The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-22
WANTED A WAY CUT.
Especial Telegram to the Chicago Times.j
THE TIDE TURNING.

Especial Telegram TO the Chicago Times
THE TIDE TURNING.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Public opinion
is most visibly Tildenward. That strong
DRIFT toward HIM which set in last week
has increased until there seems to be no
adverse sentiment so TAR as his title to
| the presidency is concerned. The main
causes which have brought about this
| rapid and surprising state OF things are to
be found in the concurrent testimony of
Republican frauds brought out from day
to day before the committee on the de-
| bated southern states. Another factor is
the whimsical mission of Morton west
and its conceded utter failure. Perhaps
| more decisive than even these is the ex-
plicit letter of the eX-attorney general Of
the state OF New York, Barlow, sent to
| Florida as witness by Grant, whose
| acknowledgment of
TnDEN's LEGITIMATE MAJORITY
In Florida has lett the decent element OF
the Republicans without the refuge of
i eaANSA'H pNAiib Niii'il iilNN liuNt ltIt-
totore shielded themselves. 4 tendency
toward revulsion of feeling was evident
so soon As Chambers now generally de-
nounced pronunciameuto was issued.
Conservative Republicans hold that he
was unwise and tlagrantly dlsrespectful
to large following of the party in stat
ing that Hayes was elected beyond any
question on the part OF the intelligent
people, since there hes not been a mo-
| ment that his election was conceded by
| the more decent of those who wished for
| his success. Under
THIS GRADUALLY ELLAXING FAITH
On the part Of the less vehement partisans
| the most resolute are losing that ener-
getic push which was heretofore made
the head and front of the Hayes cause.
The better class of Republicans IN both
houses have been discussing with great
earnestness the propriety of calling halt
and forcing the more extreme Of their
party to consult the wishes of the coun-
try rather than the strong desires of the
party leaders One OF the most respected
members OF the house, lifelong Repub.
lican, made free concession to-day that
the Louisiana business was so UNANIMOUSLY
| OUTRAGEOUS AND ISToLERABLE
That when the proper time camo he
should rise in his place on the door and
denounce il, and he further asserted that
he would not be alone either in the
house or in the senate that the broad
career OF fraud and Grantism to which
the party had committed itself must be
checked shortly or thers was no future
tor the Republican party, and that he tor
one was not prepared to let the party OF
Lincoln die out for the mere qualification
OF few Adventures. As the factors
which led him to come TO this conclu-
sion, he instanced the extraordinary ex-
hibition Of
CRAFT AND BuNGLING
In South Carolina, where Mackey,
Chamberlain's speaker, and Hayne, his
secretary of state, had certified unwili-
ingly to Hampton's majority. yet per-
sisted in the wicked frauds Of pretended
state government, which they have con-
fessed, by attestlng the figures, Is
sham and theft, This express
sion is but reflex IRON that veriy
respectable class Of Republicans who
have not hitherto been identified with
the machine element Of the party and
who rarely dictate In Its councils or urge
Its policies. Men who have up to this
time hesitated TO take positive grounds as
to the relative aspects of Hayes or Til
den's ascertained vote, are coming more
FREELY TO THE FRONT.
And the burden OF opinion has reached a
strong tide-so strong that the sentiment
OF the town is all In one direction. The
| signals Of the sentiment are compromise
and concession. Indeed, the effort on
the part OF the Republican leaders il now
to discover convenient way OF escaping
from the entangling position into
which the INSCRIPTIONS zeal OF
the more constituencies work
ers have placed them. They
: would tomorrow, il it could be don,
. with decency aud with dignity, propos,
to the Democrats this method OF escape
Z The election 10 the presidency OF the sen
ate OF some nnobjectionable Republican
q such as chhstianey. Morrill,, OF Vermont