The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-14
JOTTINGS FROM WASHINGTON.
Special correspondence Of The Bulletin.

The drift of speculation has turned
good deal away from the possibility or prob
ability Of the Presidents action touching
the new army bill to the political aspect in
Ohio. The transformations there relative
to the leading characters in the coming no
lltical struggle appear to be sudden and
startling. First, we had a report that Sec
rotary Sherman had gone to that State to
log roll for the nomination for Governor.
This report was so seriously accepted that
Secretary Shermans friends here found it
necessary to "hcdge" and they invented the
story that the report was got up by the
Democrats to force Gov. Bishop off the
course and give place to more promising
candidate. Next, we have the story that
this Sherman story about "a more promis-
ing candidate is the invention of Sher-
mans friends alone, having no foundation
in fact, but having for its purpose to make
Sherman's nomination necessity to defeat
Judge Thurman or some other popular
Democratic candidate With these conflict
ing yarns comes counter reports relatives to
the demand for Sherman which are genuine
or doctored according to the opinion we in
yoke. Through it all the truth appears
to be that Sherman, like every American
citizen, wants to be president, and is really
trying to ascertain what is the best cou rse
to reach the object Of his ambition. So far,
however, as the Ohio governorship is de-
sirable as stepping stone, he will proba-
| bly, fail IN making it, since nearly all Re-
publicans here incline to believe that Judge
Taft has stronger hold upon the party
than Mr.. Sherman can have. On the other
side, it is said that there are consplracies
within conspiracies odispose Of the surplus
Democratic candidates, and that Judge
Thurman, who is attending to his duties as
senator and temporary president Of the SEN
ate, will suffer from them. He has the adj
vantage, however, of having John G.
Thompson's friendship, and Mr. II. is the
best political manager on the Democratic
side, and enjoys thea further privilege of
welding great influence as sergeant-at-
arms of tie house Of representatives.
The discussion IN the house yesterday
of the bill proposing to change the law
| relative to coinage of silver, did not
rebound largely to the honor of the Green
hackers, who were exposed to the fire of
those who oppose the disturbance of the
financial questions at this session. The
speakers who assallcd the bill exposed the
wild nature of the Greenback schemes so
pointedly that many of the men claiming
the party of the future" were disposed to
explain and deny somewhat. In fact some
of the GreenbacEers themselves have be-
come considerably conservative since they
came to congress. They have heard from
the country to the effect that it wants rest
upon these veXed questions. Considerable
talk has been caused by the movement of
the Michigan GrccnbackerS to inauguratc
the "Maine campaign" in that state to help
their brethren in the pine tree state. The
Maine election occurs early in September
| and great stress is always placed upon the
result there. 1t is well known here that
the Republicans will make great efforts to
recover the state this year from
the Greenback- Democratic coalition,
and this Michigan movement is proba-
bly, part of the general plan to Offset those
efforts. The address Of the Michigan green
hackers appealing for aid for "thc brethren
in Maine" has caused ripple here and
will have the effect to incite both sides to
unusual work, Name, will be pretty hot
state politically this year. am inclined
to think, however, that the fight will be
more between the Democrats and Republi-
cans than it was last year, and that green
backism as n distinct issue is losing its
hold there as it is elsewhere
The new army bill will not probably be
disposed of by the senate this week. In fact
the Democrats in that body do not appear
in such haste to dispose of it as those in
the house were, and several of them are
supposed to be loaded with long speeches
upon it. Tie Republicans also will be in
clined to discussion in order, as some Of
them say, to give the President better
ground to stand upon in his expected veto.
CHEW Jacksons best Sweet Navy To-
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