, 1874-02-20
NOTES AND OPINION,

"Thc Grange Is not political" but Granger
have votes, mud in Illinois tho Farmoss' Move
mont Ia an organized voting force. In the Six
teenth District day has already been namot
| (AuB. 27) for =" Tarnors' Congressional Nom
inating Convention" at Vanpa1ia, aud NJ, NJ
Hooton, ono Of tho most active organizers IL
that district, Says:
We sock reforms TINT can only be objected by tn
ballot, and i is nonsense to try TO keep inte|se gu
men from discussing these questions in org4ntza
tion created for the speclal purpose Of reforming
| Tho Oregon election Of Governor, Logisla.
turo, mombor Of Congress-, etc.. OCCURS June
Tho Democratic State Convention ia called te
mcot at Albany, March 10.
| OF tho Now Hampshire election, March 10,
tho Concord Patriot Bays:
The political canvass III this Btato IL nrogrcssin1
quietly but steadily mud full yoto muy be expected
on the day Of election. There mover was a tine ia
| New uampshtre when voters wcro moro independent
! Tho full vote Of Texas. Dec. 2, for Governor.
| is now announced: Nfohard Coke 103, 29l ;
Edmund ]. Davis 200. Tho returns Of some
forty counties nro now includcd for tho first
time.
ID. Il. Armstrong, Chairman Of tho Missouri
Democratic State Central Committee, declares tho
Democratic party dead aud OF no further llse,,
"A Dos Molnos lcttcr in the Kook,lk uate Citv
says:
There Is m evident cropping out Of CouRressonal
ambition In tho Iowa Legislature, which IL becomiug
quite APPARENT and IL frequently seen In the ridic,l-
their voteB and got over the popular side whom q
popular measure Is up.
Tho Republicans Of Ohio are Mortified, and
will appeal to congroHs against any reyision Of
Congressional District lines by tho Democratic
Legislature. As tho districts arc now constitute
cd (by Republican legiBlation), tho Republicans
might lose the stato and yot elect from thirteen
to fifteen Of tho twenty Representatives in
Congress. In Indiana, by Republican lcgisla-
tlon since 1872 the Democrats arc conceded four
districts, with majorities in each of from 1000
to G.oo0. whilo tho Republicans take nine dis
trtcts, with mnjoritios In each Of from 500 to
l,00o, basod on the vote which elected Hendricks
DemocraD Governor, in 1879.
Tile California Legislature il urged 10 poet-
pono the election Of Congressman in that State
from September next to tho gonoral election in
September 1876
-Alabama papers rroaont Btatistics showing
tho exodus, from central counttos Of that State,
OF more than Il, 600 negro voters, mostly CONC
to Ie1aR. Two years ago Grants majority in
Aabama was 10,828. Tho Mobile Reqisier now
says OF the election for Governor, Legislature,
etc., ne1t November:
- 20 AoAo4oAo EunE4lkslUN tQht tHt pHOul6 AIN.
pamawnot their earet-bag rulersara to have tho
syo tit ii ihe q dsrkness w 't ii II s s az,
anu comfort they deriyB from courts ntd
chancellors, will be able 10 hinder this result,
-They are SO busy with tho election OF the
Contonnlal Mayor, IN philadelphia, that they
seem ; not TO have heard that great deal ia being
to tue plan Of the fair and to M appropriation
from tie National Treasury, but against any OK
nlbltlon at all. There IL growing apprehension
that tho enterprise is to provo stupandoua
"a Ial!ure PIT that, Of coursc, ia no reason why
Mayor" Tho Fourth Of July will come whether
the Exposition does or not-Haruord (Conn.)
Party tics never hung so loosely as now and
PUBIC men we're never bold to btricter account-
ability. albany [M ~ Eteni,.g Journal.
--.Noithcr OF tho old parties can be- trusted.
both have their corrupt rings, and both ought to
oe dismissed from seryico.-Har:TQrd CiW
1t was truly an evil day for tho people Of tho
United States when the monopolistH, tho capt
tailsts. tho bondholders, and the Btuck-iobbcra
aoized y the Federal Government, and, perverted
1t into q more machine for tho aggrandizcment
Of the fow.-Lafayctte [Tnd.) Dispatch.
When, personal rightB are unrecognized
Mnon capltnI refuses to SEQ in labor anything
itself unjust gains when expressions aro prac- |
tlced, there will aud must be rebellion. Such is
I1os Nno CoAA4LAo4 VI LUNGS IN ILLS country to.
(Kan.1 Tribune.
"a grave Congressman from phladelplha
wants to "sgiye tho producing claspes cheaper
money, aud m adequate amount Of it," lie |
EhlnAs this the no plus ultra Of tho producing
classes. Ask the laboring elnHHoH what tloYY
want, and the answer will be: "Fair wages and
'heap living" Fair wages mud cheap living il a
term with just suflicienoy OF
money Tor ordinary mud legitimate business
91toa4 n$uf.,s /, =
lour, pork and beans, and rents, long before
rashang the price Of wages, and raising the for
zdelphia Age. '''''