The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-04-19
CONGRESS-.

The Jonesboro Gazette of yester-
day, speaking of the coming contest
for congress in this district, says.
Judge Crawford will in no event &C.
cept the nomination for congress. He
could have been easily elected two years
ago; but he preferred to remain on the
judicial bench. The BULLETIN of
last Tuesday again reviews candidates
for congress and their prospects. He
has strong feeler for DR.. Casey, of
Mound City, and Mr.. Hartzell, of Ran
dolph. These gentlemen are worthy of
the compliments bestowed upon them,
but they are old stagers and will not
urge their claims in this canvass, we
presume. If our muscular friend,
Obcrly, positively declines to carry out
the programme, and will not fight Ben.
Butler, we have nothing left but shay
seed" to depend upon. We will take
horny handed farmer or a "dust.be.
grimed," industrious mechanic, and
waltz him into congress as easy as the
boy knew bis daddy. Not one of your
ring masters, convention.p packing, Of
iice-seeking gentlemen, who are always
clamoring for Office, but an honest, up
right man, if person possessing that
qualification can be induced to accept
the nomination. No individual or TO-
cal claims should be considered. The
great battle for the rights of the West
and South will be fought in the next
congress, and we must have champion
there of undoubted integrity, who will
be true to the great interests Of the Mis-
sissippi Valley.
The Gazette speaks the words of
soberness and truth but where can the
hcrny.handed farmer or dust-begrimed
mechanic, possessing the qualifications,
mentioned, be found ? IF the 'Gazet tie
has political jewel Of this kind in its
keeping, that paper should divulge the
secret and allow the anxious people Of
I the district to look at it.
Upon the same subject, the Vienna
g Journal (radicaD discourses as fol
: lows:
, For congress, there are something
less than hundred spoken of in this
district. Our Ike, of course, is in the
lead, and will be nominated by accla-
nation, and reelected about the same
way. His record has been faultless
although, if not the most, one of the
most active congressman of the present
session. lie has worked necessarily
and effectively, for all the proposed
means of cheap transportation, and an
increase in the circulating medium
both of which are imperativcly de-.
manded in this part of the country.
Then, there are spoken of, Hon. Nj.
J. Inscore, Ben L. Wiley, Gov. Dough.
erty, Linegar, Pope and Mum, j. G.
, Willis, and our Maj. Kuykendall, every
one OF whom, so far as We know and be-
iieve, are not only not candidates, but
prefer Ike to themselves, which is a
t very felicitous state of affairs.
Il Opposition or democratic candidate,
! are numerous, and among them some
of the best men in the State, in any
sense you consider them-yiz Hons
w. j. Allen and j. II. Oberly, O
Cairo W. X. Mulkcy, of Perry
Hartzell and Shannon, of Randolph
e and Washburn, of Williamson and he
Is we predict, will be the nominee. Hi
record in the state constitutional con
vention and legislature was in the mo-; y
good his voice was always foremost i,
n economy, and he never knows when I,
IT cease working in his quiet but effectua
IS way, If Washburn's political interest
Ie are at stake. We like him as we lik
lie Oberly. Oberly is as lovable as a wo
,r man, and would be our first choice 70
congress now were it not that we in
tend to so arrange it as to have hin
i nominated and elected as republican
r. in 1876.
VIKINGS are working" and tn
D. signs indicate that the contest in thi
ir district will be very interesting--one @
10 the most stubbOrnly contested polticu
'e battles that was ever fought anywher
Q. in the United States. We arc "out @
l. the race !" but if the candidate in on
'e position to Mr.. Clements is n "poo
70 man and true we will be in the fgl
lie with sleeves rolled up, and very muc
le in earnest but il not, not,