The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-18
THE SENATORIAL STRUGGLE.

THE SENATORIAL STRUGGLE.
Or THE WAYS AND AND MEANS By WHICH
sUCKER REPUBLICANS DON'T AGREE uroS
4 SENATORIAL CANDIDATE.
The Senatorial struggle now going on in
Springfield is spectacle that no good man
can witness without feelings of disgust, II
not Of alarm. Never before, in the politi-
cal history Of Illinois, have the people been
called upon To witness contest in which
trickcry. hull.dozing. and other illcoi,mate
and belitticna means were 80 indushiously
and increasingly employed. TO give our
reader, an idea Of the desperate resorts OF
the iIicnj-. OF tie candidates and the cand.
idatcs themselves, We give place IN the fol-
lowing extract from the Springfield cores
ponloncc of the Chicago Tribhne, which
paper is, by the way, both fierce and I'M
hesi;ating in its opposition to Logan. The
Tribune says
The scsyc which WAS produced in the
Logan camp Yesterday by the postpone
mcnt of the caucus ill Friday evening is
undated, and, while the managers endeay-
or 10 keep up their courage IL is apparent
TO the most casual observer that they have
in great measure lost their grip. The
seventy or eighty votes which they boosted
for the first formal ballot have very mate
rally dwindled away. and Long jones is
now satisfied with claiming simply bare
majority. The Jo Davies statesman be-
gins TO weary Of his job, and this evening
he had no hesitation in publicly declaring
that be never could again undertake its
like.
Logan has taken on himself the task of
working up the doubtful and wavcling. His
slpplications to the former and his prom
ises to the latter have assumed mammoth
proportions The telegraph is kept busy all
day long, urging outside pressure Promi-
nent men all over the state who are known
10 be favorable to the swarthy Egyptian are
implorcd 10 come over and fix things with
those members whom it is supposed they
can influence Private receptions are hour
" held, and nothing is left save the tor.
lures of the lnQuisi,ion to cXtoIt from the
unwilling members the pledges necessary
to secure his election. Different is the stu
alton at the Farwcl and Ogleshy hcadquar-
tiers.
THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF AGuE,
everybody feels happy over the prospect of
beating the great American bolter Of two
years ago. and this seems TO be the incvita-
blc result. John B. lIawey, Of Rock Island,
assistant secretary Of thc treasury, arrived
arrived here tonight He ntimated to the
ubiquitous interviewer that he has case
before the supreme court. This is scarcely
accurate, for the reason that head officials
Of Washington departments are not in the
habit Of travelling around the country at
tending the supreme courts Of the different
States. Mr., HawIey is a dark horse Of
very uncertain size. Some halt-do2en Of
the Logan men, who live in the vicinity Of
Rock Island and adjoining counties, have
joined on Mr.. llavley asthcir second choice
in the event of the breakup Of the Logan
combination. Hawey is here to witness
the effect. Some Of his friends claim that
he would make an excellent compromise
candidate, and that, by n iudicous course,
he might be able to concentrate enough
votes to elect him should the opposition to
Logan fail to agree. Being very close to
the administration and the posscssor Of u
first class record, his friends naturally think
that he has more than an average chance of
success.
The fact is, everybody but the candi.
dates themselves are beginning to get tired
of the everlasting car-chcwirg and secret
caucusing which has been going forward
here without cessation for the past ten days
and arc
LONGING For REST
and for the tranquility of an undis'urbed
existence. There are 100 Republican mem
bors Of the general assembly, each one of
whom has doubtless been approached
quietly by some confidential friend about
400 times. dragged Off into deserted cor
ner, and requested to give up his true in.
wardncss on the subject. The result has
been marked down ON the roster opposite
his name by the confidential friend atore-
said rs "Solid for Logan" "Sure for Far