, 1874-03-16
SPIRIT Of ILLINOIS.

AAEIuoIa CunbEesslouAI 0lbtflot NNnYenIl0nH{o
lay out work:
March II, Twelfth District, Jacksonville,
March IS, Eighth District, Fairbury. |
Tho Hpring elections at which Town Officers |
and County boards Of Supervisors are to bo
choaon, como on tho first, second or third TueH-
days in April, and not on uniform day. Tho !
oiticora to ho elected in oach town aro superyi-
sor, Town Clerk, Aesosaor, Collector, Ovorsoor
Of tho Poor, Highway Commissioners Consta-
bles, Juaticoa Of tho Poaco. otc Those elections |
havo hitherto passed unnoticod. Now thero ia |
IN awakening ind demand for a scrutiny Of nc
counta The Wasaeka Times has boon making m |
effort to get ut the facts in IroquoH County, and
arrives at total indebtedness Of S258 4l8, which
"doos not include tho school, bridge. aud other.
indebtedness Of tho different townships, a atato-
mont Of which VIC propoao to furnish at no
distant dato." And thon tho editor hays:
soc Of our timid frlends have suggested to lii thas
ought not to publish thcHo Btateulenta bccauss It
tho nattor in very different light. Tho 1t hs
ients " t@efr erpinditures habies, and aithous
great deal 1 TestaFc no ono cum asctTtH these facts.
. What Is nectud ip safe md conservative |
men IN osery office, no 1nator how seemingly unin-
porlant.
Tho Knoxville Republican. tho Joliet lepuo-
hcan, md numerous other papers, announce that
the spring elections.
by the Farmers Of Christian County, at Tay-
loryillo, Mnrch 7:
Rtsored, That tho neccsaittcs OF the times douund
tho formation Of d new political party, upringIng d.
5eotiy from the producing and laoo1ing slassea, en-,
of pure economical Government. State nua Nationa
woso purpose au|i bo tho correction Of he shameful
n,usscn OF the people Of their houost earnings.
Tho Danville Commercial Republican, wants
1t distinctly understood that Its columns arc not
to do dirty work. for blg party ring-loadera at
Washington, or little party whip.suaps ut homo;
and the editor ssys:
Hurrah, thcn, Tor individual independence. and
Lct cvoTy oiice-holler know that every msn Of his
constituents is his watcher and nis political orponent
tton. Iu this alono is the horo of the Republic.
-Thnt veteran oflco-aoeket Of Freeport, Gen.
Smith b. Atkina, il telling tue Changers that tho
wholo moyemopt M ot tie farmers is only Domo'
crAtio dodYe.-Ulr0H San.
Tho GrangerH who arc so infatuated nB to
expect to get reform inside tho Republican or
gani2aton will 60 to thcir own but NIL intelli-
the Industrial classes will concentrate as an III
dependent organization to fight class-legisasion
and tho u1oney-power, in overg form Of Mouop-
oily in which it NOW appears; aud thoy will suc-
ccod, oven though 1t DO through Doyolusion.-
Morrison independent.
For years ,nou who havo supported them
selves by fabor Lnye gyon their ballots to poIiti-
col beggars autl political trimmors, till tue law-
making power, as found in Legislative halls, has
iii manner Of vlperoua. ulcoroua enaotraonts.-
Lincoln Statesman.
Our professional politicians sho,1ld. romom-
ber that tue producers are the potgons who fur
nish tho meanB for the Fortunes OF ali other
mon; and that they cannot opprcss or rob tho
agricultural interests without disturbing tho
prosperity Of the whole country. But, If they
tako no heed TO the warnings which havo been
pressed upon them 60 forvently of lato, they
may rest assurad that the dnY Of their triumph
ia at au ond, and tlut those whom they hayo
helpcd to oppress will assert their rights to tho
fulloat exsoat.-Bloo.aiagto Ant;-2tonopo!ist.
Did tho people, ,-and by these wo ulcan tho
voters, tho roni sovoregns OF the country
know int the tenth part Of the Infamous prac-
t,cos Of their political agents. aid could they
know the millions they layp beon co1npollot to
pay, by their hard. unroquitcd toll, because Of
these Legislative monstrositiey, they would await
tho coming Of olockipn-daya at which these
wrong-doera could bo ofeoted with greater i'm
pationee than ever election-day was looked for
ward to niuce tie 4th OF July 1776.-Saleal m
dustrial dduocatc.
Pile desuotjam Of Kings over gutioota. which
as milton wo ropudiatod q century gIuco, ia
nothing in Comparison to the despotis1n Of Cap
ital oYer Lai,or.. Labor to-day groans in bone
less bondnge, alike in tho coal-miuo. tie forge,
tLo mill and tho wnrkshon, II wastns ayistanno
in futile effort to escape poverty and elevate
itself in tue scale OF bong. 30 long as Labor is
dopondent on sCapitai Tor nmplovment and bread.
so long viii it 10 q holploss slaye, bound in tLe
fettera Of it's necessities. Workingn,on,
one word in couolu9ion. Why win YOU be led,
when Won can command ?-1hica1o Workiuq-
mems 1dyocate.
Our Oongrcasuen Ind better not lot tho
"greod Of gain " Blind tIoir uorcontion to tho
condition Of tie producing and laboring oasses,
whilo they heed tho donai,ds OF tho rich. suoh
Of Farewell. Drothor Couioy" becaaso tie
producing mud taboring ctassos are not tho cou-
hoy mean to into onersoa IL tat t Of
nature which Ia the lnw Of seifprcserraiion,
and enforce their demands through 4tAoir ohoacn
servants who viii not botray thcm, hut WILL ak
of tSoua who wou