The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-01-31
TIE HONORABLE JIM.
AN INTERVIEW WITH A GEOR-
GA LEGISLATOR.

Atlanta cor respondence of the Cincinnati
Commercially
A sudden change ia the weather, amount
ing to about fifty degrees in thirty hours,
and u small coal grsic, no larger than
mans hat, and not Of much more warmth,
caused your correspondent to change hi,
quarters the other night and establish him
self in warmer latitude.
Returning from Stephens speech | was .
shown my room in the third story of m .
imposing brick. 1t WAS large with
cheerful fire. mt one end, and two beds at
the other. A short, bat black negro
under plug hat, ard wrapped in heavy,
cloak, stood before the fire. The servant
Of some guest--statcsman, who occupies
one of these oeds, ,hought--an slave
who still clings 90 his old master
Whose room is thi. 80 ! asked Of the
negro
Senator Blank stays here, sab,
Are you his servant ?"
"No, sab, Isc a member OF the !egis-
! la,or.'
"Oh, indeed 90
"Yes, sab, and / come up here to meet
the senator to talk and counsel about this
! election that's coming on.
The senatorial election
Yes, sab that business Is getting red
| hot and the Legislator laughed silvery
laugh.
Is the senator you spoke of Re-
! publican
"Yes, sab We are both from down on
the coast where all the Republican,, come
from that's elected.
| "Whats tina matter that there is so fsw
of you in the legisle,ure2'
| IN - oh. lf,y ..,tt I'M
money AMI tho brains AMI they lust fix
up the party business to suit themselves.
Our party ia about played in this state,
Every election we get less, A heap Of the
darkies uro getting TO vote the Democratic
ticket II, u reg lar thing. / know ono
county down on the coast where seventeen
hundred darkies voted the Strsght-out
Democratic ,icfct.'
"Why didn't YOU work with them ~
"Oh, did made II heap OF speeches,
but pears like il did no good Them
niggers down there have got n big Demo
cratic devil in EN-. You had just rs well
i talk to stump., They have soLred on our
; party A Democrat can taae n bale OF
cotton and vote u hun!rcd.'
l laughed.
"Its a fact. sab ,.a bu-nin and shame
{ ful fact, rs toll EN-. It's n disagreement
= to the reasons of mankind. ! tell you
r went for em in my speeches. But u heap
d of times they would only laugh and tel
!. me TO come down and give 'enl chew OF
IS tobacco. one day got sorter mad in my
II argument and told en- could buy EN- al
= with two pounds of tobacco. Why, they
}. mighty nigh beat Col Whitley for con
j. gress. Col. Whitley is one of the creates
g. men that walks on in this here country
10 The fool niggers voted the Demo.
y cratic tickle; so much that ",
IS only elected our man by hity votes. w
n worked every day and night. | mad
vt fifty speeches. We spent all our money
h Col. Whitley put in the last cont-;he las
ID cent, sab. Ono day went to his hous,
for money to bring out tho dsrkie., Iii
ID wife kept the money. Wife, said h
r. give Jim some money 'Thsre amt bu
20 $40 in tho house, she says. Give il t
re him. he says I'm going to spend the la
&C. cent and he did, but We only missed b.
We ing beat by n mighty little. Next tim
r. they will set him. tell you, sab, some
10 these days tho Democrats will have ever
nj bit Of this state under themselves just q
OF they want It,
| was about TO observe to the despont
by ent colored brother that they had II no,