The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-27
THE CAIRO DAILY BULLETIN WEDNESDAY sErTEMpER 2 1871

loose texture. Drunkenness and licen-
tiousness pcrmcates it rs water permoates
sand or the light penetrates glass. 1t ex-
lists in the different bureaus Of the depart
ments, introduced there by presidents,
cabinet mn listers, senators, and represcn-
tatives, and often against the wishes Of the
bureau officers, who have to submit to the
Disgrace or take the chanc, of being sud-
denly removed.
Sometimes the parties SO appointed BY
officials approach the senator or represen-
tstive, with whom they have bad Relations,
with threat of exposure il he does not
get them appointed. The senator, for IN
stance, is married man, lives in good
style, receives elegantly and sDtertaps
sumptuously Tie can not afford ~ BE- eN'
posed. He knows that the woman who IS
banging about to blsckmsil him in a bad
woman. He knows she is associated with
n man whoclsins 10 DO hor husband who
- suspected Of belonging ~ gang Vi
ccQntesteitees. notwithstanding That s,o
Insists thai she and har lady friend, VINO
also demands plnoo, shall oSeopy u posi-
tio1 BY tho sido vi respectable women
~ Too CuRCanpy pg'nans haEeeu OF tho
treasury department, Were ample, oppor-
FiniiiuS ara sIiOraoA these Two lady CON.
yrnnoos ~ tn0 saspoei.I coun,egie,er- To
. ,,tr>i,0 hWr cssia,n~, pSs,essiNa,
\ 40 Illustrating ny pN'nI ny a rea.
Sssa MI n1s supi'Nsihs Qat. n>s araN-
,ns li,va ny imagination, thisb nNl".i
9,sl sla tr'Bhtanad saDaios did. lie de-
tiali!t,t s,sa tlp han liinso.l, Sjl0 hNu
.cuyga bs $. lhU husil..no,iuy sii0u,a bS
,ltpv,ni,ei ~ kho ,niervr dbper,mant.
~ vae to,d alstllu @tsng load y, .hat DO.
ln'tsnu1l liab ela uan vas . soVdndra,
dias 10 ,ai api repiistVn ~ honi,l, ana
-as ,iseuctfi sf ,a,,yna,lx "a sssx es
svAsssfSssses 10 sAs lsiaea Sssses
IL wade ~ a,sevsss, fae SENATOR saw
aeAr eIM The glare 1T tie deme,,. aud felI
nis sharp claws IN his ficsh, for he ,roa. BLEED
with fear when he heard the secretary
words. Never mind" responded the
senator, il what you say is true, he will
make q good detective ia the pension bu-
reau: Appoint him. Set thief to catch
A senator commanded, and the creature
Of the senate obeyed. The suspected coun-
terfeiter was recently removed, COM
plant being made by another senator,
whom he had also attempted to black
mail, that the fellow was scoundrel.
The acting secretary said, AYES, think
he is and told Senator SO; but he
insisted, and yielded. If you demand
it, will remove him."
The secretary said afterward that he
had removed him; that he had pursued
his senatorial victim, and insisted on being
reinstated, and the belief is that no 10 now
Ia the employ of the government, if not
IN the same place, probably in some other
bureau.
This same senator has paid out to these
thieves, counterfeiters, and their para
mours about $1,000 hush money, besides
keeping them in snug places in the gov
eminent pay, where they can spy and
post up their outside confederates. This
senator cannot be benefited much by the
temperance reform which have suggest
ed, because he is already u pioneer in that
movement. He Is pious temperance eI-
horter. He has n great deal to say about
virtue and against corruption, but he is
probably the greatest legislative thief in
the United States Senate. He is only one.
There are Others. Neither one of these
women TO whom have referred can be
reached by breaking up certain houses in
this metropolis. They do not live in such
places. They uFs too respectable II
"a thunderbolt would unroof all the resi-
dences in Washington when the entire
government is there, some Morning be-
lore dawn, its electric light would astound
the nation.