, 1874-04-02
NOTES AND OPINION,


Con. Jaspor Packard, Republican ConRross-
nlan Of Indiana, will not 10 a candidate for ro-
election. Tho South Bond Tribune says Of tho
announcement:
II nlnut In thia way, according to tho Winamao
Hcpnhhcan: Mr.: Hall, Cflnirnlnn Of tho Newton
County Central Com,ntteu, naked acl raclnrtl 10
HINT, in certain public Documents Packard ro,llod
to tho reIncn. by aay!g tlnt s waa not candidate
for rc-lonnnsion mud therefore could not Afford 10
ray Iustngo on tho docutno'ltA.
Simeon X. Wolfe, Democratic CongroasmRn
Of 1i1dlnna, will not ho d candidate for re-oloo-
ton. Tho Democratic primaries hayo uttered
tllis vortliot dcc!sively.
Tito Frm,kfort (Ky.) Ycoman eays Tint Con-
grosuman Jalnos u. Dock will not DO q candidate
for recollection.
-Congrcsutnan Churlos A. Ellridgo, of Wis
conBn, will not be canditlnto for ro-olectiou.
rAiH announcement is al1nost BuperlluouH.
-CongroBstnan Lomuol Todd, OF ponnBylva~
mia, will not DO Il candidate for ro.oloction.
-Noxt! Congressman will 10 ullowod each
three nos, without charge, for announcements
like Tho aboyo, until Juno 30. Aftor tint datc
soparato announcements will not DO necessary.
Tito Democrats Of Oregon hnyo nominated
for tho noxt Congroas N1r. @. a. La Dow, of
whom tho Portland 0ruyonian (Indopoulent)
nayn:
Iosl. J. u. snter adlrrsEot1 The audience for Mr.. L.
Dow, thu noninen fur Co,greHa, giving III ha rcuso,
for sH 1a Il t ptoy 1s Tss ill., ta ao a a't k @
tory Of politics III tlo untsol States tat u MN lln
l'ccn nolnnatod for co1,grms who waa unable to
pleasure Of a acqialntance will. MR. in DOW, b,lt
laya hem Informed 10 III very gonta aud oxcoeut
BcnslunAu.
-"rorloy," WHO ma1tos UP tho Congressional
Directory, Hays III tho DoBton Journal: "Tlloro
1,1n.
10 coualdorod." Now, thin In b.,nlncHs. It III
pnrtisnn decinonH. tho list Of contested election
c,lseH III not exhausted. HponsinB Of tho lntou1
decision, the Now York Ne'ntd says:
lind Nil tho defeated Republican candidates Mt TIM
tloy lad iox or" * every evtlencs tl.at boforo thu
cloao Of tho tra knaSion Ut tlu Eory-hr1 CougrcsH
tic 11ol,so would ho unanimously lsop1bcan. un-
HcattnK Democratic lnuborH nnd pOBtp0lnB business
10 60 peaauru-tripa havo bnnn tho fayorlto aMMKe
.nen.u VI tho Republican mo'nbors Of Cougreas till
actHl0n.
Will tito "ofr yoar" mover o1,a until 1s7oe
Tho O!oyonnd Leattc'' baya Of Connecticut, noxt
Monday: "Deing an Oft year, Democratic prof.
poets arc good" And liant yoar. beginning wl.o,t
Connecticut went Democratic, WAS also IN ION
yonr."
Tho New York lsoening Post epoal.s of tho
Bltnation In Conlootcltt us illustrating tim un-
oatlnlactory condition of politics." It aaya:
10 glyc tho Democrats yIosory IL 10 surrender tho
catlorahlp Of tho oIukon far frthor period TO tia
!ncn who cR to tin Dotocrato na'tB only TO botFay
Uc1locratis prnclp1EH, aud that invulyuB continuance
of thu present u!1usnulng !liyiaion ot laros Tho
DoocratIu party IL moa nsc1ul to tho Administrations
eft IL proyont ti.a Organization If reform par,
ty and thus to insre thn supremacy Of tho proHeat
Administration leadorg. Tho first duty of refornor!
IN ta yute lown Tho Dr1nucratlc rrcondega. fhcn,
tho Administration purity ea'l1ot lo reforiued peopn
will suppress II ano IN itA turn.
ii iB ,.oticoab!o TINT all tho soryilo-to-Grant
newspapers III Illinola arc not W sweet. now, aH
formerly tlloy wero wont to DO, on Mr. Wlilard
aociatioi. AlHo, that Mr. Alonzo Colder, hlnstcr
OF tho Btato Grange neetH O. lfttlo looking TO by
tho soryitors of q patornai Administration. Tho
St, Louia Globe ilstrl,ctn "tlo rural papora Of
Ilnoa" to thoIr duty, ln this wiaos
iug o Gio5e for asaert.ng TINT tlo aatur Ut tho H.
linols Hato Grunge Ouded to permit tn Htrict yto'a-
lion Of tho constitution, tlla Grand MaHtesa address
dction to talu lurt III pors On organizations. Thn
t,cat proof Will 10 found In tlloTwefth nd Trtoonh
Dtafic1 wlsto The Oranges aIe 1snag s,sssses to
tllat llo will prevent them. We showed tho Patrons.
noo weuts ago, that tcy wore drifting IN this direc
Bates the utnloS. ia tnkon to keep Out tho poll
tteiata. w easily predict tho el.d, and con-
yratato tho Nuw rae.y on ta accosste of atrongsls
urAAbly popular with tho American. people, aud
aounnt witA tho spirit Of ltoinb.!canlsin.
--Tho famous "bolting" plank Of laHt years.
Republican platform in Iowa haa its origin in
Keokuk; but tue party down tlloro don't aeom 70
like ltB own medicine, III VIC notice That nt tho
rocont Republican Couvontiou tl,ero to nominate
candidates. fur city Offices thoy lt1ndo every man
plolgo hlinsuf to support tho ttukat nominated
before Ito waa permitted to vote IN tho Qonvan-
ton. Tho extremes illustrated by our Keokuk
friends are, In party aelso, about equally sdlau%
lous.-Durlsnq|oh uapk-f;lV.