New-York tribune., 1875-10-07

trial He 1, astonishingy defiant and anxious 70 DO
brought TO Justice Hear what he authorizes fhe hnHe
apos Mail 10 say for him " 20 far as his own caSo "
concerned Col King we are authorized to say, will Waso
any and oil Irregularities and defects, either IN the dra"
ing Of the grand jury the indictment ITSELF viii ims
every material fact which the prosecution prove by
any credible face Of the earth. and domand
decision in his case by the court and Jury whose any
shall be To try him.
The admirers of soft money tIicd to hold
massmeeng at st. Paul the othe, night but succeeded
getting only about 30 persons together. OF codrso
Ignatius Donnelly there, and a. usual talked
the most brilliant nonsense" lie thought II the Gov
eInmeDt would issue hundred millions o greenbich
frequently it would oil kinds Of business and the
whole country would prosper. This opinion.
Mr. Donnely informed his hearers from study Of
the financial question. They could al know ~ mch ~ he
did ii they would study. It credit 10 81 Paul that
calmly To such babbinR ~ this.
The imitation Democracy will not find much
sympathy in Michigan The Dei,OH Free Fress says OF tho
views which has obtained from leading members Of the
party IN the state THE he1Itncss with which Michigan
Democrats ayow their devotion TO the hardmoney
principles Of the party il noteworthy There il scarcely
any division Of sentiment tins point The march TO-
ward specie basis be forward Is the almost unan-
EXPRESSION made in various terms, bat The same m
subsistence. There is, however general feeling that
prccpitate action is to be guarded against
and that the fact that the country for
so many years past had currency which
specie ba, calls for wise and prudent
action that the country may get back 10 sound eur
rcncy without any violent shock. The following, We
think, il good cpitOmc OF the views elsewhere pub
l,led: Opposition to Initiation; opposition To nce7-ant
tiUkcung with the that The business nter
Ot the country not be i'm constant state Of ap
prchension: q steady advance toward ultimate re
sumption Ot specie payi ~
Ex-Gov. Curtin has begun to speak for in
natiOn in OhiO He spoke at Pdncs'e and AZ Cicye-
land Monday. aud went boldly into the initiation camp
The follow ing synopsis OF his speech j. the only report
which has yet to hand: "S?coiue of the bugaboo
that made about imitation, he said that II il
planned that tie people wanted to DO away with tho
middcman in financial policy, when that middeman
the 5Ouless corporation Of National banks he would
plead guilty to the soft impeachment. lie wanted cur
rency that good alike for ALTO pay dues at tho
Custom house aud dues Mt the butchers stall; to pas tho
soldier ana the foreign representative; and hc believed
that the Government capable Of making such ono
ont oi It's grcenbacks and then the gorhack would Do
good gold His graye3t .clrs aroused by tho
attempts az cntralzIton by the money power. but h0
hoped and believed that the people would De-
equal to the emergency aud put end 10 the encroaob
meuts OF that before u had accomplished IL, 10
signs lie spoke Of the great issues ~ stake IN the ONO
election saying they were mmca~urably more important
than the election Of one man another and prOuis'dH II
Ohio dId her duty next week Pennsylvania would follow
suit with an increased majority next month"