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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-31
NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC FOR
TAREE YEARA

People who are at all alarmed about
New York may as we'll remember that
that State has been Democratic for three
successive years, and in eight out OF the
last ten elections, In 1879, before Mr.,
Tilden's nomination for Governor. il was
carried by rood majority. In 1874, Mr..
Tilden was elected by more than 30, COO
elected by the rural districts, tor he had
an absolute majority Of the votes. leaving
out OF consideration entirely the great
Democratic cities Of New. York and
Brooklyn. Last year his reform tick.
ct WAS elected BY Q smaller. majority
because the men whose populations he
had exposed were bitter in lighting
against II. This year he is stronger han
ever. 1t is this year that his reduction
Of taxes takes effect. and the better sense
OF both parties is rsllyiug TO his support.
Even the men who conseientiously op-
posed his nomination at st. Louis, be.
cause they believed that he could not
carry the state, are now his earnest sup
porters. The result In indiana has in
sured the vote OF that state in November.
Mr.. Tilden now needs only the vote OF
his own state, where he Is known and re-
spected and where nc has lived all his
honored life. tobe elected. Thss thirty.
nyc vetes are surely bis. and the man
who will take the oath of oiiice on the
4th OF March next will be Undo Sam
Filden Of New York. a
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THE INDIANA VOTE AVN IFS SIG
NlElCANCE.

Governor Willians' majority in Indi-
ana is !, f10, the Democratic majority, on
popular vote for congressman 6,979, and
yet the Democrats have lost congress-
men in the State. These figures prove
the charge that the congressional dis.
tricts in Indiana have been gevryman-
dered by the Republicans. The same Is
traie Of Ohio.
This process has been extended to
every state where the Republicans have
control, and is only part OF their general
system OF cheating the people out Of the
legitimate force of their popular voice.
The whole system OF congressional APP
pointments should be revised SO "a to con-
stitute some definite standard Of geo.
graphical as we'll "a numerical repre-en-
tation. 80 ~ 20
So long as dietricts can be 70 con-
structed as to give the party In minority
In the atate less than their fair proper.
ton Of representatives in congress, the
system is fraud upon the popular rep.
reSentatl0n. . .ic s;ft Irs.
This i really matter worthy OF the
most serious consideration OF our law
makers, aud one absolutely necessary to
practical reform. The theory OF our
government il that, except in the senate,
representation should be fairly in accor-
dance with population. and the gerry
Wandering of districts. so that majority
OF the state has only 4 minority OF its
congressional delegation, is plain viola
ton Of that theory. OF course, when the
Democrats get in power they viii have
the same opportunities that the Republic
cans have proiited By, but they will
prove true to their professions of reform.
by refusing to virtually disfranchise their
opponents.
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tupt Use Of Noonw in elsctiod
'Spri6kAnAd RI NON gss ~ q hi0 "a
CIV. Tilden'o want of end erq g.
the feelings n H. RDulhIcal c1 h
vrindcrs e littje lesi a. butt -
Sutvor,i msjls nom Albany to-d1N4g1il
carry to every district attorney IN Now
York s.circular letter, over the Govern.
or's official etgnsture. calling his sum.
ton to the fact that stringent laws haSe
been enacted against the corrupt use OF
money IN elections. and admoniShiug him
10 keen II IN mind. ~ expect" writes
this objectionable Domocratic Governor,
sthat YOU will be vigllsut in detecting
and riiliyent in prosecuting persons
guilty Of the crime referred to within
your county. and shall regard any dere-
LECTION Of duty in this respect as o stiffi-
cieut cause for removal from Office
In 1873, the Chicago 5rt5u',e referred
To Mr. Tilden in these words:
Gov. 1ilden and Mr. Chsrles O'Connor
were CONSPICUOUS leaders Of the DcmO-
cratic party. and bravely and ably led in
tho exposures and prosecutions which
led TO the detection and punishment OF
the robberies by Tweed, Sweeney, Con.
Motley. and other associates, Gov. Ill
den devoted bis time personally TO the
investigation. and appeared in court as q
witness TO prove the guilt OF the con-
spirators. = As soon AS be
got IN Office he addressed himself to the
investigation of the chroRic abuses aud
robberies in the management OF the state
canals. His proceedings produced as
much CONSERVATION in his own party as
q few years before he had produced In the
Tweed business. He was appealed to by
the party leaders to forbear, but he was
The Democratic legislature
did not. dare to denOunce him. but 1t
sought to defeat his examine
ions by appointing legislative
to do the work. Gov. Til.
len was not thus to be defeated. and.
,aking the responsibility, he appointed
outside the legislature to
prosecute the Investigations and bring
he robbers to justice.
1t must be remembered that the papers
rom which the above extracts have been
AIKEN are all leading Republican Journals,
nd all devoted to the cause of Hayes and
Wheeler. By their own testimony. Mr..
Tilden is an able governor Of q great
tate. an efficient reformer OF public
buses and an unquestionably honest
nan. u}4t E
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TIE ELECTORAL york.

Senator Morton, interviewed in Ian
Franeisco on the subject OF the electoral
vote. declares that the ''twenty -second
joint rule" adopted in le66, has been 70.
pealed, and that the power OF deciding
the vote In case OF a dispute, now rests in
the hands Of tho yice-president, as it did
prior to the repeal. Ex-senator Morton Is
correct, this would place the decision of
the electoral vote 10 the, case Of, disscn.
ton in regard 70 any seste, ia the
bands OF Senstor Ferry, president OF the
ssaats. But the Cincinnati Enqvirsr,
very good authority on such peiats, says
the joint rule has not been repealed, ma
remarks further on the subject: "gAs
senate dare not, while that rpls e1i&s,
ne Aopss being nemocrstsc, tpn' but
s'soeorsl votes = X has been sccustomed
eedo. u the Democrats obtain ! major.
itv Of ths electoral votes 10y cannok M
dsr ths tweaty-sseonA jsiat salsS Be
snaasea out Of ~ peadancy. a. e ~
hspaRheaa ssaa1s tAssws svt 6Slo0pa
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MOrtCage sale.

Whereas, Emily Holmes of the City OF Cairo,
county Of Alexander, and State of Illinois, by
her certain mortgage deed, duly executed. ac-
knowledged aud delivered, bearing date the
seventh day OF October "A. D., 1873, and re-
corded In the recorders oiice of said county of
Alexander, in volume Cbook) r." on page Isi
did convey unto the undersigned his heirs and
assigns rs MORTGAGE, the following described
property, situate in the City Of Cairo. county
OF Alexander. snd State of illinois. to.wit:
Lot numbered twenty (s5) in block num-
bered ffty-one (5D In the City of Cairo afore-
said, which said mortgage was made to secure The
payment Of one certain promissory note Of the
said Emily Holmes, bearing even date with said
mortgage, for the sum of five hundred dollars
payable in two years after date, TO the order
Of the undersigned, with interest az the rate Of
ten per cent, per annuul, until paid: And
Whereas default has been made in the pay
ment of said note. and Interest. Now therefore
public notice is hereby given that on the 2sth
day of November A. D, 1873, at eleven O'Clock
an, ut the west door of the court house, In the
City of Cairo, county OF Alexander,
and State. Of Illinois, ! shall sell at
public sale to ths highest bidder for
cash. the said mortgaged premises aud ali
benefit Of equity Of redemption OF the said
Emily Holfnea. her heirs, executors, adminis-
tutOrs. or assigns therein, pursuant to the pow.
ers aud provisions in the said mortgage con-
tanned. ROBERT ii. CUSxINGIiAM.
CAIRO. H., Oct. Esd. 1876. Mortgage.
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FROM every city, town and village 10
the State OF Illinois come the most cheer
ing news Of the prospects OF the Demo
Cratic ticket in November. The Republic
cans are alarmed. The state, looked on
early in the canvass as unmistakably Re.
publican, Is now iclt to be debatable
ground, and the most prominent Repub-
lican speakers of the state and country
have been enlisted TO save it to the party
ii possible. Logan, Oglesby and Inger-
soil are all at work, and Blaine, the first
choice Of the Republicans of Illinois for
president, has been brought here 10 help
them. But the Democracy has an un-
tiringforce Of homo orators in the field,
fully :ble to countsract the efforts Of the
big aid little Radical leaders, and n no
time ince the canvass began, have the
skies looked ~ bright for Tilden and
Hendacks IS at present.
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While much may he accomplished by
these methods, il might encourage deiusiye
expectation Il withhold here the express
.lon of INV conviction that no reform Of the
civil service In this country viii he COM
plete and permanent until its chief magis'
trste is constitutionslly disqualified TOR re-
election; experience having repeatedly
exposed the iutility OF selfimposed restric'
lions by candidstes or incumbepts.
Through this solemnty only can he be CT
fsctnslly delivered from his greatest tempta'
tion to misuse the power and patronage
with which the Executive i. necessarily
ehArged.-[From Samuel J. Tiden's eter
0f acceptance.
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aTKl latest reports from the jetties are
Of the most cheering character. The st.
Louis Times OF Sunday last publishes
that Mr.. Eads has received information
from DR.. Bryley, resident engineer at
the jcties, that the channel recently
dredgei through the shoal which has
obstruted the entrance into the upper
end Of south pass is rapidly deepening
and wilsning. This channel ten days
ago WA only Is feet deep. and forty or
nifty fed wide. Soundings made through
it on tie eend inst, show depth OF
from twenty to twenty-four feet. without
one sounding two-tenths of q foot less
than 20teet throughout it entire length.
The ri'er whefs this shoal is located
rises and falls 8 feet Independently of the
tides, which are only few inches at this
locality From December 10 July these
soundlys would have shown over % feet
clear though this shoal.
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ALTHsuGa all Democrats were not
guerriiiss, II Is an indisputable tact that
all guerrillas were Democrats. Globe
Democrat.
The Globe cn,ocrat forgot TO add that
the most noted guerrilla OF the south is
now Republican, the bosom friend and
companion of Grant and an ardent sup
porter Of Hayes. y tMA' f"'
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votes. II but throyssAs eli Jon into IN
house, wlise wil( = q - t3s6cs
The hostililv q the ncrul lics,5 - its
own rule. But ebe attempt % anhhhnate
II will be ID, ssin. It's : jos,st role. It
was adopted by: the concurrent vote Of
both houses. 1t cannot be repealed save
by tho concurrent vote OF both houses
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-31

4aaa Can't be made by every agen
0SSS every month in the business we
furnish, but those willing to work can easily
earn dozen dollars o day RICH. In their own To-
oalitiss. Have no room TO explain here. Bust
meas pleasant and honorable, :, Women. boys
you complete outfit free, The business pays
better than anything else. We will bear es-
pense of starting you. Particulars free. Write
and daughters, and AL classes in need of paying
work at home, should write TO vs. aud learn ali
about the work at once. Now is the time,
Don't delay. Address Tree & Co., Augusts,
Maipe, So
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THE ELECTORAL vorr.

The Fhiladelpbia 7srse,, pms Of. the
most prominent Of the Independent pa.
pers published in tho country, has cstina-
ted thu probabilities Of tho electoral vote,
ID the light OF the present condition Of
che csuvsee, as follows: t9a
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-31

The betting In the pool -rooms in New
York city has turned In favor OF rilden.
Last week, the bets were one hundred for
Tilden tosixty Tor Hayes On the general
election, and one hundred TOR Tilden to
forty for Hayes in the state OF New York.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-31

Mr.. Charles Nelson, the eolored DEM
ecratic orator, has gone to the south part
ofthe state to see If tho property Of the
Republican party'-as one Radical blow
hard put it, when speaking ofhis colored
brethren-have any more self respect
than those hereaway.
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TnE nuLl.EFIu EsrARLIaHNEHr

lam anxious 70 60 out Of the newspaper
and printing business into another busi.
nsss, and therefore offer the whole BuLLE.
TIN Printing Establishment-machinery,
types. buildings, and good will Of the
Newspaper and job office--for sale upon
the easiest kind of terms. Thi. news
paper and job printing establishment Is
ths bsst sppetnssd ono m Southern M
uois, and y q monsy-msking concern
Any one who wishes 70 engage in thu
business viii ind this 70 be an excelleuI
eppeetanity.
Inquire q the BrLIErm ofioe, q Mr.
E. 4. Burnett.
OF. -, le7e. JoN u. Opssly.
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See plssn ths fruits Of industry are
gathered for The use Of the toilers, thai
they are not sOassed BY the proRigacy
Jraaa or peeutatioa Of your public
osenss.-Gop. Tlden.
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yELeOy.

tfroin the SAn2amon Monitor.) -.'
Nelson. the colored orator. corked up
4 parlor soldier so quick, the other day,
on the political questions, that the fellow,
it is thought has gone into winter quar-
ters.
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S

WEhave received the Fredonia Tribune
published y Fsadsaii Wibdn County,
Kansas, BY B. r. Bowen, formerly of
this oiGy.- The 1,rb1s ~. published
weakly sad b an able sapDorter or III.
den and Hendricks ,ts ssF S,i6Vy
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We denouaee the Resumption clause
2. the act Of 1875, and zoe here de-
nsasd its repea,.-No,ional Democratic
Platform.
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Twsfp returned 70 New York % s,st.
nrdsy. .7l-T-Nt-hVs
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H4SAysa Lamar spoke n vicksbars -
yo.esday. ~ sth sht beyss 70 y. re 4. &. q
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Legislature. Gov. Tilden is In savage
earnest. The people Of New York know
him OF old Is Q man Of tenacious purpose
and rare talent for Investigation, II il
morally certain that with the help of the
able gentlemen he has selected he will
succeed In uncovering the great system
OF robbery and corruption, and that he
Will never relax his pursuit while a fray-
ment OF the ring holds together.
just after the publication OF Mr.. Til.
den's special message on the canal ring
investigation the New York Evening Post
aid OF him: ,a wa r
| SO old and thoroughly informed poll.
ucian ~ Gov. Tilden was not ignorant ss
TO what heads would feel the blow which
his message struck. Had 1t been with
MIN question OF partisan favor or party
sympathy. the message would have beef,
lett unwritten.
And about the same time the Spring.
field, (Msss.) Republican spoke in this
way Of Mr.. Tilden and some Republican
newspapers:
some Republican organs In New York
Are bawliny out that Gov. Ttideu has
Jumped another mans claim; Il was 4
Republican who got In the frst whack Al
me canal plundseeEs. which his name II
Vas Francis G. Barlow. Precisely, and
tor Iolng It, the Republican managers re-
tuceo Gen. Barlow Q reuoulination. ant]
substituted Tor him Q legal gentleman,
wncm ne bad denounced as in cahoot
WIN the plundereFa.- That II lust the
o,nefence. Mr.. Tiden ought to b much
SCneea 70 The organs for calling atten.
i And when Gov. Tildsn Issued circuls,
Doe easEict sttornsys OF ~ sests q
New f~k sallng sttentioa % ~ ca
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Too HIGH.

The managers Of the Centennial cxhi-
btion have fixed the price of admission
at fifty cents ticket. This is not q sea
soa ticket, but is the price ola single visit
TO the Centennial grounds and we have
no hesitation in saying that 1t is ontra-
geously high. As it will be impossible to
"take in' the exhibition at one or three
or half dozen visits, the cost of
"seeing the show" aside from
travelling and living expenses, to ordi.
nary families, can be readily estimated.
The price Is a moncy-making one, and
while there will be countless numbers
willing and able to pay it, it will shut the
gates OF the exhibition to the poor of the
country. The million and Il half voted
to the enterprise by Congress will be
made up from the taxes of the poor as
well As the rich. 10 place the price of
admission practically out OF the reach Of
the poor mans family, shows a greedy
ingratitude on the part OF the managers
not at all crcditablc To them.
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retire from the cabinet and bows them
out Of the public service 'sviillrcgret.'
Himself a git-taktr, The jobbers and
Hcsslans Of tile Republican party the
onlceholders of the present time
are also giit-takcrs. Rewarding
men with lucrative offices for
valuable gifts given 10 Mrs. President
is there occasion for surprise that his late
Secretary of War permitted his wife to
sell to men offices that were within his
gilt? Necessarily the public service
has taken its character from its elected
chief. and in the prevailing corruption of
the day we may see reflection Of the
President. Ills giil.takiug, money
grasping, wealth-praising. duty-ncglect-
ing example has become law.
This bad example must be corrected by
the election of some such man as David
Davis to the Presidency, a fact the people
are beginning to appreciate, and which is
commended to the prayeriul considcra-
ton of the leaders OF the Democratic party
With David Davis in the Presidential
chair the purity of the better days of the
republic would soon return TO the public
service, and all the political vultures and
other birds of prey, that are now gorging
themselves upon the corruptions OF Grant
ism. would rise upon their lazy wings
and fly away sullenly out of the peoples
siplt
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ECONOMY IN ALI THEA GS.

The evidence now beng furnished by
the city CO, ncll that it is determined to
be economical amounts almost to proof.
The gas has been cut off, expensive work
of all kinds has been tabooed, bills are
being scanned with great carefulness, and
movement is on foot to reduce the po-
lice force to the minimum of the city
marshal. What is saved is made, and we
are sure few citizens will object that the
council has in its efforts to make by saw
ing moved up to the very borders OF
stinginess. In the administration of
county affairs we also observe DISPOSE
ton to become economical. The pauper
leak is being stopped with all due dill
gcnce by Commissioner Sammons, acting
under direction of the board, and we are
confident the commissioners will move
along from this position to another and
without unnecessary delay lop off all I'M
necessary expenses and become as stingy
as the Cairo city council. This policy
the policy of pcnurlousness-rendercd
necessary by our present deplorablc con-
dition, the taX-paying people of Alexan-
der will not tail to endorse by large ma
jority OF ballots.
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THE DIFFERENCE.

| Ia u,,. IL. ,,r u........'',,, IA, IA,
,o,, ;,., Al. p.,.a Ipa..,,,,..., -.,
,,a.. -, ,,sr,,,...',.l VI ~"
- n,,a, ,,',,,'s A.. ,,.
ca states consti,t,,e d p potinr mn and n n,,
q mere confcderacy of States or nations !.
that the constitution was framed by the
poHpie, acting IN ,ne,r primary ana lndi-
thereto, duly constituted; that the gov
eminent under the constitution Is one of
the people, by tl!e people, ana Tor the
people, ana tliat III us appropriate sphere
| the government OF TINS nation Is soyer-
| eign ana supreme; that IN lis nature 1t is
permanent ana indissoluble, except
by Inc action and consent OF
tue wh0lc people; mat no state has
any rlgnt or authority 10 Judge OF the
constltutionality OF laws enacted by con-
grcss. or TO nuliiiy the execution of the
same, and that all overt acts by any State
or people thereof OF secession thereirom.
or OF rebellion against the same, consti-
tutc treason. and that the late war OF
rebellion for the dislncmbcrIncnt of the
Union was ca,iseless and indefensiblc on
any theory of right or of constitutional
law.
4 motion IN susno,d tbo rpIes and
-. a,
auopt was uc'eated ny u Vo'co yeas ~
nays, ~, two-thirds not having voted III
the affirmative. All the Republicans
voted tor IA. roso,u,ion all tbo Soutber,
-, :, NJ, -, A.,
De"ocra's against It, -hos' vi Tie
Northern Democrats refrained IRON
voting.
Mr Cox. of Now York. thon offered
'~'
'ie 'o''o""s t-..
g, heSosesa, i nav 'Ile Peopie 3i 'lie United
to the extent. and for the purposes de-
fined in the Federal constitution.
ESQ. M.sotV u, nav We Government on .ne
formed nv the ncnnle Of tho several states
in their sovereign capacity that the
rights and powers OF the United States
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THE PREsIDENTIAL EXAMPLE.

In his remarkable philippe against
President Grant, in 1872, Charles Sum-
ner asserted amid the jeers of his Repub-
lican colleagues OF the Senate, that the
pernicious example of the military hero
occupying the presidential Office, far
reaching beyond that OF any other ci..-
zen, would corrupt the public service, de-
bauch the popular mind and bring the
blush of shame 70 the cheek of the nation.
Ill" exclaimed the eloquent and pro-
pnctic statesman, ''hc appoints relations
to Office and rcpays glfts.by official pat
'ronage. making his presidency a great
''gift enterprise may not every Office
holder do likewise, each In his sphere, so
that ncpotism and gift-taking officially
compensated will be general; II
She fratcrnizes with jobbcrs and ilessians,
where is the limit to the decentralization
that must ensuc! Necessarily the pub
lie service takes its character from its
elected chici, and the whole country re.
fleets the President. His example is
law, But bad example must be cor
'rected As u bad law"
These were brave words. and never
were truer ones uttered lie who gave
to them voice was maligned by his Re
publican associates at the time, and all
the pack of small politicians mouthed at
him vlciously. His uttcrances were at
tributed to spleen. lie was advertised as
lost to the cause of the Republican party.
The personal followers Of the President,
miserable plunderers of the people, he
gan to sing the praises of their master,
ana at all the leaders of the Republican
party who refused TO denounce the great
senator political anathcmas were hurled.
a lew years have passed since
Charles Summers philippe attracted
| the attention of the country, and
events have indicated his sagacity.
~ every department Of the government
thieves nave been discovered. On every
mana slit-takers and onlce-selers have
peeh exposed. Thieves are seen even
now shovering around the Presidential
mansion. With these the President fra.
ternizes. shielding them from public de.
nunciation aDd using his influence ia
prevent the courts from consigning them
10 cells In prisons. AT the council boards
Of the nation, weak and dishonest men
sh, and when exposed In their corrup.
lhn' he President, seeking to protect
'nem from punishment. permits them to