, 1874-01-07
NOTES AND OPINION.

| Opinion OF tho Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
| Qoyal to Grant) on the pending elections in New
Hampshire. Rhode island, and Connecticut:
The fact is, very litte political Significance should
be attached to the zeault in these States 1T any time
that is Ear % Endorsement OK condemnation OF
the dominant party in the nation is CONCERNED: But
much less Importance should DO attached to 1t this
| year than usual
| All loyal-te-Grant newspapers will please copy,
| ignoring tue fact that two seats in the United
| States Senate are involved in these elections
"Vcry little political significance" indeed.
| Word comes now from the Capital Of Iowa
that Republicans elected to the Legislature
over regular Republican nominees will so into
| the Anti-Nouopoly caucus they will not 50 into
| the Republican caucus.'' Tho regular party
managers at Des Moines have been slow to be
| Convinced OF this. They. also, OF the party in
| California, we're equally allow.
a hint for Congress: Economy means the
| expenditure OF as little money as possible
| Pittsburgh Commercial!
| -Retrenchment ls first in order. Vast sums
can certainly be saved by rigid economy. The
| facts show it, and no one eau deny it. We lear
That the habit Of handling largo sums has begot-
ten 1ooseness IN expenditures. The Secl etary OF
| the Navy made way With money during the
Cuban excitement to an extent that fosters the
suspicion that it had partly been spent in ad-
vance, anu that the war excitement was ayailed
| OF a. ruse to cover up Some bad outlayo- Let
Congress look up the leak8 and stop them.-
| Pittsburgh Edzeue.
-Uue Thing is certain. aud the fact should be
kept constantly in view by Republican Repre-
| sentatives aud Senators, and thai Ii, that not
| only the political complexion OF the next Con-
gress, but tho mex: Presidency, il very likely to
! be determined by the financial policy OF the
present seHaion-whether it Is one OF extrava-
gance and folly or retrench1nent, and such
measure Of wisdom as will at least conv1nce the
paop1e Of honest Intentions. Pittsburgh Erezs-
ing Telegraph
Members aro 1T the Capital to execute.
Public opinions just, intelligent, reasonable
| public opinion-should rule. Congress holds
the sceptre, but the people are the power behind
the throne: We stand d., IA some respects
Generalization, protlisacv aad peri, the other
to hono., prudence, and increased strength. :.
Very much depends on the temper and action Of
Congress. The people ask nothing unrcason-
able or impossible ut its hands. They simply
| ask it to deal with the situation in an honest,
manly, and straightforward manner. The lack
| OF this frank, direct, square treatment OF tue
| salary question before the recess was what dis
satisfied the country more than any other aspect
Of tho nhnir.--Albony Ercaing Journal
The future of the Republican party is in the
hands OF the present Congress-. The people de-
mand honesty and economy. The repeal OF the
Salary act is the first step in the line Of honesty
This must be taken squarely and boldly, without
IN if, OF but, orr reservation of any kind This
| must be f,ollowed up by cutting down e1pendi-
tuccs to the lowest possible level. II this shall
be done. there will be no necessity for an in
crease Of ta1es. Any increase Of the tax burden
| would be fatal to the existence OF the dominant
| party. Besides, it would be an outrage upon the
| people, whom there are 80 many ways OF cutting
! down expenses without In jury to my public in
tefest. Then Coug1esa should put the knife into
and rip up Ill abuses that come under the head
Of perQuisites. Neither heads OF Departments
/ IL. -. n, ~Srr3,& -nf1r wv
society at the public expense. II they desire to
send their wives around in expensive carriages,
driven by liveried servants, they should be made
to pay for the glory, such as it is, out Of their
oru pockets The custom OF drawing upon the
Treasury, in the name of contingent expenses,
for horses and carriages, and putting servants
| upon the payroll Of some Department was estah-
| ished in Washington many years ago. but it is a
bad custom, and, like ali evils, it has grown un-
| til now it has become public scandal, and Con-
| Udzette.
! There is something pathetic in ex-senator
Harlan's appeal in his Chronicle to Congressman
| ao1 to investigate the use Of carriages Rnu
horses by our clsl servants at the expense OF
! Government lest gentlemen Of refined sens1-
! bilities shall be driven from the public SER
vice" We really th1nk that Mr. Harlnn overes-
Inmates the danger. There may be au invessi-
| cation, there may be m exposure Of the use OF
public horses, mules and wagons, and 'contin-
shrinking senElbliltles OF Department servants,
| who do thus use public property, will bo SO dis
| turbed as to cause them to resign, re cannot be-
| iieye. Perhaps it would be we'll to Lave tbs in
yestgatou, in order to bring to light the latent
| .sreined sensibi!ities in Washington, SO that
| we can al do their possessors public honor. Let
| Us have q look at tho "sensibiities.
| Cour1nt.
! Congressman Hale. Of Maine. has, it il said,
reliuquisEed the intention which he expressed
| previous to the recess. of to-day (Jaa- - NOV
| lug suspension OF the rules, and introducing
bill for the complete repeal o. the sala!y~Grab:
| lie that puttoth his hand to the plow and
looketh back is not worthy Congress may as
veil understand, once for all, that lie people do
not abate ono jet the wholesome indignation
| that has prevailed through the Last season, aud
that they will not suffer their eyes to be in any
wise blinded by the parliamentary dust which
such miserable shut1lers AZ Bntler and others
nay nay c0ntrivo to kick np'-Pifts'ur9A CONNER
| Butler never was 80 powerful in the House
as lie Is to-dar. Els position Chairman Of
| tile Judiciary Committee helps him good deal.
| Then lis old enemy, Farnavorth, Of Illinois,
| WHO could always give him AZ good as he sent,
and the only member, except Elaine, who ever
| thoroughly subdued him, il out OF the House.
! Whenever Lo speaks now the members gather
| around him as they do AROUND tho ghostlY Ste
| don't know. but lie has got strong hold on this
House by Ills slilllul management. thus far, and.
unless some new enemy develops himself, will
give Dawes good deal OF trouble in retaining
the leadership Washington @Zette" 10 Boston
! Herald.
--Whatever Senators and Representatives in
the Forty-third Congress mas think and say
| about the newspapers WHICH have exposed and
denounced tho Salary law cf last spring. We as-
| sure them that, If they do not repeal this law.
the clamor OF the press during the raet cam
paign will be as nothing wheu compared with
tho rattllng OF the ba1lot-bo1es about sheir ears
next Glorcrsci1e (N. ~ InteGigencer.
| The trouble with our representation is that
| it is fosgi1zed,-that it has 20 sympathy with
common people, that 1t is only actins in
the capscity Of agent and instrument for per-
sonal greed and private rapacity. TIE Oranges
| should be looking out for representative can
| didatee Of the labor interest. Let us have done
with arlstocratic monopolists. We have suffered
too long from them already. Whom the farmers
| speak through Congress, 1t will bo in language
| tie country has loug been uuaccustomsd TO
| hear.-N. Paul Pioneer.
Each mouth before the election, the people
were treated to laudation OF the Republican
| pnrty for it's economy. because the public debt
was gradually. but stcadily, decreasing. But the
| +t,o t.4n ,+o