, 1874-12-15
NOTES AND OPINION.

pnrticnlar locality. CHRONICLE,
NOTES AND OPINION.
Tin candidates for Mayor Of Boston (clcction
today aro Stephen Q. Cobb Republican aud
Democrat, md Francis y. Hayes, Peoples l1o-
form. Tor Street COMMISSIONER 3. bur-
roll, Republican Martin Griffin. Democrat and
pooplo'a Reform.
Tho Florida Doard Of State Canvasaers l,avo
declared tho election Of rnrman and Wallis Re-
pnbllcans, to Congroas. anil 4 Democratic mn
ority Of l'vo In tho Legislature T1lis is Gov.
6learnB would havo II. Now for the tratlo OF a
Oosoruorahip for Unitoa atatoa Sonatorsbip,
The JaneByilIo Gazette Is Mt fault in snying
that tho Democrats havo arrayoi1 thcnlsoYes
against tho President on Tho npoco-basls quea-
tion. Wo havo already quoted n nu,nbor Of
Democratic aulhor,tioa. and now quotc from tho
Kookuk Conslitulio" (3udso Clagott's paporl,
! WHICH snyB:
Tic mora fact that lilo President advocates return
to spectcnyne,t u the earliest Mnnent rracttcal
afortta no earthly reason wl,y tho Democrats aloiid
pproso IT.. Democrats do not feel bound to opposo
ssnss 10 aets rsseMn,et II. Taey sse mt il tho
nb. Of making fouls Of tke1aclven III thnt way: NO
should regret to tho financial question settled hi
r,cl way III to remove II ont!ray from tie arana Of
| party politics.
Tho South Carolina Lcgalatnro has elected
Jacob =. Reed to the aulgcshlp tor tho Cllarles-
ton Circuit defeating ". j. 'WhIppor colorcd
| partisun Of tho lato Gov, Moses. Tho ConBor-
! vatiyes oombiued Will. Gov. CLamber]ain's
| friends to 10 1t.
Judge Josoph Il. Reed, Of Council Bluffs,
prominently named among HaruElicans Of West
orn Iowa for ,lo1t Governor Of tho State, Ia In
J>f- III, ,iH
le was elected to ncrya on tho l3encl,
Tho Now York Herald Hnys Simeon d. Chiffon.
den (Iulepontlont Tepublicau), Of Brooklyn,
elected 10 Congress by tho Democrats. will act
with tho Democrats - -
Tho Aln!,an,a Legislature. by tho requisito
vote, has asreod to extend tho session beyond
tho conatitutional limit Of thirty days and will
probably tnGe rooesa from Doc. 20 to jan. 10.
". W. screws Of tho Montgomery .Adra,liser,
has hoon e1oosod State Printer.
Tho Ioutunlsy Dou,ooratio State Convention IL
to meet ut frankfort, May G, 10 nomiuato for
Governor, ctc. The Republican State Conycn-
tion mects ut Lo,1iAsillo. Fob. II.
Capt. Thomas 6. Jonca, tho late1y elcctcd
I Clerk Of tho kentucky Court Of Appeals, having
boon declared inoliyiblo by tho stato board,
under the disabilities Of dueliat, has HOW boon
Indicted for uni1rpntion OF tint office. But 1t Is
I
at tho bottom Of this latest proceeding, witt, .
purpose quito tho reyeyso Of being di4lodgcl
| from his snug liiurtorH.
I! Willie some Of the leaders aro casting about
for now departure Of the Opposition. In Iowa,
Saau Evans, Of tho Ott1ulwa Democrat, speaks
out Ill thus manner:
We lsva no desire 10 rsiso nuss,n hui 1t ia let-
ter to Eay now thnn hereafter, that The ayrneine,t
n'adca at Iowa City to call n.ogrul Convention viii
hare straight hEht or thny will decline any cun.eas.
What in the nae u Ill tau Gots Of Do'aoesacy u Tug
there he but two mrtic null whut d, these frl-
lows want 10 s1o about with tlelr snonare ca-trap?
1t Ia either in.becty treaec~y, ana 80 do no, pro-
! hose 10 stn1a it, A straight Dsnoczuio Convention
| will RArcly be called.
| Commenting on tho readfnc6s manifested by
! CougrcAa already to cut domn tllb next rrcsi-
dents salury. TNN CHICAGO Tn1nuSE IN ung.a-
| cionB enough to suggest TINT ronlhnrs might
hasten the work Of resrenchnlent fow years,
| n:ia bring II nearer llotno,. by cutting Oft tho
featuro at torwurd-ray in thar. od;l, salnrieu
unlar tho present l'a:el-up oil tho aalary-gTab,
| n ploMber-nloct nny draw my fran March to
December -1,i,ie nont',a-hefora ho n,ts in a
single day's worls.-Na*bpiAe (1tam.) U'loa.
Why tloosn't Congress- do something in tho
| way OF cutting oif lilo !" falwarI-pny" Of n1ein-
ber5, who AS tho 1awu now stands, call draw ncnrly
| IL year'a ssary before benG Bworu in? Con-
grossnen elected in November, 1674, will not
iuko their soats-uu!caa u,l extra session 10
cal1cl-until December, 1876. Tut OH tho 18th Of
Slnrch next they can begin tlrawiss their ray.
| Why should t!toy, moro Than otter public Her-
| wants. bo paid Tor SERVICES unporforuo1, antl 4
year before even entering upon tho diycharge Of
their duties ?-kfen.phis Av6!ancAa.
Wo tlnls tint most people will agree TINT
| tho time for rigorous and Wholesale re1ellch-
,nent has como. Tho hard times, stngnatiou Of
husitleaB. md tho difficulty which all caHses ey-
parianrein making both cnda meet. md especially
| uf pnYng tho o1larnlls tuxep and having enough
left TO 1.-Two on, sllonltl Adnlol,iel tloso in
| tlority tint !: return to tho nimplor md less
coetlv nlothoda of tho rast Is oaa of tho i1upera
| tive doMalGlH Of tho time. i. g. TlDroi ia only
ono road which leaJs in that direction, and lhat
| is tho narrow aud unpleasant way Of rotreucl.-
| mel,t. We should begin at tho top by reducing
| tho salary Of tho Frpsltent aud pursue it with
ont fear or favor, oil through tho various lii
vcrgont avenues ot decentralization (N
! - Slate tuzettc. .-., j., - ID,
| Tho Lessons Of tho past year have n1ada thon,-
selves eyldant i'll tho recommendations Of ceOll-
| onaY In tho departments Of Government; re-
| trencllmont, Hiti, view to establishing better
basis or our national finances, III urged Oh every
| !lnn1, and tho doubled SALARY of tito President
stands Rs M Iicongruo,B monument Of tla reck-
leRss!pss OF partisan extravaganza u1nd radically
ohangod conditions. Tho 1ncssago ltsolf recog-
industry tho tlitticultlcH Which bcAot labor, aud
tho Mniveroal effort to roduco c1pnnsns in every
| walk Of lita; and, by rlla lroYilcnt8 OWL nilpW-
Ing There IL n glufug Inconsistency n continu-
tng hsu excessive remuneration III The fuco Of II
directly contrary te.,tIeney everywhere n!sc. The
nccasiun certainly calls for tho oxprension Of a
| purpose OF ccou0Ny nnd relorn Ia thla Inattor
as we'll ~ iii others Of nattonlt intcroat.-Dosfon
I'osi.
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| a *,ltI-1r0M Ctltnhtr0plae.
Tho osher night, sayH tho burlington Na'ckeyc,
! nYtir ffr3tt vi