, 1874-03-30
SPIRIT Of ILLINOIS.

1QeGe Id q eFcat AWAAeuln6, al turou9n 1lll-
nois, to tho importance OF tho township eleo-
tionB April I, as preliminary to the great politi-
cal work Of tho year in November. Wo quote
some Of the sentiments Of the press:
At contested State election every effort il
made to get out tho vote. The whole State il
a1ame, and every locality catches the enthusiasm.
But for all Of this parade Of music, OF banners,
noisy shoutings, ind maas-meetings, the town
election is Of equal II not greater, inportanco.-
Bureau County Republican.
Our Town Supervisor IL ofton able to Affect
our individual interests more nearly than our
Representative in Congress. or eyon tho Chief
our principles With Us into this var il littls
things as vol as groat things, and look carefully
on which tho 1nrger structure rehts.-Hate''a
Industrial Press.
When we rocoIloot that the officers elected ut
our primary spring elections a1o the basis OF the
whofa superBtructure of the Government, and
that theBo comparatively small oliicors llando
and control nearly or quite ono-half Of all tue
money raiaed by taxes, tho importance will bo
better understood Camp Point journal.
tits believed, than that Of all other taxes col
locted in tho stato,-but the primary evil ol tle
caee is that no knows either tue amount collect
ed or how It is disbursed. The town officers
have heretofore been elected according to polit,-
cora m hive been ro-elocted from year to yohr by
tna moro woight Of party. It is high time, there
fora. That ths people tako this matter into thor
own hands-INinois aate Register.
come m u fullY aroasod to tie necessity of ooiul
revision ct homo or local compensation paid for
township aud county public business, coupled
with a determination hereafter to know how
much monoy IL raised o, oy taxation How much M 1B
are pleased to know that not Que, but nearly all,
tho laborlng people lave been aroused to think
and act on these mattors, taking 1t to be- u,be-
ful sign tlataftor tleyha ''dono" tho tunnuups
and tic county they will then look beyond tho
county to the State aud naton.-Salens I'a!us-
trlnl Advocate.
Let the honest men OF Ill parties Join ha1:dB,
and this State which gives tho Radicals 90, 600
majority, will be redeemed. Tho iaaue this fall
will be, honest men against the corrupt Radical
ring which has 80 long rulod Illinois and squnn-
dored our public moneys, doubled our taxes, md
Increased the State expenditures to IN alarming
dogree.- .-Jonesooro Gazette
The Republican party mus, give up drantirn
or make up itB mind to loHo those Statos
whore it's majority IL small. And It must not he
long IN determining which 1t will do 1WEnain3.
ton 1drocate.
Tic more aud the quicker Ben Butler shows to
world will got through with lin. Ho is sent.
like one Of old, to tormont the nhtiou, and va
must bear 1t with becoming fortitudo. Let hint
disgorge his aophistrleB aud lies. It there art'
those high in authority bound up with hisnt AMI
cunt CUT loose, they hayo but to remember poor
Tray Woodstock: Sentinel.
Many think that the Patrons Of HuBbandry
Ia IN organization f6r old political hacks to
dodge aud rido into office under the garb OF re-
form. This ta grand mistako. Tie farmers
have cut their ,eyo.teoth, aud have marked all
polls they viii not take men that Aayo been laid
bauk on the shelf. who haye accumulated tho
cobwcbs aud dust OF years, but will tako vi, men
who daro to represent them and their rights in
lay Or no buy. "Ugh! too big pay" for labor.
Ing men to be Justly represented ut Washing
ton. Too many holaes palatial residencea, and
Long Branches for Justice to ho dons tho pao-
po.-0gsa County Grange.