The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29
SENATOR MITCHELL,

Twice
SENATOR MITCHELL,
from Oregon, Of the committee on elrc-
tons, interrupted him with questions, but
quickly sat down, now plussrd with
ready replies and hurried and excited by
his own heroic daring. There is no place
WHERE the contrast between weak and
able men is more pronounced than in tile
arena OF the United States Senate. lf
senator Mitchell had been compelled at
that moment to appeal 10 III" galleries,
as IN the gladatorial contests OF Old, IT,
versed thumbs WOnld have condGnnct'
him to legislative death: such is our cx-
ecration Of the crime OF mcdiOcrity in
national councils. Senator iii did not
speak louFer than twenty-five Minutes,
and after few passes with parliamcnt>
airy fails between Senators lioAr, rhnr
man and "onklng,
SENATOR BANiED
OF Delaware gained lie floor. MIR. Bays
ard can say more in less good Engli'h
than any senator IN the chamber. His
presence Is noble. his manner is dignititd
his rhetoric is chaste, and his speeches
are lnterminalle. He Is the Democratic
resource for the
CONSUMPTION or TINE.
On any question, and without a nc
ment's preparation, he can talk molten.
sivcly, as regards grammar, logic or rhe.
toric for two hours, watch in hand, The
old habitues Of the gallery, and especial
| ~ the veteran Journalists who haYe begun
to crowd the reporters division, realize
that beneath all this digniiied flow Of
irrelevant talk, and superficial placidly
of grave senators, there is in progress q
portertiOus struggle, a struggle that viii
MARK AN EPOCH IN A NATIONS HISTORY,
a CIVILIZED Dlooaless readjustmeAt OF pO-
licics such as have been decided in past
ages only by an increase Of the census Of
widows and orphans. The Democratic
ranks are very compact, every senator
is in his seat or in sight of IT. The Re,
publicans are not prepared for battle
that must depend entirely on numerical
superiority. Two of their senators are
absent. The Bonanza Senator Sharon,
OF Nevada. has not been in his seat this
session, and Senator Patterson, of South
Carolin, is in the court room, where the
rnuraerers ori.incoln were convicted, to
answer the charge OF
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.
But the Democrats seem even more anXi-
Gus than the Republicans for his presence
III the Senate chamber; he has been sns>
pected of late, and there is Significance
in the fact, that, notw thStanding his pro-
tracted absence at trial, he has
neglected 10 pair with democrat.
Senator Patterson lid not put in an APP
pearance, but, in spite OF his absence, the
the Democrats had majority OF one,
and for the first time sixteen years the
control Of the Senate on any
VITAL POLITICAL QUESTION
was in the hands of the Democrats. On
the following day there was an adjourn.
mpnt 70 save time and hurry up the re-
sGrvG-SharOn, Of Nevada, the Butcher
who 1t Is hoped will skip across the con-
tinent and arrive in time TO save the day
but with the votes OF COnover and Pat
terson the Democrats will still haye q
majority Of one. Their plan is first Ia
seat Buller and Eustis, and with this re.
Enforcement 10 beat Kellogg and seat
SpOford. Maine and Oregon are paired
in Senators Blaine and Grover, who are
at home in their respective states. Blaine
is expected IN arrive on Monday, and il
S said his par with Grover viii be
broken. Although
THg SITUATION
is very exciting, and there is a prospect
for the development Of MUCH bad feel
ing. Much will depend upon the rulingi
OF the vice president on the questions o
precedence In the notion. now before
lhe Senate
Yesterday there Was
A CAUCUS
Of Republican Senators, which was A.
tended hy Mr.. Patterson but not BY Mr.
Conover. There was nothing deiinately