, 1874-11-16
MOIES AND OPINION.

A Democratic (nosro) Congressman from
SCUM Carolina may 10 Offset by Republican
l"hlte) Congrcsaman from Kentucky, and tha
ono SURPRISE Ia hot gfeater than tho othor, The
mountains OF Kontucky havo heou heard fran
ana II appears that John D. White (Repub1foanl
has been elected In tho Ninth District. tnstead
Of Hatrison Cockrlll Demoorat) whose namc
was assumed to bo entitled to q p1sce In f,on.
gresslonal llsts.
Will tho Milwaukee Nesos let up aybj,e on
hiatt Carpenter, md givo waiting pub1lo Ito
post-oleetion slows on the availability Of A,oclr
Mitchell "a candidate for United States Senatnr
in Wisconsin,
Tho Eighth Michigan District, supposed TO
have gono Democratic, oleots N. B. bradley fRe-
pubHcan) BY cioao roto.
speaking OF Butlsrs SUCCESSOR In Oonoreaa.
tho New York Eoenin9 Post aays;
M Mr: Charles Thomnaon y ono Of tho most nolls-
Representative tic Of the IN aa ncnesa
ny di15dct an tho great victory which ho Won by Tia
t,n atS Of Republican yo'ea my ot 70 spoaf Without
bision of himself - butIoon ruilan In dobsta In
o i G u II" not nor puners .na
who called himself Republican in ordar tie batasT
The detcatod candidate for Congress Ia tha
A-1SNA 0GH1f8
form = new party in Massachusetts. Ho can
save himself tho trouble, for new party is
already forming, with him and ali his holouv;nrs
qayans on tue o;siao Salary grabs ssabora fanda
stnr and poss ny gta Saos
god from service in Tho Republican party,
togottior with tho authors Of them. When
NopnGiicans 90 INTO auothor cauvnaB in this
ststo s1;s t,r vii b. With no entayghg alliances Of
endured much longer than It ought to; horeaftor
they will Welcome tta loatility.-Boston Advef-
tiser.
What no mead arc harmony aud conoiliation. q
b59adeF m and more generous etatesmanship. tho
old discipline. and organization, and frupeBB.
We need united counso1s and united ranks. And
there Ia no reason why no should rot hhvo them.
Ihe Republican party is atuf in supreme control
Ct tho Gnyernment, and will be so until next
year to como, aud then they will have the pua-
session Of only ono-ilalf Of one brBuch Of tho
Government. But whatever Is done must bo
aono botwnen this and tho 4tia Of next March.
fional Republican.
Tho new, or rather tho old, editor OF TIE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE thinks tho Republican party
III tho lato elections waa troubled with a uuInber
Of iatns "altogether foreign 10 tho pulcies OF
the Republican party, but which ahort-sfgh.ad
and Jealous fanatics havo tried to make that
party carry. aud notably among these was the
Prolnbitorg Liquor law and kindred MEASURES,
soeaing statutory regulation Of tho diet and
manners Of tho people," Mr. Mediu thinks these
contributed to our defost. OF colrso they did,
and they will be likoiy to contribute to our defoat
again IN ono SECTION or another. Ie iH not
astonishing TINT ivory fanatio who hna IN ism IN
his crazy brain should rush to the Republican
party With it and endoayor to taok 1t on 10 tho
party platform? Why, In tho name Of ali that il
lovely, do they not 20 somewhere elBe and let NJ
alone7 Why DO they not try tho Democracy
just once ?-Na{iond{ Repnb{icda.
--Trnt1ihitorv lnniH1Rtion hna n 3an13nf ant.
bhok In Michigan. Tho Democratic pnrty, on IN
antt-Prohibition platform, has almost half OF
each branch Of tho Legislature, and thero arc
enough anti-Prohlbiton Republicans to give a
ont Prohbltory Law will doubtless be ropealol,
or have its claws cut; and an n1neud1nent to the
Constitution. ob|itorating tho anti-4censo clause.
ought to bo submitted to the people BY two
tempt Of a fon fanatics to force their notlona
everywhere. Tho abBurdlty OF running CON-
p!ato ticket for local and State officers on Sill
Elo idea that has no possible connection with
[1fich,) State Republican.
The tempesance-law plank In the Republican
platform of 0hio cost tho party thousands OF
votes, without any compenaatiug gain from tho
Of Massachusetts, favored the State liquor law
cust linn As election. auoh facts as thoae show
tho drift OF public sentiment. As al exchange
we'll Gays, tho prohibition theory hns boen bofore
tAc country NJ political ncaatiro soma tHQnty-
five yoaru. It Aa0 been disturbing element IN
our poitica over aiuco.-Rock Island (lA)
Union.
We have frequently urged, and no must do
so again. that temperance is not polltlcas Qnes-
ton, cannot bo made such, and every timo tho
attompt IL made tho result is disastrous. It IL
purely aoclal question. aud tho OWLS which itg
advocates hopo TO eradicate cAn only be renlortd
by public sentiment and better social edlca-
tlon. It iB tho height Of folly, therefore, to at-
tempt to drag tliH question into politics whore it
only proves dead woig4t. :. Il IL now
high time that these fanatics wore beginning TO
discover thu m'Hotief thuy ars working by their
course and devote themselves hereaftor to puro-
" political questions in politics.-uooperton
(IN) Chronicle.
Tho peopla did not intend. do not now pur-
posa, to hatlu the National Government over to
Tue 0ppoHitlon. They will never do 1t unless
forced 10 do 10 by tho Decentralization OF tho
The people aro not ready to DIS
lnisB tho latter trom their service. We aubulit
that the procaBB OF gatf-hunliiatinn and self
rrimnation iB TO ionger necessary, 80 far AZ tho
Republican party il ooncornod. It haH Hub1nct-
I'd itself to q thorough purlilcation, and should
now hq moro tAan ever before, earneHt In oaiul-
ng popular confidence and support. Tic reo-
p1o complained. the party listened. aid the
.allsos for complaint hro removed. 1t Ia sheer
Jolly HOW not u perfect tha party organization,
% closo up tho ranks, aud provo that tho Re.
publican party, admitting that thero waa juHttca
n tho rebulio" administered to it. ia prepared
20 endure this dofoat aud to turn it to good &C.
count for victory Observation-Disclosures CONNER.
,idl Advertiser.
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