The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-16

for fair price"
"But why didn't Won sell to me
for twice rs much p
"Well. you see he looked like u fair
man. and talked like fahr man."
"But. the fact Is. that fellow is a rcgu-
lar sharper" said Morrison land now
I want you TO tell me the truth. Didn't
you refuse TO deal with me because am
q lawyer, and didn't you deal with that
other fellow because he wore dirty shirs
and talked about hogs. horses and other
cattle:'
"That may be-" -aid the old man
thoughtfully "but," he added in solilo
guy. "he looks like fair man and talks
like fair man. and where, the l,hrnc.s
in condemning Il man that looks fair
and talks fair :"
Now it may DC right to say Of Hon.
shelby NJ. Cullom that he helped Dan.
Shepherd to steal money froan the State
treasury, and that he shared the swag :
but with Bill Morrison's old farmer We
are inclined to give him hearing on the
ground that he look, and talks like q
"fahr'' man. aud it Is unfair in polite.
a. well As in other affairs TO condemn q
man Off hand without trial.
| What are the facts:
Tie House of the Twenly-eight Gene.
raj Assembly passed resolution author
| ling the Clerk, Mr. Dan. Shepherd, to
remain after the adjournment of the
House sixty days--we make the state
mcnt from inemory--ior the purpose OF
getting his papers into order. and until
the Journals had been published so that
| to avoid mistakes and trouble. hc might
help the printer by readngproof,&c. The
resolution wa, offered by Democrat.
and probably received the unanimous
vote OF the House. There was not a
member who did not believe that the
sixty days extra pay for sixty days
extra labor; but it operated "a
give him pay for every day Of the
year. When the sixty days had expired.
the Journals had not becn'puhlishcd, and
for some cause, mysterious or otherwise,
they were not published until the whole
of the year had passed away. The res
olution, which the shrewd but evidently
not scrupulous Mr.. Shepherd had pre-,
pared himself. directed that he should bC
paid at the rate of 50 per day, Sunday.
included, until the journals had been pub
lished. Speaker Cullom signed the pay
roll. under This resolution. and Mr.. Shep
herd drew out Of the treasury large
sum of money Tor which he had not la
bored moment. 1t is now claimed thai
Mr.. Cullom should not have signet
the pay roll, and thus have pre-
vented Mr.. Shepherd from cOnsumInat
ing his little scheme of mcanness but is
this just: Has the Speaker Il right to dc
iermine that this or that employc of tn
House has not earned the money TIA
House has voted to him? If so, b
c would bc compelled to make inve,tig
4 ton before signing the pay roll. He coul
not do this, and il he were disposed
1
attempt and remind him that
was his duty to obey the orders Of IN
body over which he had been called 4
preside.
In thi. view of the matter We canno
understand why Mr.. Cullom should b
condemned and called thief bccaus
he signed the pay roll, am
Mr.. Shepherd managed TO gather into hi
gaping pocket few unearned dollars O
the peoples money. But Radical poll
ticians, and for that matter Democrat
ones too. are very weak and il may b.
that Mr.. Cullom was privy TO the dis
honest scheme of Mr.. Shepherd, and !
NAV De that he actually compelled Tin
printer to delay the publication OF TIN
Journals, so that Shepherd might pu
money into his purse; and ii may he tina
he shared the swag. If these may be
are facts. then Cullom ought to be pill
loricd with shepherd but thus far in TN
case. no evidence has been offered to con
vince Us that they are facts, and upon III
bare fact that he signed the pay roll mad
out in strict accordance with a resolution
OF the House. we cannot found verdi.
Of guilty. We admit that cloud Ina
been cast upon his character a Il ''iahr'
man, by the suspicion that he knew ant
; was a party 10 shepherds little game,
but there is reasonable doubt of hi
! guilt, aud We cannot therefore join in tn
cry that has been raised against him.
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