The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-23

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on June 22nd. The house will make
the day about July 4th, If not later.
THE CURRENCY.
The house committee on banking
and currency, held session yesterday
and discussed the question of finance
including the new senate bill on that
subject. From the votes taken the
senate bill is not the bill for the house
committee. From the great diversity
of opinions il is impossible to guess
what result may be reached. There is
q great desire on the part of some
notwithstanding Speaker Blaine
to pass some financial measure that
will meet the presidents approval--as
adjournment without doing something
would be sudden political death to the
already dying republican party. The
proposition to take up the bill ar
ranged by the senate finance committee
was defeated. The senate amendments
to the house bill shared the same fate.
The committees are 30 much adrift that
all efforts to harmonic will be futile,
and the bill will be reported back to
the house without accommodation and
| .ls.. .no Eo,u only Knows what
OUR STAMPING GROUND.
The counsel for the memorialists in
the district Observation-Disclosures. Mer-
rick and Shellabarger-submitted their
argument in print yesterday. After
"going lively" for Hallet Kilbourn-
the head of the paving ring and landed
pool-he showed conelusively that the
board had violated law by allowing ex-
ira compensation to contractors to say
nothing Of the extravagant prices paid
for work badly done. Mr.. Merrick
dwelt upon the abuses Of power, profit
gate expenditure, and incompetent ad-
ministration, and in answer to the as
sumed defense that nothing had been
found which impeaches the personal
integrity Of the members Of the board,
he says, that "in the eyes of statesmen,
integrity is measured by far different
standard from that which petty lar
ceny is tried in police court" AS a
remedy total reconstruction of the
district government is asked for, con-
sisting of new and reliable agents, TEN
porary officers, appointed under con-
gressional authority, and an auditing
board to be selected with the sanction
Of congress, to take instant possession
of oil the books, vouchers and papers
and to examine them and to report to
the next session of congress. Unles,
such an auditing board be established
the faint traces of truth at which YOU
nave arrived wiiI De uunrera,cu, ...i
the committees deeds Of darkness We,
unrevealed be forever hidden from the
angry eye ofjustice." The board will
undoubtedly ego up" and the "Boss,'
as did that other "Boss" will come
down and the hope is general here that
the end Of the district rings, pools and
bosses will have passed away.
| STIR EN- Up.
Our panic. stricken congressman need
string up. The resolutions of the
workingmen's mass'meeting held in
New York last night will no doubt have
a wholesome effect on our solons. The
resolutions insisting that congress de-
wise means whereby the commerce Of
the country shall be restored and the
carrying Of United States mails be
done by American batteries bearing
the flag of the nation, and that Super.
vising Architect Mullet be dismissed
for violating the eight hour law, are
most importont. To gain our former
greatness our commerce must be re-
stored, and as Mullet is power for
evil, congress should look to it that he
is dismissed. ....
ARMY HEADQUARTERS.
There has been considerable COM |
ment on General Sherman's removal of |
The army headquarters from this city.
The president is not favorable to
he change, but assented at Sherman's
'equest. st. Louis is his home and he
prefers TO be there and besides he con-
'iders II more advantageous as the bulk
" the army is west of the Mississippi.
The matter is discretionary with the
General of the army, subject to the
residents approval. The change will
rot be made until October.
THE sAoBoRN CONTRACTS.
The committee of Ways and Means
VIII report on the Sanborn contracts,