The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-03-19
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people Will leave Ms ssas OEty soon
for California. The are said to be
mostly citizens of til town Many
of them will probab visa them
selves back again be ore this time
next year.
Butler is already ii tht field for
the seat in the For y-foI tn Con-
gress left vacant BY the death OF
Representative Buff, ton. He is ir-
repressible.
The Civil Rights b II W u not be
very long in getti. g b fore the
United States Supren e Go lrt. The
result will be awaited wit uncom'
mon general interest.
An excursion from citi on the
Missouri Valley to San francisco
will leave early in a. ril. Therail-
roads will reduce the fare o very
low figure.
There is great. religious excite
meet among the children of San
Francisco. Bro. Hammond is there
stirring them up.
1t Is stated that Rev. 1. S. Kalloch
has accepted call to preach in San
Francisco at $1,000 a year.
AS the 4th of March in 1877 will
come on q Sunday, the next Presi
dent cannot be inaugurated till
Monday, but President Grants and
Vice President Wilson's terms will
not expire on Sunday, and the Pres
dent pro tenn of the Senate, Mr.
Ferry of Michigan, will become
President of the United States dur
ing the interim, holding the office q
hours.
The new postal cards will be un
like those now in use. The color
will be violet blue. The border aud
directions as to where and how To-
write name and address. will be-
dispensed with. A monogram
formed of the letters ~. ST." will
be printed on the card in black ink
This will be on the upper lett baud
corner across which will be ths-
words "P"staI Card" The Vim
gette, Liberty, with her Iuxurienl
tressrs hanging down her ba:k and
confined by esp, adorns the lower,
lett hand corner. The new cards
will be the came size as the old
ones. aud will be issued about the
middle of April.
We see it states in an exchange
that the Supreme Court of the
United States has uesided in a test
case taken from Michigan to that
tribunal, that state has the right
TO tax Immigrant lands while the>
are still in the possession of the
railroad company. If this is so il
will add very largely to the taXaDI.
property OF this state.
The election Of Mr. Ferry, OF
Michigan, as President pro tenn. OF
the Senate, was q flatteiing aud
well deserved compliment to him
as parliamentsrian of distinguish
ed capability and fairness-an esti
mate concerning which there has
been no difference of opinion on
either side of the Senate, and which
will greatly assist him in the eXer-
cises of the delicate and difficult
functions pertaining to the position
of presiding officer of that body.
Having the confidence alike of Dem
Ocrats and Republicans, Mr.. Ferry
will be able to facilitate the trans
action of business in the Senate,
and, the Chicago Tribune thinks, il
he remains true to his former
record, his new honors will be Of
mutual advantage.
Sam Randall, of Philadelphia, ia
said to have the inside track for
Speaker of the House of RepreseD
tatives. He was a Wing in old
times, and is as much of a high tar
iff man as Pig Iron Kelley himself.
The Kansas City Times sage that
the movement for through freight
ing to Galveston is beginning to
look up again, and intimates that a
great reduction in rates will soon
be made by the railroads leading to
that port.
The Chicago Times gives the fol-
lowing editorial characterization of
the Democratic party:
That the Democratic party does
not deserve to be trusted is true.
Ii is as likely as not to- be controlled
by such Democrats as VOORHEES, and
PeudletOu, who would swiftly con-
duct the country to financial ruiz
aud reputation. If it sh0uio es-
cape the curse of such leadership, ii
would then be rather more likely
than not to be controlled by the
still more dangerous men who nov
officer the White League The
Democratic party is distrusted b.
cause it has no definite policy with
respect to specie pay ments, taxation,
tariff, or any thing else-because il
is composed OF the most discordanI
elements, having nothing in com.
mon but hatred and contempt tor
the unfortunate African. ~.
AN HONEST CRowD.-The exact
particulars of that recent Democrat
ic State Treasurer's steal in Geor-
gia are, that $I52 $50 was stolen
outright; $68,917.53 was Illegally
paid out, and $500 BIT SO is missing.
The treasurer, however, utterly re-
fuses to resign, and there is some
talk of retiring him on full pay,
aud let financial agent run the of
fee. In Arkansas, too, the Pitts
burg Commercial observes that be-
tween the fifty and sixty sheriff.
elected under the new Constitution
were found, short time ago, to be
defaulters in sums ranging from
$500 to $4,000, and now General
Newton, financial officer Of the
state, is discovered to be q defaulter
in the sum of S5S,000. A very hon.
est crowd, truly; and this is only
the beginning.