New-York tribune., 1874-04-03
POLITICAL NOTES.

A select committee of the Illinois Legsla-
ture has reported unanimously bill for the abolition OF
capital punishment
Taking it for granted that the New-Jersey
Constitutional amendments aboshing special iegisia
ton will be made the OF the land, The EHzd6eh Her
aid makes a suggestion worthy OF the most carefu
attention 1t says that view of the fact that the new
amendment will make 1t necessary for the Legislature 10
secure the passage OF wise and equitable general laws
and for this purpose the OF the State will be
needed X snggess, therefore, that in selecting mem
bers Of the Legislature the people ought 10 ay
aside ~ rtsan considerations ana send to the capital
those men best qualified to perform 80 important TASK
Secretary Richardson's. pitiable exhibition
fore the sanborn Investigating Committee has either
driven the journals Of his party into profound silence
orlDd guant protest concerning him The worcester spy
e Secretary his subordinates ought to resign
at sine the country have no confluence III ther
honesty or capscty; and in regard to the abtes'of
,, t,+ d,scov, ,'rer OF the IS resumption scheme II
has tbe blooded c"uety TO remark - row people
ever believed that Mr. RcN Nardson was ht lor Tue olce'
He was respectable in a smaller place put ,ne reqle
ments Of his present high Office ssk of fh rrave
ook ritcuoualY not 10 - 'oan o - '
for suspecng that lack Of tai. w H0' N'' n0'
serious deficiency
This is the gentle and conclusive way In
which The Cincinnati Enquirer dsposes OF Senator sum
ners assertion expansion Of the currency wGNd Do
a great evil TO the country The late Massachusetts,
Senator was good authority on, and understood sorae
questions exceedingly we'll but finance was not OF them
TO 1t he had apparently given little study or renecon'
in one OF his last speeches in the Senate on finance no
stated that he had consulted an eminent Natonai BANK
President and quite confident, therefore, that hs
views were correct corroborated they were by such
competent authority. II to have occurred
to that unsophisticated scholar that the eminent
National banker from whom he derived his I'm ancial
inspiration had peculiar anagonisc views, arising 0n
his self interest which opposed 10 general pnDnc
pocv Mr. Sumner represented the shadow ~ Statesl.
bankers in Boston and the hardy yeomanry OF the
West and SOUTH"
No wonder the taxpayers of South Carolina
AK for Government aid The appropriations OF the
Legislature which has just adjourned amounted to
sl7psa1os5 or this amount siOOs1 IS for public
printing; s365 900 for legislative expenses; claims
against the Legislature for furniture, &C. 7sO6s AZ;
contingent fund. $4,000; sundries, &52lSo; salaries
te22OO; public schools 100000; public asylums sl93S'o
1t that with the exception or the last three
items ne entire expended by theiegslaure
In the session the legislative expenses were $751;
$780, and the cost OF printing $4,000 THIS was.the first
year the State was the hands Of its present rulers
During the six years since then the amount appropriated
for thoss purposes alone was steadily increased
from fl93 $50 to The enormous OF 32i0 As me
Charieston Netos and Courier which publishes the hg
OF this startling exhibit remarks, there Is no heed
for comment.
If the predictions OF both sides prove, true
there will be Il double victory in Connecticut next
Monday. The Republican State Committee met In
Hartford on Tuesday evening and according to The Post
OF that city, the most encouraging reports were re-
ceived from all parts OF the state. Indeed the same
journal is confident that II announces ia double ead
that the Legislature Will be Republican, which VIII
ipsure the election OF United States Senator and
proper selections for the vacant places On the bench OF
the Superior Court. Whether our victory shall be COM
pete depends upon the activity Of our friends from TINS
time till the close of the polls" BY singular coin
cidenee the Chairman Of the Democratic Committee
publishes an address the same day, in when ne
a.es this contradictory assurance 10 the Democrats
the 81 have returns from the entire stare ana
feel no hesancy in assuring that noble triumph
is 10 come Monday from the cordial union or
Democrats aud Liberals" Somebody 10 going 70 De
disappointed next Monday night