, 1874-06-02
NOTES AND OPINION.

congressman this yoar. II sayH:
Granted that vote to havo hccn q mistake, yot to
to tho pcopo Ee services Of any Of tho uucfu repro
aentatives Of 10th partca. Wlat iA known tic sa
wl,oi Clay Webster. p,noi. waikor, sud othera Nors
In tho a*csnlah aud whol ta anrt Of oxtra coinpen
satton was accertcd as i nattor Of co,lrsc.
Had crystalzed into a CUSTOM" iut1cod but |
"tho custom" began with Republican Credit |
Mobilior ssatesmon, and will foroyor end with |
tho samc.
--AlcNuta has eot tho pins for nomination
(whicl this your. Is not equivalent to oection),
and tho Republican Convention for tho T1r-
teent] District ID callod to moot at Lincoln ILL.,,
June a.
-rhe Jonesboro (1ll) GazcNe says Judge
Andrew D. DuR will uot ha candidate for Con-
gross In the Eightoouth District, and adds:
We believe 1t Is tho tutonon to tako country
is hnr, as, run lin into Congress like acared dog
We DO not heleye the old etagcrs wish 10 make this
sa oeeut. oa1 ea
can 10 brought upon the truck Il my Of tho above
eee.aecsus busness .lese any many Ss years" 4 nre
ambitious, ana don't boioyo III 81 hay-noel." we cul
hs @ ass rs q 's 1se
trct will bent any nag that bo backod by arauta
| Administration.
Tho Alton Telegraph mentions John II.
| Yeagor as Republican candidate for Congress
| in tho Sayontoonth District next fill Tho Iello-
| villa Advocate squints toward Edward llutzt now
| State Treasurer, ~ All available candidate for
Cougrcas-to catch the votes OF tie ''yerY largo
aud Perhaps prepondoratins naas Of German
birth.'
I'VE hear the nnmo Of JoHcph T. Ecc1es Of
1lillsboro fayorably spoken OF as candidate tor
Congress- on tho Republican ticket IN tic
| Sixteenth District. alr. Ecelcs was momber Of
| the Constitutional Convention which formed tho
Constitution OF Illinois in lsiS.-Greenpilio (IN)
AdU0cate.
&C. j. T. Moore, Of the Supreme Court Of
Appeals II mentioned a. candidate for election
to tho United StatoH Senate in pluco Of Senator
foreman. Tip Judge ~ very popular MI over
he aon FsTo{o oa2 Rd Is os IL onr
card urging his clntms to represent his district
iu CongrosB. lie repudiatos tho idea Of his i,av~
lug bcen i'll pubic lifo too long. lie only having
served three years III tho House of Delegates,
clovon in tho senato' eight in Congress-, two
as Governor Of Washington Territory, aud part
Of o session In tho Confederate Congress, whilst
Clay, Calhoun, and Benton wore each in Con-
to the Grangers, declaring TINT he was brought
up bot'seen the handles ol plow with wagons
whip, in his hsna.-Richmond Va:) Wig.
Tho Republican organs, NOW that tho tenn
| pornnce people Indicate purpose to be no
louEor deceived aud cheated by tho Republican
party arc dropping the masl TINT covered their
prctonao Of support of prohibition aud talking
af:or this fashion Of tho bulfnlo Commercial I'D
people do not propose to surrender every right
IN tho promotion Of doubtful scheme for a
gront moral REFORM" Tllis Ia as wo told the
Prohibition bre.hren 1t would be.-Roches!cr (N.
u Union.
-The best mon OF both parties aro tirod Of old
party lenders, who havo seemingly joined TO"
gothor toplunder md oppross tho people. With
daily showing itself In Sanborn contracts and
otllor corrupt governmental jobs, with tho ma
jority Of both the Democratic and Republican
congressman, pockcting nack.pay, restoring
aid to giait corporation swindlos there aaenaa tt
ba no hope OF reform through tho medium o1
tl,esu once great partioa.--IoHia (ltfich) Stand
| ord.
. -Wo hope tho friends OF honest government
everywhere will beatir themselves mud help tt
lurl from power tho corrupt politicians who art
Wasting tho public revenues. plnndcring tho
| TREASURY, Gul diBgraciug tho public sorrlce.-
Ea1andzoo Telegraph.
l Tho certainty OF tho adjournment of Congress
, on the a2l OF Juno appears to havo glvon fool
, ing Of considerable relief to the country. Prob
= ably it 1t hal been known throo months ago
that CongreBB would adjourn finally III juno,
: without legisatng on tho financial question, the
: spriug business would have taken on much
. groa:or activity than 1T has dono.-Pi,sGur91
The condition Of most OF the Southern Slater
iB exceedingly aad-worse evou Than might be
o reasonably expected as the result Of tho was
s md the dleorgauization Of society snd industry
| We admit TINT tho oolorod race tn ttle
= South have worry little reason to be- grateful to
. the men whom thoy llayo sent to Congross md
Y tho State Legislatures. or placed in Executive
Q chairs. They have been, pl1nderod by the.
j. Scotts tho 11oBeHca, tho Kellogga, and others oi
j. tho saule ilk, juAt as romoraely US tue white
- !, Democrats But the rascals rho ruled in the
!, name OF RopuhlicauiHn oiferod theln the only
= political safety. Do not tho majority Of the
IL whitoB III tho South understand tho first ster
% they must tako toward driving out tho oAicia
;, leeches who Are sucking the lfe-b blood OF one
- section Of tho nation ?-Daitinof8 A'nerican.
Louisiana South Carolnn, Afkansas otc., af
10 fectng directly tho srado and business OF ths
North, tho we-being, indeed, of tho whole
~ country, ia beginning to produce q reaction
~ which is porcuptllo in the mainly and ndopond:
ot out utterancas VIC have quoted from tho Now 1ofl
10 Times, 40 a leading Republican organ.
10 Whether these admissions spring from deslre t.
=, warn its party OF the ruin to which it is hurryini
itsetf or not, they are trunk md independent OF
u preysions OF truths which rapidly dawning up
III on every HenBbo 1nnn in tho land. 1tmuBt hAy
n beon worry ignorant very knavish naou who 1is
n, eytabla result Of tho Radical reconstruction pol
~ - ioy.-BaNi''aore Sun.
IT. How many negroes in the United States ru
ID barber-sl0ps in which 10 nogro could CO
o. ahuYed for 3100? 1B this distinction betwce
tho colors a 1aca-prejndlco for Which the poo
barber ought to DO punishoa7 or Is it abuHlnosf
> neceaaitY which tho law canuot rooye biz
u from, and therefore uhould not punish him fo
80 regnrsiing2 Why did not our Senators inolad
rs tho barbor-Dhos with tho hotels, railways, thea
H. tsos etc.2 EYdollsly they know that thoy ncr
tn enactiug m absurd, unJ Jrst, aud imperative Ian
~ ~, which they iutondod for nothing hut bit {
W negro huncoube-a trap for negro votos.-1ah
at sas City Timer.
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