The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WAsIIINGTON. ADril .. 1877

! army Dlil In the mouse VIII continue is Il |
matter OF doubt tits developing political |
so-callcd, for both sides, if we may be-
lieve the leaders who direct campaigns and
order campaign documents, Many thou,
sand speeches have already been ordered
for circulation by both parties, and the
promise is that the country will be flooded
by political literature this year as it never
has been before in an "otf year" Those
most conspicuously represented in these
documents are Blaine, Window, Chandler,
iloar, Conkling, Edmunds, Frye, Garfield
and BeIford, on the Republican side, and
Bayard, Voorhees,, Hill, Thurman, Hurd,
Tucker, Chalmers, and Stephens on the
Democratic side, with an indefinite prospect
of increasing the list. II will be seen that
this list includes several very conspicuous
presidential candidates, notably, Blaine,
Window, Conkling Thurman and Bayard
Window is supposed to have struck "a
placer Of political wealth in his scheme to
migrate the negroes who are dissatisfied
with their lot in the South, and his presi-
dental stock is at par in consequence.
should not be understood as saying that all
those Of this list are not presidential cand-
didates, because that would be unsafe
nowadays when candidates are multiplying
with the months There is plenty of good
presidential timber in both parties in the
present congress, and no efforts will be
spared to develOpe it.
The senate yesterday passed the first act
, Of the session after two weeks OF talk upon
political matters. II was the bill authoriz-
ing the secretary Of the treasury to contract
r for the purchase Of a vessel to apply Prof.
Gamgce's process Of disintecton as against
yellow fever and other diseases imported in
l vessels from abroad. have explained tins
r plan in former letters. 1t has beenthe SUI
y ject of experiment by government officers
= and is pronounced success. The danger
' Of the early return of yellow fever has
fastened action, and il is supposed that {
vessel can be prepared before July ant
placed upon the water at the mouth of the
Mississippi or at Mobile, The amount ap
propriated for the purpose is 100000.
The star Of this city ma kes serious
charge against General Garfield, in effcc
ne that he held back his speech made in tn
ne house, the other day, and revised it at tn
instance of his Republican friends 1t AZ
serts that, as spoken, he praised the heroi
conduct of the confederate officers in goin
10 war as compared with their prcscn
course; that some Of the Republicans wa
dissatisfied with this one OF them threaten
ing to denounce it on the floor as unreput
- lican and hayesy, and that Garfield there
upon agreed to revise that part of his efIor
go 1t has caused a good deal Of comment her
among all parties as an example Of tn
waning popularity of the "0hio ldec' i
general and Cancellation in particular,
A good deal of excitement has bee
caused in the interior department by tn
X proposed reduction of the clerks salarie
about - per cent for three months. Som
of the clerks propose to take legal advice
holding the ground that they cannot be re
duced except by act of congress, The
II must receive the established pay or be dis
charged A good many ugly remarks ar
INDUCED in and the inquiry is upon every
I bodys lips, whether the secretary of tn
commissioners propose TO reduce their sal
aries as we'll as those Of their subordinatcs
The Democrats in the senate find it diff
cult to resist any longer the effort to Gus
the subordinate officials. There are 90 canii
dates at least ior every place IN the sclrc
tarys Office, and they are clamorous for tn,
, salaries, II is likely that the distribution
will take place in few days, but some o.
the old clerks will have to be retained foi
some time in order TO familiarizc the new
ones with their duties
r A serious complaint has been made &c
the State Department by American citizens
having correspondents in Germany, namely
that Bismarck has established an esponiag,
- on the mails so strick that all matters, for
eign or domestic, bearing against his gov
eminent Is distracted and not allowed to
reach its destination An investigation is
to be set on foot at once and if the charges
are true, our government will make strong
protest against such system as an outrage
, | ,no, International law and sprOusly affect