The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-04-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
from Our Regular Corresponds

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WASHINGTON, ID. G., April J. lS7s.--
The original JacObs--the man who visit.
cd Mr.. Hayes on Sunday night, March
4th, 1877, at John Shernan's house, and
then and there discovered that Hayes
was not all that Republican fancy paint
ed hlm--is Senator llamlin. The words
that Senator Hamhn used on that &C.
casIon were proiane. lie said, did Sena
tor ilamlin,
By CD WE'RE SOLD.
recall this incident only because "A cou.
pie of Pennsylvania Republican con.
gressmen, after year of experience
similar 70 what Hamlin had, are Just
now affecting TO be astOnished at some.
thing Hayes has done or failed to do.
1t was matter of an Ofiice-so, no
doubt, was Hamlin's--and they leave
MIR. Hayes in March, 1878 with very
much the same feelings as the senator
did in March, 1877. We may expect that
by 1880 the average Pennsylvania Radi-
cal congressman will understand things
as fully as Hamlin did after a fifteen
minutes conversation with Hayes.
MONTGOMERY DLAIR's RESOLUTION,
which passed the Maryland house yester-
day, instructs the attorney general of the
state TO exhibit bill to the supreme
court Of the United States setting forth
that by reason Of the fraudulent returns
made from other states and allowed TO be
counted, due effect was not given to tue
| electoral vote of Maryland, and praying
the court to make the revision contem-
plated 10y the electoral commission law,
and upon such revision declare that
Hayes and Wheeler were not, and Iilden
ana Hendricks were elected president and
vice~president Of the United States.
This resolution has none OF ;he
! OBJECTIONABLE FEATURES
OF other suggested measures for getting
this case before the supreme court. Such
action is, however, without precedent,
and the power Of the court TO act on a
case OF the kind, so brought to its atten>
ton, will be questioned, OF course.
The house yesterday
SEATED DEAN,
Democrat, in place OF ield, Republican,
from Massachusetts,. What made the
case specially noticeable was the course
OF General Butler. He voted tor Dean,
asserting thar. under bad law enacted
by Republicans, Dean was entitled TO
the seat. He said the law, made by Re-
publicans TO protect Republicans, hap.
pened In this case to aid Democrat, and
1t was not the less law and ought to be
lived up TO-. There are several laws, on
more important subjects, which have
answered the partisan purpose for which
they were passed, and which expect
Republicans will vet wish to see repeal
ed.
The feeling here appears to be that the
New Orleans collectorship lies between
PACKARD AND ANDERSON
with the chances in favor Of the former
But Mr.. Hayes has very curious habit
nf listening atientively to all that ia salt
OF candidates, then making his selection
from those who have not been mention.
ed.
Veal remember how
THE MoFFETT DELL>PUNCH
was laughed TO scorn few months ago, |
but il seems to have widely commended |
itself by its practical workings and has
been adopted in two other Southern |
States, is before the Albany Legislature,
and is being strongly urged for this dis,
trict. A would'be Wisconsin postmas-
ter managed to call the presidents at
tention particularly to his case by send
ing him map OF his little borough with |
his a0herent's houses painted pink, those |
of ''the other fellow" yellow. The rlca
appears hardly adopted to large towns OF
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