The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular correspondence Of the Cairo Bulletin
WAsHINaToN, Oct. 18th, 1879.

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think, conceded Fosters election several
days ago, yet they did not have any idea
the majority would be so large, and the
1 general expectation was that Senator Thur.
man would save the Legislature and his own
seat in the senate. Our accounts here now
justify the belief that the Democrats have
lost all. If the Republicans have the leg
slature, il means the election of Gen'l
Garfield, probably, to the senate, and big
ger presidential boom for Sherman than has
been anticipated However, I notice that
the Republicans are very conslderate in
distributing the honors of victory, and men.
ton Blaine, Chandler and Others gratefully
and enthusiastically in the same breath
with Sherman, Garfield and Foster. A Re
publican Legislature also means the reds
tiicting Of the state. twill be recollected
that the Democrats so arranged the con-
grcssional districts that last year when the
Republicans had a majority of the votes in
the state, the Democrats elected II of the
20 men here OF congress. The Republicans
have laborcd with great zeal to reverse this,
and if they have beaten Mr.. Thurman in
this race, they will crow wonderfully. AS
TO Iowa, Of course the Republicans were
expected to carry it, but the majority is a
surprise,
Speculation has already begun as to Judge
Thursmans future. 1t is said that this
kills him for the presidency, the Tilden and
other men, arguing that he cannot carry his
own state. Of course it will have bad
effect upon him, and will make the fight
for him much harder than it would have
been otherwise. His loss from the senate
will be the hardest blow the Democratic
party has received for long time, for he is
the oldest manager on that side now in con-
gress, and his experience as legislator Will
be sadly missed
have seldom seen Washington in such
state OF excitement as last night The Re-
publicans kept up the rejoicing far into
the morning, while after the first dis
patches the Democrats closed up, But
in the evening, it appeared as if cloud
had fallen down upon the Republicans
believe the Democrats at last, while await
ing the returns, were more confident of sue
cess than their rivals, and probably that &C
counts for some early dispatches giving the
State to them evidently written. this side
of Ohio.
The Black Hills shooting affair will prob,
ably offer another excuse for a long political
discussion III Congress. Postmaster Gen
eral Key referred the case OF Nix to Judge
Freeman, who reports in substance that no
law exists by which crimes against the per-
son of postal officials can be tried IN United
States courts. Mr., Key says that while his
first impulse, with regard to the affair at
Blackville, was to close the Office IF the
State authorities should fail to bring the
postmaster's assailant to trial; subsequently
he thought that course would operate us a
punishment to the victim of the outrage
rather than to It's perpetrators. Now he
will lay the report Of the special agents be-
fore the President and Cabinet, and be
guided by their advice. Probably recon-
mendations will be made to Congress that
the law authorizing the trial Of crimes
against the persons Of revenue officials in
the national courts be enlarged to include
similar crimes against postmasters. Of
course the Democrats will resist this as an
invasion Of State rights and hot fight
may be expected,
President Hayes has sti1ened up into
regular radical Republican. He recon.
mends the Republicans of New York to
vote for Mr., Cornell, and not take the ad-
vice Of the "scratchprsm so called This il
a severe blow at Curtis, the chief of the
scratchers, who has been the Presidents
chief hacker in the Empire State.
A good share Of credit for the Repubi.
can victory in Iowa is given to Senator Al
lson, who is growing man in his party
and throughout the country.
DIrnTnERIA has become alarmlnglv
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