The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,

Welsh and the English Mission
The Elections---The Senate-Jus-
y tice Strong on the Electoral Com
mission Tho House C Committees
Tho Army Appropriation-The
District Debt. Ea 81.
Special Correspondence Of the BULLETIN.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. |. lS77:-lt
used to be said of President Grant that
when political cliques opposed each other
and bothered him in the effort to secure
appointments tor important places, he
put the name OF his personal friends in a
hat and drew one ont by chance. What
ever name first came out of the hat was
sent to the senate Tor confirmation. This
course might often disgust all the pollti-
clans, but the element Of fairness as be.
tween them could not be denied.
THE NOMINATION OF Mr.. WELSH
az minister to England scents to be the
rather happy result Of similar experi-
ment on the part of Mr.. Hayes. 1t is
said OF MIR. Welsh that he Is shallow
minded; Ignorant OF many things min
lister ought to know, vain and stubborn;
but the politicians who were quarreling
over the Office had all these faults and
many far more serious ones. Let us
: thank God tor the man who first invent
ed :hata. Let us encourage the use OF
hatsfn American politics.
THE COMING ELECTIONS.
1t is gratifying TO learn, from the pa
pers OF New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey. Massachusetts, and Wisconsin,
that the interest In the result OF the cleo
tons in those States Is increasing as the
9Th of November approaches. The i'm.
portance Of those elections can hardly bs
0yerestlmated, and this Is SO thoroughly
felt In Congress that both parties hesitate
there to take any action which may
injuri0usly affect their friends In the com.
ing contests. With national and local
disagreements in the Republican party,
which must affect its vote everywhere,
the comparatively harmonious.D emocra.
cy ought to achieve victory in all the
States mentioned. With proper effort
such result seems certain. In Virginia
and Mississippi, holding elections on the
same day, 1t Is only question of Demo-
cratic majorities.
THE SENATE
yesterday confirmed many Of the import.
ant nominations, including all those
made by reason Of the personal friend
ship Of Mr.. Hayes. None to which OBJ
lection lie expected have been acted on.
A CURIOUS LETTER
is published, written by Justice Strong O
the Supreme Court, during the session O
the Electoral Commission. Justice
Strong speaks OF what he fears wal
1.-THE great wrong Of the Louisiana Re
turning Board" but says an attempt G,
the part OF the Commission to interior
would have been usurpation tending t,
GENERALIZATION, II adds to honest Demo
cratic anger to be told now that eve
those who declared Hayes to be Presl
dent knew that he was not elected.
THK COMMITTEE or THE HOUSE
seem to give US as much satisfaction a
it, Committees usually do In times whel
great questions are to be acted on
Speaker Randall ina few instances un.
doubleday expressed In his appointment
some Of the III feeling shown In the can
vass for the Speakershlp, but he Is human
and the opposition to hlm was not scru
pulous In ib use Of means to defeat him
Though now fully organized in botl
= branches, Congress. Tor a reason men
\ TUNED above, Will not probably fol
\, ssvssal days do mnch more than walt io
sncuanAA1sss. Ek3Aa
10 I'M AHxr ApFRorRrATI
nl1wlli N reported this week or Of