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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-27
THE SURE THING POLITICIANS.

Morton SAID The Republicans have
a sure thing, and why should they en-
danger it by accept ing the contrivance of
the electoral count committee:'' Eaton
said {: "The Democrats have sure
thing, and should not endanger it by the
adoption of this BILL" Morton Is the
typical foolish Radical and Eaton the
typical foolish Democrat. The sure
thing Democrats and the sure thing Rad
icals. are the men the people should
irown upon. If they could have their
way, the country would be involved in a
civil war within sixty days. With
these sure things Democrats and Republi-
cans the people have no sympathy, but
join with Senator Howe in saying: III
the result OF the late presidential election
is not in doubt, it is certainly in dispute,
and somebody must decide the dispute.
This Lii will lead to such decision, and
is the proudest tribute to American
craftsmanship that has been offered
since the convention that framed the
constitution adjourned"
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-27

THE ExECRABLE SEVENTEEN.

Seventeen senator's voted against the
electoral bill, and by that act made them
selves not exactly infamous but at least
detestable--wrote themselves down men
careless OF the peace of the country and
more anxious to sustain their party than
the republic. But, with few exceptions,
the detestable seventeen are already
marked men-marked by the disapproba-
ton of the people, set down as a scuryy
set Of political wretchcs. Observe them
Bruce, the colored senator from Missis-
sippi, the tool of Morton and a man Of
little sense Cameron, Of Pennsylvania, a
dishonest man and the cause of
dishonesty i'm Others; Came
ron, of Wisconsin, the gentleman who
was elected by an unholy alliance OF
Democrats and Changers, not because he
was tit, but because he was the
man who could be used for the
purpose of defeating Matt Carpenter;
Clayton, the political corruptlonist of
Arkansas Conover. a senator of no
character and unknown honesty; Dor
sey, a small man elevated to position by
railroad influence and money; Eaton, a
Democrat Of Connecticut, as stubborn as
mule, moss-backed. rock-ribbed and
venomous as all the worms of Nile
"a regular war-breathing man
who roars in continuous wrath
and roams about seeking for Radicals
whom he may devour; Hamilton, a
weakish sort OF good for nothing no.
body from Texas ; Ingalls,, a man Of
words, the greatest bore of the senate. an
oratorical fellow inflated with the light
est kind Of verbal gas-a man whose
rising up fills US with disagreeable sensa-
tions, and whose sitting down compels an
emotion of intense relief; Mitchell, the
two-named man of Oregon-him OF the
several wives and scandal-dirtied char
acter Patterson, the passionate ras-
cal of South Carolina, man Of one
virtue linked with a thousand crime :;
Sargent. the political trader from Califor-
MIA; West the savory rascal from Louis
lana. and Blaine, Hamlin, Morton and
Sherman. the great conspirators to de-
feat the will OF the people and pave their
way 10 blood-stained power by the de-
struction of the government and the in
auguration of civil war. These make up
the execrable seventeen who voted
against the electoral bill. We anathe-
Matte them. They are unclean, and
may they be damned.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-27
ANOrEW,RTI,Y NUMBEu.

The number of LttteLFs Lirtng Age for
the week ending January 10Th contains
The Hellenic Factor in the Eastern
Problem, by 1T. Hon. VIM. L. Glad.
stone; an instalment of "The Marquis OF
Lossle," by George Macdonald; How
Russians Meet Death, a characteristic
sketch by Ivan Turgenief. translated by
Lady George Hamilton Melancthon, a
chapter in the History of Education !;
The Feast of the Roofs, a Christmas
Fairy Tale, from the French, by Helen
Stanley with liberal supply of choice
poetry, and miscellany. The back num-
bers containing the first installments of
MacDonalG's new serial are still sent to
new subscribers for 1877.
For ility-two numbers, of siXty-four
large pages each Tor more than 5000
pages year,, the subscription price 1881
is low while for $40 80 the publishers
offer to send any one OF the American 81
monthlies or weeklies with the Living
Age for year, both postpaid. LittelI
Il Gay, Boston, are the publishers.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-27
BLAINE,S OPPOSITION.

The speech made by Senator Blaine
against the electoral bill, was very weak.
lie wanted to vote for the bill. but really
he could not resist the conclusion that it
was unconstitutional true he was not
constitutional lawyer, but the arguments
OF constitutional lawyers in favor of the
bill had convinced him that it was uncon-
stitutional, and therefore he would vote
against It. In his little weak speech,
Senator Blaine did not indicate what he
believed; lie did not say he was OF the
opinion that the president of the senate
had the right TO count the electoral votes;
he did not remember to say whether or
not he believed Congress has the right to
count he simply objected to the elector-
al bill, and he objected with tear in one
eye and a wink in the other. At his back
stood Bob Ingersoll saying Look now
at this brave prince of men. Mark him,
how bold he is, lie believes what
he believes, and what he believes is not
the business of the id Democrats to
know. Ii he would he could tell his
mind; but he will not because there are
men who formerly justified the fugitive
slave law and the accursed Institution of
slavery, who want TO know. Advancing
down the aisle of the senate he proudly
throws his lance at the bold front of the
reasonable electoral bill, and declares
with his usual boldness that it
is his opinion that he is sorry
he is unable TO vote for the
bill because of constitutional objection
he has 70 it, which objection has grown
out OF the tact that he is not a consttu-
tional lawyer, and the argument of such
lawyers in favor OF the bill has con-
WINGED him that il is not constitutional.
Brave and wise man, where among lily
ing statesmen is your peer: Go on thus
ilinging your lance at the bold front OF
| things, and generations yet un'
born will rise and call yon
blessed :" But all of Bob's
buastiug OF Blaine will not save linn
from the suspicion that he did violence
to his conscience in following Morton,
and that his weakness in opposition re-
suited from the belief that he was OBJ.
jectins In the interest of reasonable ras'
| cality to a patriotic measure.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-27

Aanng Close Connections with the EAST
Nail' to tue La-t
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-27
TIE INDEPENDENTS OF THE sEN.


Messrs. Parrish, Glassford, Plumb and
Harold, the notable Independents OF
the state senate, stood like stone wall
IN the late senatorial contest, and by
their firmness gave David Davis to the
State of Illinois as the successor OF John
A. Logan in the United States senate.
These men, formerly Republicans, had
every possible political pressure that
could be utilized brought against
their purpose to secure an
Independent in Logan's place, but pres
sure failed to break down their purpose.
They stood like stone wall-a high
stone wall over which no one could
climb; strong stone wall through which
none could break. They might have had
feast--a surfeit cven-of political pat.
ronage If they had consulted their indi-
vidual interests but they preferred TO DO
what they believed to be right and con-
tinue to eat at the frugal political board
OF the Independent party, which has
nothing but an idea to bank upon-is
poor in everything but pur-
pose to press forward until it
has compelled the old parties to depart
from worshiping at the altar of the golden
calf and fall down at the shrine of the
Infant of the Rags, from whose now
weak hand they have no doubt there will
yet be showered not few blessings upon
the people of the land, Parrish, impetuous
as earnest, stormed, and swore by An.
derson and then by sDavls. Glassford.
quiet, but firm Harold and Plumb, in.
flexible, all stuck to the determination
to WIN, and they did win. They gave US
Davis, and we rise up and call them
good boys" who deserve well of Their
country. We are for them, and will be
forever and day.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-27
VOL. 9.
q he Bulletin.
SENATOR EpMuNDs. POINT.


While the Chandler conspirators are
still asserting and re-asscrting the power
OF the president of the senate to count the
electoral votes in face Of the fact thxt
nearly every Republican senator is on
record against it, it may be well enough
to notice the keen thrust given to this
fraudulent prctcnsc by one of the ablest
Republicans OF the senate. The only
possible constitutional ground tor this
claim. is the single sentence; "Thc pres
idcnt OF the senate shall, in the presence
Of the senate and house OF representa-
tives, open all the certificates and
the votes shall then be counted
Their argument is that tie power TO
count nationally follows the power to
open: that the power to open is
cXpr ssly conferred as it undoubt-
sdly j.. and that the power to count
is implied fromit. Now mark how simple
an answer may sweep this sophistry
aside. The powers conferred by the con-
stitution are Of two kinds, enumerated
and implied, the enumerated powers be-
ing those which are expressly conferred,
the implied powers being only
those necessary to carry into eff
feet the enumerated powers. Senator
Edmunds in his speech explaining the
electoral bill, showed that "thc power to
open does not necessarily imply power
. 10 = g..
count In order to open" II the consti-
tuition had given the president Of the
power to open the certificates would
have been implied, because opening is
d prerequisite to counting. 1t is easy to
see, therefore, that the constitution con-
ferred upon the president OF the senate an
unimportant power, which 1t would not
have been necessary TO confer at all il the
Chandler theory held good that he has
the right to count the votes. If the con-
slitution has intended TO confer this
power upon him, ii would have done so
in plain terms and said nothing of the
right to open. II would be as impossi-
bic to count the votes without opening
them, a. it would be to eat a nut without
breaking the shell.
Another thing, to which Mr.. Edmunds
did not call attention, throws light On
the intentions of the trainers Of the con-
stitution. The sentence in question was,
The president of the senate shall r.
open all the certificates, and the vote
shall then be counted" In the latter halt
OF the sentence its construction Is entirely
changed. Ii they meant to confer the
power to count, il would have saved
them three words 10 say, The president
Of the senate shall open all the certil-
Gates and count the votes" There are
no unnecessary words in the consttu-
tion. and when its trainers changed the
construction of this sentence they meant
something byit.
Another thing, the Xllth amendment.
from which these words are taken, was
passed by the Eighth congress, which
continued from 1903 TO lS05. At that
time the yice-presdcncy was the direct
road to the presidency, and each OF the
Independents had become president.
Adams, vice-presidcnt under Washing
ton, had succeeded Washington, and JET
feraon, vice-president under Adams, had
succeeded Adams. 1t is not likely that our
fathers proposed TO put 1t in the power
of any man TO count himself into the
prpsilpucy
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-27
aDANGEGOUs DOCTRINE.

In his last speech against the electoral
bill, Senator Morton said the president
OF the senate was not bound to open any
fraudulent certificate from state that
he was not required to open all the GER
hficates, but only that package which
Of the United States lie was bound to
take kotice as to who had been elected
electors by the states and act upon his
intelligence; that he was not required
TO open both the certificates from
Louisiana, and that if he refused
TO open the second return from
possession. Never was more dangerous
doctrine than this asserted. Let the Rad
icals, who agree with Mr.. Morton, con-
slider his position tor moment. If Mr.
Ferry should open the Iilden certificate
from Louisiana and refuse to open the
Hayes certificate, what then: Would
they have as much confidence in the Nor
ton doctrine of the infallibility of the
president of the senate as they now
have: There was time when
John &. Breckenridge was vice.
president and er o6icjo president OF the
senate. While in this position he opened
the certificates of the election OF 1850,
but he did not count the votes. 1T he
had dared to do so, who would have
clamored loudest: But if it is Ferry &
right to count now, it was Breckinridge' s
right to count then. And ii Ferry may
decide who is elelected, Breckenridge
had the right to count himself in and,
according to the Morton doctrine,
no one would haye dared TO question
his act i'll doing so. Dangerous! les,
indeed most dangerous. 1t is a doc
trlne, the danger Of which was aptly de-
scrlbed by Senator Conkling, who said OF
it: at is perfect hellgate, paved and
honey -combed with dynamite - Dan
gerous? 1t puts the people in the hands
OF one man, who may be wise and patri'
otto. but who may also be partisan and
a scoundrel, and who is, In this instance
the supple tool of as rascally set of pc
ilicai conspirators as ever laid evil heads
together to swindle the people and dc
J stroy a government.
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-05

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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-05
DIET

AT Dahlonega, in this county, at four
o'clock A. NJ, Nov. Goth, 1877, Of drop
sy, Mrs. Alkaline X. Clapp, in the 67th
year Of her age. Her remains were
buriedip the Ottumwa cemetery.
Mrs. Clapp came here some twen-
ty-fiye years ago, her husband, who
was very philosophical and intel
ligent man, dying directly thereafter.
The deceased was the mother of q
large aud excellent family, including
among them the wife Of Val Mendel.
postmaster Of Abba and editor 0fihe
Abba Union. Two of her sons be.
long to the newspaper profession,
and two Of them, Lewis and Philo,
are among the thriftiest farmers OF
Dahlonega township.
Mrs. Clapp was an exemplary wo-
man and highly esteemed member
Of the Methodist church.
Columbus. o., papers please copy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-05

EDlToRs CoURIER.-In reading your
issue of 26th inst. saw q notice of
meeting of the ssUnited Civil, Me.
chanical and Mining Engineers Asso.
citation, of America The name of
tile Association struck me as high
sounding, but being somewhat ac-
uuainted with few of its officers ]
tho't would ascertain if said associ-
alton possessed merits justifying such
q title. On my appearance l learned
that visitors are cordially welcomed
to be present at their meetings. Col.
Flagler, Superintendent of the U. {.
& M. Co., presided. 1t is needless to
say that his rulings would safety
even Cushing himself. Among the
several papers presented and acted
upon, one presented by Mr.. Ewart,
ELECTED an earnest and lively debate,
The conclusions Of a stranger hear.
ing the debate Of the association
would be, that its members, though
the majority are not proficient in
what might be termed shook learn
ing, yet they are prominently prac'
tical and intelligent.
The writer was remarkably i'm.
pressed with the very thorough
knowledge Of chemistry evinced by
the members Of the association. The
objects Of the association are
set forth Significantly in it's IL
tie, and Judging from the interest Of
its members, the thirst for knowledge
is keen to the miner. B.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-05

Porsonat.
Cant. John G. Mccormack, who
fought, bled and died, in the 8th Iowa
and who now represents Marion
County in the Senate, and edits the
Democrat has just fallen
heir to $2l, 600 through his wife.
Hon. Horace w. Gleason, one ofthe
newly elected Republican members
of the legislature from Proud Mahas-
ka, called upon the COURIER.
Mr.. Gleason is q brilliant young law.
yer and is liable to be heard from in
the legislature and elsewhere hercaf-
ter.
Soldiers of the army of the Ten.
messed will recollect the good-lookine
and soldierly Dayton, whom Shcr-
man permitted to ride at his heels I'm.
til the close of the war with only the
captains two bars on his shoulder
straps. When the war wss over thu
officers of that army before being
mustered out at Louisville, brough
such pressure on old Tecumseh tina
he made his faithful Adjutant Lieu
tenant Colonel. His comrades viii
be pleased to know that he has set
tied down to profitable business a
the proprietor of the Cincinnati M
Bolt works, which he acquired Will
an elegant, and amiable wife.
We notice in the Cincinnati Com
mercial long decision from Judg
Avery, of the District Court, confirm
ing Col. Dayton in his property ant
sustaining his administration of thu
estate Of his father-in-law, Thomas
Phillips, deceased, which some dis
satisfied parties had questioned.
Col. Dayton has been Secretary Q
the Society Of the Army of the Ten
nessee from its organization in Apr
1865, at Raleigh, North Carolina.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-05

II may not have been very cold on
Wednesday night but still it worked
some mischief to the COURIER es.
tablishment by fieezing and bursting
the pipe that runs from the water
tank to the boiler.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-05
gxplanatlon.

Wednesday night Ut about 10 o'clock,
Theodore Baker. keeping grocery
On Market street, when he got ready
10 retire undertook to turn down the
light in his lamp when it exploded
with report equal to that from .
well loaded musket. The lamp was
blown to pieces, and the floor satur-
ated with oil which took fire and q
serious confiagration was threatened
for : time. Theodore succeeded in
smothering the flames with blankets
and quilts before any damage was
done. The loss was barrel of coffee
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-05

Many persons are very sensitive e
electrical changes in the atmosphere
One gentleman is said to have beer
90 much affected by the conditions
which precede . thunder storm that
he became sick. He was advised te
wear fine silk vest as an insulator
and he did so. The result was tha'
life was made much more bearable tt
him. This perception of the presence
of electricity has been used as an H.
lustratiou Of the argument that there
may be forces at work in nature for
the detection of which man is not en-
dowed with the requisite senses.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-05
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1t IL the duty of every person who
has used BoscHEE's GERMAN SYRUP to
let its wonderful qualities be known
to their friends in curing Consump-
ton, severe Coughs, Group, Asthma,
Pneumonis, and in fact oil throat and
lung diseases. No person can use it
without immediate relief. Three
doses will relieve any case, and We
consider it the duty Of all Druggists
to recommend it tothe poor dying
coneumptive, 1T least 10 try one bottle
% 10000 dozen bottles were sold last
year, and no one case where it failed
was reported. Such medicine ~
the GERMAN EYRuP cannot be too
widely known Ask your ID. uggist
about 1t. Sample bottles to try sold
ct 10 cents. Regular size 20 cents.
For sale by j. Il. Taylor d Go.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-05

1nm Fridas's Daily.
The river opposite this city above
the mouth Of the water power canal
was frozen over yesterday morning.
The brick work ON the pump house
for the water works was recor7menc.
ed this afternoon. Cold fingers DOM
count in this game the work will be
dose.
Three blocks more will complete
the trenches for the water mains that
were to be put in this season, and few
days Of good weather will let the
contractors out.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-05

{ The Creston Gazette says: II
DOESN'T take an 0bservant man long
to discover which is the popular line
90 he gets off the U. p. train at Coun-
Gil Bluffs. At this point three great
j through lines strike out into Iowa
the g. B. 4 O., the c. r. /. 4 r., and
The q. 4 N. W. To hear the east.
bound travellers calling for the G. B.
4 q. line, and hurrying forward to
ret into the coaches, convinces one
that II 10 fhe line Of the three. The
aafsly and convenience of the road il
what tells 20 plainly.