The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

CLEMENTS.
A DOdger Of the Civil
Rights Bill.
A Man without Financial
Ideas. ttH
Caught in the Act of Salary
n Grabbing.
The Tool of the Cairo Rad
zeal Ring.

10 not known TO his constituents but this
10 the fact. The Radical leaders, Messrs.
Pope, Bird and Gladney, do not hesitate
to say their candidate is an earnest &C o-
cato Of tho measure, but other Republicans
and few Democrats assert, with equal
confidence, that Mr.. Clements is opposed
90 tho bill. The fact seems to be, that NJ
Clements has acted with duplicity, and IN
his attempt to conciha,e everybody hal
; both denied and asserted the Radica
faith In this Ubiquitous measure. We un'
dorstand that pr Clements does not deny
1 that the bill, If enacted, will comp,l mixed
schools in tho Slater. He admits this. But,
he claims this fact will have no effect on
| Illinois, which has in fsrce the mixed
sehool system. This is an apology for the
bill Of most peculiar kind. 1t is saying
in effect "Illinois is mixed school State
now. The bill, II enacted, will not effect
us; it will simply place the other states
in a. bad condition as we are in" He
would compel the Southern Stats to adopt
asystem We have voluntarily adopted. He
would break up tho common school sys-
tenn at the South, by cong ressi OF al legisla-
ton, because Illinois in the exercise Of a
right, mas given TO negro children
equal rights with white children in the
public schools. lilo would do more than
this. lie would, by this bill, of'er bride
to every lazy and rascally negro in the
South to demand privileges no would not
wish. Being refused seat at hotel
table, the dirticst negro in the world could
sue, under this obnoxious bill, If 1t should
be enacted, and recover Rus from the
hotel keeper, which he would put into his
pocket. Although Mr.. Clements has been
indefinite in mis- discussion Of this measure
and has told its friends he was its advo-
cate and its enomies that he was its
opponent, We have no doubt he will vote
for it if he should be reelected; anc
. against 1t II he should be de
feated. 1t is therefore the duty of tn,
T anti-civil rights bill Democrats and Re
/. publicsns alike, to cast their ballot
} against Mr.. Clements, and thus instrue
him to vote againts this measure OF mi
putty.
. TIE TISASCEs.-wuERE is CLEMENTS
0 On the financial question Mr.. Clement
is at sea, and in his discussions Of IL say
Q absolutely nothing. II am earnestly II
8 favor of hard money" ho declares, "but
am also in favor of more money. / would
therefore return TO specie payments anc
also gradually Increase the volume of ,h,
gIeenback currency. Bat, at best" h,
goes on, "this is difficult question, and
1t is possible I may yet be able to compre
! bend it," Thus he mumbles on the f nan
cial question, and will follow the lead o.
Senator Logan. This will be the BLIND
leading the blind.
SALARY oRABBIso.-CLEMENTs WHERE
WAS HE?
Mr.. Clements know that his constitu.
ents desired him to vote for tho repeal of
the salary grab law, but he did not do so
until he was compelled by circumstances.
He voted for the Hurlbut modified grab
to make the salary ola member of congress
$500. In this mattor he obeyed Logan
and Butler, both of whom had grabbed,
and who used the little fellows Of the
caliber Of Clements to let themselves
''down easy"
TooL.-cLEMENTs, THOU ART THE MAN.
After Mr.. Clements had followed sens-
tor Logan into the salary grab rsscality,
and had voted with Logan on the infa-
ton bill, the ring Of Cairo tar. eaters
Messrs. Mum, Pope and Fisher-con-
cluded to defeat him If he should seek re-.
election. They felt in duty bound to
make the attempt. Their duty to the
President required this. 1t lie true Mum
pretended to be with Logan on the fnan.
cial question, but Pope and Fisher were
pronounced hard money men and they
did not hesitate to say so. In fact thew
made an issue with Logan and Clements,
and induced Southern Illinois to vote
almost solid against Logan in the Ropub-
iicAn State convention. This display OF
strength compelled Logan and Clements
to make terms with Pope, and they
did so. At first, in considers-
tion of tho reelection of Mr..
Clements to congress, MIR. Mum
demanded the Cairo postoilice for him.
self but this was too much. Logan in
stantly objected. lie remarked that he
would be id if he would pay tina, dear
. for the Clements whistle. Finally i, was
! agreed that Clements should be returned
to congress, provided no would not ,eek
the removal Of Mr.. Fisher from tho cu..
! tom house, and would secure the retention
OF Dol. McKeaig in the pos. office, tn,
colonel agreeing on his part to retain In
that office no clerk who was not a relativ,
( OF either Mum or Pope.
This was the agreement, and any ei,i.
! zen who will vote for Mr.. Clements will,
vote to rA.ify this bargain of the Cairo
. Radical ring-will vote 10 farm out III,
federal offices In this part Of tho State t,
Fisher, Mum and Pope.