Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1873 — The Political World. [ARTICLE]

The Political World.

The future of political parties is just now the subjoot of considerable tine writing on the part of political jobbers who arc aiming to control politieal action for their own aggrandizement. We overheard a conversation not long since between two men, one of them once a United States Senator, and the other one now a member of Congress, and of different politics, in which both agreed that their only difficulty in forecasting the future was to judge of tlxe magnitude of the movement of the people against railroad monopolies. Both of them admitted that no political party at present would dare to resist the movement, but both thought that by another year questions of policy, such as tariff’questions and bank questions, would.divide the now solid phalanx of farmers, and make it more easy for the politicians to control the move•‘merit. In the present condition of affairs, the whole people are with the farmers in their demand for justice the farmers be wise enough to finish one war before they inaugurate another? If they are they Will find in a very short time that all political- parties will stand forth, eacli claiming to outdo the other in the interest of labor; but if they leave the work so well begun to enter upon some other work not so clearly demanded, they will find out too late their mistake. — Let their motto lie “onejob ata time.” When we have got the railroads to obey the law it will be time enough to commence at other points, upon which there will be a division of sentiment among the people of this country.—Valparaiso Videtto.

A call has been issued for a national convention of producers, and consumers to meet in New York effy on the j 6th of May next. Its object is toj consider what can he done to reduce i the' cost, of transportation by rail and ] water between the west and the seaboard. The senate committee on : transportation propose to he present j and take counsel of the people; TheI “little cloud-no bigger than a man’s i band,” of protest against railway ex- ! tortion, which appeared in Illinois and quickly spread over the entire northwest, promises speedily to engross the attention of the whole people and expand into a national cpiestion of supreme importance. There is an ugly logical conclusion to the transportation- question which begins to dawn upon the minds of the men of the east., namely: that if all the value of the farmers’ products is absorbed by the railways there will be no demand for the manufactures of the east in the west, because there will be nothing with which to pay for them. The relations of all branches of .tirade are so intimate that one great industry canhot be destroyed without dragging down all others. It has become a question of self-preservation to the east, and the men of that section, accordingly, spring to the rescue.—Plymouth Democrat.

On Friday noon last a distressing accident occurred at the residence of Henry Balkama, five and a half miles southwest of Brookston, in this county, which resulted in the death of a lad eleven, years old nafned Fred. Boolt, a step son of Mr, Balkama, who was fatally shot by his -brother William, a young man of twenty years. The bojs were in the garden when they saw a hawk light near them. The eider went into the house for a shot gun, and when he returned the little boy went around to frighten the hawk. As it Hew he fired, but unfortunately the load entered Fred’s body, from the effects of which he died in fifteen minutes. One shot entered his temple, three or four his shoulder, and some into his intestines. —Brookston Reporter. It is evident, that Democrats are fearful that Mr. Colfax will be the Republican candidate for Congress from this district, and arc trying tq. head him off. We are willing to put Mr. Colfax against the best man they eau get to run against him, for any office in the gift of the people. With Mr. Colfax for our candidate we are certain to have a good candidate, ami one who is deservedly popular with the people.—Valparaiso Vidette. -* ®, ," r -’ • 0 A portion of ground about 70 feet in length, traversed by the Peninsular Railway, fifteen miles west of this point, sank several feet below the former level, recently. The railroad company has filled the cavity with trees and gravel; and are now of the opinion that the inclination of that spot of earth to go through to China has been securely cheeked.—South Bead Register.

Charley Dunham is the owner of a beautiful cockatoo, once the pet of tile Empress Chariotta. He bought it In Chicago from a Mexican who claimed to have been especially entrusted with its keeping by the exEnipress. It’s a beautiful bird.— Valparaiso Messenger. ’ J Patrick Clifford and Florence Donahue each sold ground for a harrow pit to the I’ennsylania Company to furnish gravel and sand for the double track at the rate of S3OO per acre for The surface dug over, the land tcf remain tin* property of the present owners. We should like to sell the surface of several farms at that rate and would throw in the fee simple, rather than, haggle about it. —Valparaiso Vidette.