The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-05
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AssEosMENre ron THE DAM.
N .,..l ' PAioN. 16 30 a4iSiS -.
new ths wsshingtsn Cisrks Feel
NJ a'rV Abeut tho lmpesision.
lwa.idns,os dispatch duly gs.)te the New Yori.

f' About thc ImPosssi0ns
lwa'ns'o. ''p.'shh . J.s ss'''' the New Yor
In my dispatches last night mentonet
The fact that circular under the frank O
Congressman Plat had been forwa Diet
70 M all the department employees from
the y MON Congressional RsplLliosa com.
mittee, asking for subscription Of one
per cent. on their yearly salaries Tor cam.
paign purposes, 1t appears Shst DC
amount TO be assessed upon every sur,h
empioye, n well n his name and positio0,
were obtained from the Official register
blue book, snd the circular was to-day left
upon the desk Of every person entitled TO
be so assessed. or course the thing Great
ed n big 81 nsstion among officials high and
| low All growled terribly NJ what they
denounced IN impudent extortion, many
declare that they would rather resign tlmS
submit to such treatment, especially nj the
hands VI their political friends, and the
conversations on the subject were general
ly OF IN amusing turn AN innocent ad-
yAnced Tho 0pin ion that II was but right,
as when he held of'ice IN the New York
custom house, similar calls ere made upon
his party loyalty. ITe was at once set
npon and cried down. Was he no: abier
nj that time TO pny yuch icvicsr Had he
no. chance ri perauisitcs1 Had he any
show for s,dipss shove his salary hetS =
Such were tho questions peppered ut him
until he willingly confessed ibis error.
wow said one, II congress Mad treated
Us with any sort OF geh6f5sisy, ifthey'd
given us something near that old and be-
loved 20 per cent increase, then they mitskt
haye some reason for making this request;
bssto. aak ME "a efve tlssn $l2 10 help 20
send back set Of qunrrelling lunkhcads,
when ! will have Just SO this month alter
clearing mp. is simply check.h Wells,
Charlie, these lunkheads showed sense ri
sending round their notices ~ the end of
The saoath but ! went all my money for
my bapnsrS lssvo Of absencss and there
fore fsay, f,iow the cofnrnhte = Bet
ter swelter here, Tom, than rcftise pay
ment sud receive an indeAnite sxt snsio4of
your leave" said timidcmes-"Now fsnt
i}smsn, ssid 4 big. hearted free ','der,s
Win b XcpuSsicafi, bd damn me III
wouldn't rather see such Democrats as
6ohset Cox crowd The House than oil such
pighesded pigironists - Kelley. We, sir,
and our money win Just be used In send
ing these Jacks hack, beeause The light you .
see, will be q tight ono IN thor districts.
Oh fhey 70 swect-scentcd pill, they srew
Come. old fellow. let up on my folks
seys Pen~s ylvanian. You re from 60
than. you know, and can stand free trade /
We can't, aoe wilt'~s0sahd II. 4 Better
walk up and settle; only tweIve--no--
fourteen, for you, BY George" What's
dollAIs. " maintaining republican
p rincblc''- 'Republieh huhbug
hid Sne1 chsp. D. Twss pretty fepubli-
cAnisin they, showed Us Throughout the
winter, wasn't II, en- TN inst hand thi.
20 the SECRETARY mud say: Mr.. Secretary
am ] obliged 70 borrow Si2 ~ pay this
call ] can't give II cut Of chi. months
pay, that. sure, II the old gentlemen
SAYS yes III vait end see them collect il,
and they only get Il when find I've 60,
y %, not moment before. suppose the
secretasy 'ssys M, Marry, wifsS them"
ask. . friend, well, Just WANT 10 see
re I saan tss, s EpPg = sss .hs Money !,
Gs,,..!s ., isS'$ ss *: . ;s',s.
'sosy sndps. and II hs isIa big I'm, ~
BY the Lc'd I!shn ~ ~il on yea fellow.
g bear . hand Well 80 for him il .Ls
a" aSos's -" said "'s 'p prlGiaiIioss
buhS u"hp hsSt' sPsehate tiluH'" /
lor Greeley 10 pitch into Mr.. Plat, NJ. L.
JOG sb,ss al the Gsaking privilege What |
NE devil does he send hscsvds under hi.
rank for Why don't he pay postage
rich enough" IL wish D. fthe
Lord" said one sHorsce Greeley was q
,lerk and received one Of these hing,
oh, no, save US from that, said another.
Wed have to read another book entitled,
What know about Congregational beau.r /
!. Indeed. the cifou)af was NE tonic Of the
tp-day o sou6hout the
iepsftmcntS. and n was discusscd from
very stAad-psiat lbut ops--,hat Of pay
ng up. No one seemed inclined TO give Y
Z t,e reply Il called foe. Humorous re-
'lies were concoeted and sent away. One
vas an orisr on the wriWs nlary when
he 90 per cent passed; another asked
hat his $l2 lie taken on, of the bounty
ill, which passed, as he was interested in
/ tethe, extcnt Of 500, Quite q number
sprcs seAltASis willingness 70 pay the as
ess ment provided it Wa raised TO defeat
he election Of Democratic president;
ut when IL coms % 10 giving it 10 the dis
riots Of congressman, IL is another thing,
'ou know. Indeed, Il i safe TO say that
ut one in ten will pay the levy, and thai
ven then the screw must he drawn tighter
nd more hints as 20 the necessity Of the Z,
'arty given. - 4