, 1874-02-06

boing called or hold, by ncghborloods, by pro-
ciacsH, ny Townships, by counties, aud by Cou-
groHa'onal Dlatrcls; and, wotl1orin Democratic
regions along tho Wabash, or Il, Ropublicau
atronghoda along Rock River, the 1na,lifost tom.
per of tho common people Is all tho Bamo. II
tho Nineteenth (sam Marahnllu) Congressional
District always heavily Democratic, tho cail to,
o District Convention sayn
Politically, wo hRvo boon voted instead of vol,nt,
Wo llnvo been voting for men for easlatara Tor IL
other renaon than TINT our pnrty nominated thnn
sold the boat interests Of tho people to snull lunnr
" nf monoycd arHtocracy, Incorporated inonoolrs
awdes ai sy srab so To hs @nS, a III.
whole naehtnoTy Of Zig aoyernrncnt hna been co,.
yortsa I nto d G IT, p9ssaivo interest Of tho tw wt
T.. Farmora, the work ia yours, You must do III.
work Or It will not bo dono.
Tho call Of Il Convention In tho Fifth 1urcl..
ard'a) District, always heavy Republican, js 40.
compauiel with tlese remarks In tho Frooporf
Bulletin:
faithlcss left hand the rcis Of the duvrrumcnt ind
with muscular right hb1,d nro deplonH ity trca1.
by mus ,Go IL fsFS w
commence. Tho gulotiuo will 10 drawn by tho sta
wnrt arn Of tho honest yooanry Of ths nation, aid
woo be 1T thto ovorY failhlcsa public servant
ouat ~" 1aucu tue aalhry-6fAD Han @ro-
pealod," lot tho experience Of two Wost Virginia
congrossmon show. Tl1eso two wero scatcd III
the House, Jan. q, soyon days aftor presidont
Grant Aad nigned tho so-callcd "ropcal," md
thoir pay.account was made up from March 3.
1878, to Jan. 20, 1874, at the ratio Of 81 5O0 ind
for the next enBuing aovon dnyB ut the ratio Of
s5,0o0,-giyinE cnch mali q handsome capital to
start with. Members OF the Forty-thlrl Con-
gross will find, If tAoy go before tloir constitu~
ents, noxt summer, thnt when tho people said
"repenl," they meant "ropoal y md that this
thing hasn't blown over yet
Samuel McNutt, Of Muscatino, long time in
tho Iowa Legislature, proposes to make ner-
sonaliy independent race for Congress-, starting
now.
Tennessee las county elections In August,
and general election for Governor, Logislu-
t,lro, Congressman, otc., in November. The
Nashville Union thinks this arrangement pe-
culiarly favorable for effective action by tho
farmers, WHO aro becoming power In that
stnte.
Coy. Hartranft Inns aignod tho Pennsylvania
election Inv, mauc necessary because the now
Constitution wiped out all existing election
laws; mud tho now low Is such ono Us, while it
giyos tho vote mud return manipulators somo I'D
vautagcs, leayes 1t still possible to defeat thom
If tho majority is big enough.
Tho Little Rock Gazette, Jan. 80, makes thia
statement Of Arkansas affairH, ruled, al il,
Louisiana, by men not elected by tho people:
When It la remembered that within tho Inst eight
oyef ~ II ~ RI yo
Journals OF tho LEGISLATURE TINT tho auditors onico
ilaa cost over ?80o9: that The appropriation Of tho
penscs for tho sate Land Office for two ycars has
aroady been expended; that the State printcra havo
hut iittlo it any loss an s20u,0Oo during tbs pass
yeaz, and 50 on, I'D nhnltnn, It a impossible to state
tho amount ot tue floating indo1tedncss q lo State
aafe to say, however, TINT &, ,00o 900 floating.
Tho two-dayB' speech Of Senator Carpenter
is tho logical elimination Of tho fraud and cor
ruptiou that hayo boen practicel BY tho Admin
iatration party in Louisiana. So Hoyoro
an arra!g1ment of his own party by one OF ita
favoriso leaders could have boen extorted only
by q necessity which It WAS impossible longer to
Withstand. ;. :, Well may tle President do
alono"; it is one from which he will not poon be
released by judging people. That it is con-
feHHed to be d burden is hopeful, for it proves
TINT Justice docs not sloep. But unElappily, tho
people Of Louisiana aro not relieved from the;r
robbed in the name Of taxation. condemned to
poverty and perhaps exile by lonrtleas dynasty
that has Its load in Washington, dcfraudcd Of
tho fair expression Of their once sovereign will,
to order the hands OF tho Executive of Of tlleir
liberty, it will demonstrate tint both share
equally In plot whose succoaB III tho knei Of
our common republican free1onl.-Boston Post.
"a naw election ia not the remedy. The ron-
cdy B simple: Kcllogg il sustained by the au-
thority Of tho United States. Let Congress do
clare, in accordance with the report Of itH own
committee. TINT his Government is usurpation,
tho President givo Mr. Kellogg tho samo sound
advice 10 submit to tho voice Of tho people TINT
he lately gave Coy. Davis, Of TexaH. Let him
furthor give Gov. McEuery to understand TINT
the President will respond as promptly to his
requistion for troops to anpproes riot as hc did
to kellogg's roquisition whca tho latter was rec
ognized a8 Governor, and there will DO pcnco
forthwith. We do not imagine thore would bo q
chow Of resistance. o.-Boston Advertiser.
Tho long and tho short OF 1t is that the aver
age Congressman has come to study every uucs-
ton presented For his consideration az to its
bearings upon hiH private tortuncB--hiH contin-
uauco in office, rathor than its etfoct upon tho
general welfare Of the country. The Secretary
OF tho Treasury Is at his Wits end, but Congress-
does not moet the case boldly and honestly, bo-
cause tho truo courso demanded by tho oxigency
OF the ttmoa might prove unpopular. With our
he IN & G1esss 1sas Of the there
not needed for tho general gool--au iuuuyuru-
ton Of strict economy in ovory department OF
tho public aeryco.-Ha'!fo,u Pos!
II this is tho way (elcction rotuEnsl Canaan
before the crime ii consunmatcd, how will the
American pooplo troat the Crcdit Mobiliers who
are p,oved to have plunlored the Government
and people to the amount OF oyer $40, quo, ,0002
The answer is to DO given next alI,-ard also in
regard to the Ba1ary-grabhers who hayo thou~
sallds Of dollars Of tho grab In their pockets?
Tho worry men who hayo just voted to repeal tho
steal ILL., with fow exceptions, hive eigatn1ontlls'
steal more than s., QUO each, in thoir pockets
to-day !-Po,4land {Me.) Argus.
This is no tmo for proposing new railroad
subsidies nevertheless we presume the tTon
Scott scheme will be pushed. Nine-teutlls Of
the people individually will agree, as do wo,
with Tho Detroit Post, sayiug: :. III view Of tho
experience Of tho country With the Union aud
Contlal Pacific Railroad bonds, upon Which tho
Government has already paid over 915,O00,0u0
of interest, for which it has received nothing
from tho roadH,. aud tho prospect is TINT tho
Government will have to pay SG0,000,000 princi-
pal Of the bonds, any Congressman who yotoa
for any more guarantees Of railroad bonds, either
principal or interest, will bo doroot of his duty
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