The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-26
Gke 8u!letin.
COL. TONNES DUTY.
The fifttetb senatorial District
Agatn-Prcscnt DUsy OF col. GOwnes
ana Friends.


(Mound City us-Journal, oct. a.
The time has arrived when the iuflucn-
tial friends aud supporters OF Col. j..
u. Townes in Union county should ell
dcayOr 10 get him OH the track. provided
Ililemah will get of also. and allow "A
third man not identified with any faction,
aud not Objectionable 10 any, 10 be put
forwarded and elected. Ii must be APP
parent TO Col. Townes by this time, that
unless this Is done the election Of Dem
ocratic state senator is impossible and the
election oil United States senator i'm
perilled. lie knows the number of the
prominent Democrats In the district who
are against him, and the Democratic
newspapers. and he certainly knows that
behind these are Democratic votes enough
to defeat him easily. Why then stand in
the way of Democratic success lie
certainly las the regular nomination ;
and there Is no necessity OF inquiring
what objections those opposing him
hold against him. The facts stand out in
bold relief tina, he cannot be elected, and
that Is sufficient.
IL he desires Democratic success, his
duty ia plain 1t Is 20 step Outof the way
Of 1t. II appears to It's that the good
taste aud gentlemanly instincts which he
is universally credited with possessing
should impel him TO this course. Ia n
district that gives so large Democratic
majority as does the Fiiticth. If Demo-
cratic nominee finds himself 80 objection
able from any cause. whether just or
otherwise. that he cannot carry the dis.
trict, we should presume he would
choose to resign his candidacy In favor of
some man who could. Principle. self
fau 90.
combine TO impel him TO such a step.
We speak now earnestly a. friend and
supporter Of Col. Townes, as one who
will continue TO support him from nat
ural fealty TO party in case he remains a
candidate. though knowing that every
effort in that direction Will be fruitless.
lie certainly cannot deceive himself or
any body else into the belief that his cleo
ton j. possible. lie knows full we'll
that the prominent men and newspapers
OF his party in Jackson, Union and Alex.
ander counties that oppose him repre-
sent large share OF the party il not a
majority. If the full force OF this fact
has not reached his mind. Judge Craw-
ford and his other influential Union
county friends who labored hard for his
nomination and vouched for him extrav-
agantly, should see that it does and pre-
vail on him to withdraw.
We apprehend that Judge Hileman
would readily consent to withdraw from
his dubious if not discreditable position in
such an event. and that the district COM
mittee would then nominate a nam not
identified with the late dissensions and
generally acceptable TO the party, man
like Hon. Jesse Ware, the present sena-
tor. There are probably others who
could be as easily elected, though no one
occurs TO us who probably would give
strength 10 the party and ticket to the
same extent he would. His record i
greatly in AIs favor with people OF all par
ties. It shows that he accomplished
more for his constituency at the late scs.
sion OF the general assembly than any
other senator OF either party. got more
bills enacted into law, the largest portion
OF which. though necessarily general in
their apparent character. were designed
for the benefit OF his constituents partic-
ularly, and were mostly introduced in
answer to petitions from them.
But we are no stickler for the reelection
Of Mr.. Ware, though believing q compro-
mise could be more easily effected on
him than on anybody else, that he would
strengthen the ticket quite as much as
any other man could, and that no man
could represent and serve the interests OF
the district better than he. Any good
man acceptable to the party generally
will do. The main point IS to elect
Democrat. Col. Iownes suits us, but
we see clearly he cannot be elected. and
shal! view it as an everlasting shame if
at this crisis. the most important likely
to occur i'm the history Of the party in
this senatorial district for many years To
come. the State Senator is needlessIv
thrown into the hands OF the Republi-
cans. We are deceived in the character
of Col. Townes II he is not equal to the
emergency, and does not win respect and
honor from his opponents as we'll as
friends by exhibiting the Indignantly ne
cessary to insure his party success in this
district at this important period.