The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-08-02

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frankly.
R.-Mr EGcr, have you read the
cal gotten W Is the democratic cca.
trail conmittec2
Mr.. J. - read il ia The Time, thi.
morning,
R.-What Is your opinion Of he
purposes in 1t set forth
NJ = Generally, ] i1dor'o every
Vgrd Of them.
K-Ihe only substau.ll! llfclclce
betweea that call and Jour platform Is
the question Of The finances;
Mr.. E.-Tha, j.. -o. aud ! believed
# our convention bad met few days
after it did it would have adopted sub
.,antially the same doctrines embraced
in the democratic call.
Ey this time Oterly had joined the
proup. aud, believing It time to put "a
his osr, he said D. l am glad TO hear
you say co. but your convention Tell
short OF the declarations Of tho Jemoc
ratio state central committee.
Mr.. E.-Tha: is true bat if any
person iu tine committee had suggested
a resolution similar to that which you
people at the Sherman house adopted,
il would probably have been approved
aud reported to the convention and if
auy body ia the convention had moved
such an amendment to the plank
which was adopted, and had pressed j,
| vigorously, | believe it would have
beeu adopted as the sense Of the con-
yeut.5u. But the committee having
reported q. they did, the members OF
! the convention wsr- afraid To- open
that qus.t Oh .est other qucstions
should 'af.0 be oIcbcd, aud The dciiber-
alton. fall inte confusion.
E-Whai do YOU think about an
alliuicc between the opposition and
toe reform parlies.
Mr.. FL am fcr it. We arc all
engaged in the same cause OF oppo,i-
ton TO Il bad government believe
that unity OF action means victory aud
division means defeat.
R.-Don't you think the better way
is for the opposition party to nomin-
ate the same persons for state officers
nov on the reform ticket!
Mr. Yes, sir. | believe that by
doiDg 80 We eau win at the fall cleo
ton, and it We win then VIC will be
victorious in 1876. But if there are
three tickets in the fold, the republi.
cans will prove victorious beyond q
doubt, and that insure. them
success in the next presidential cain
paign.
The reporter mex, turns his atten-
ton to
Mr.. SMITH, % KEwASEE.
Nearly every body la. heard Of
Smith he is corresponding secretary
Of the state grange and what he don't
know, to hear him tell it, is not worth
knowing. Aud after all, Mr. Smith is
a pleasant old gentleman. There is a
little too much Of Smith, may be. but
he is frank and hearty, and furmer-like
in manner. The result Of the inter.
view with this gentleman may best be
summarized as follows lie was 10
favor of resolution pitching iuto Gen.
Grant for allowing himself to be inHu.
enced BY national bank officials. Mr..
Smith gave il as his opinion that when
Gen. Grant vetoed the imitation bill he
did SO not because he was opposed e
it in his own mind, but because he wa,
influenced by the New York Lanks
Mr. Smith was very emphatic on thi.
point, and wiping his steel. bow ed
| ,pectacles he gave the reporter look
AZ much as 10 shy, "Now, if / could
only get chance at Grant Fur
Their, Mr.. Smi,h was pos
itiyely aud unalternahly op
posed TO return TO a specie payment
Greenbacks were good enough Tor him
only he wanted them treasury notct
aud not national bank bills 80 IA
as au alliance was concerned, he would
never be willing - shake hands will
the democratic or any other party e
long as specie plank in their plat
form was Insisted upon. He woult
not sacrifice principle for the sake O
victory, nor did he believe that th'
farmers Of the state would. he ad
mitted that Flag, chairman Of TIA,
state grange IS hard money man, bu
said Nh. flagg kept quiet about it fo
the sake ofhnrmony la conclusion, NIr
Smith said it was his intention 10 hay,
presented resolution at the farmer
convention fayoring personal liberty.
MIR. ALLAN,
Of Geneseo, said matters aud thing,
were rather quiet IN his section Of til,
country. Tie farmers, he said. wer,
not troubling themselves much abou
politics they are too busy harvesting
over in Rock Island county there wa,
some little excitement concerning Con
gresham Hawley. There was strou,
effort being made to secure the nomin
alton for Judge Lynde OF Rock Island
but Hawley's friends are working hard
Nr. Allan could not say who woul,
WIN the district convention.
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