n1ovomont waB started short timo
ago to raiso 100000 for him by privnte nub-
acripton, 1t being understood that llo would up
Oh tue receipt Of that aun refund bis oxtra SAL
ary repudiato tho salary bill aud cooperate with
izo tic Republican party by organizing the House
noxt winter without giving tho Chairman
nhip Of any committee to Dutlor or any OF tho
Credit hlobilier men. But thus far little haB
boon subscribed toward tho Grant fund, mud
those engaged In raising 1t layo mot with 10
many robuiYa TINT tho project has boon praoti-
cally abandoncl.- AlEentopH (Pa.) Democrat.
--Wo havo boon rltllor ullriouR to 500 which of
tho Now England organs would lead off. It ia
the New London Telegram. III column article,
this lvoly little oxponont OF true loyalty nrguoA
that tho Third term Is right in tho limo OF oon-
siatont civil service reform; that Il does not in-
volve tho slghtoat danger to tho liberties Of tho
people Or to Republican institutions: that tho
talk about "CDsariam" Ia unintalligont and
pointloss. Springfield Republican,
Theory, somonbtranco, resolutions, and cleo
tona will havo no effoot to cllook md dostroy the
Cpsariam Of tho times. It may 10 pluoked up
by tho roots, by Oil uprialng Of tho pooplo, but
tile usual romoles will have no moro otfoct than
rouo'wator III III opldclnio. Itapils
(4Nioh,) Democrat.
-Detwoen tho corrs.pting class, tho dependent
class, and tho Indifference Of tho people who
arc unwilling to boliovo III the approach OF dau-
cor, ill mny 10 1ost. Tho symptoms Of o gen.
oral awakonlng at tho West arc moro oncourag-