The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-02
THE NATIONS CAPITAL,
Regular correspondence ofthe Cairo Bulletin.
WASHINGTON ID. c.. Oct, 30, 1879.

political and social affairs to give place l.
the national fair, which opened yesterda,
with rush. 1t will be great attraction
and people are coming from all quarters t.
attend. Notwithstanding the unpropitiou
weather yesterday, the attendance was yer,
large. The arrangements for the fair hay
been so hurried that the grounds and build
ings had crude appearance, and the cxhi
few hours all will be perfected, and TIT
foundation will be laid for an annual show
that will be credit to the Capital. The
president and his cabinet with their fami
lies graced the grand stand with theil
presence, aud were greatly pleased with the
races.
1t requires a very rapid pen to keep
pace with all the political gossip nowadays,
and especially that touching the presidcn-
tial race, ! have been amused at the efforts
Of the tale bearers in their desire to create
jealousy and hostility among the Repubh.
can candidates for president, One story,
which seems as a sample for all, is to the
effect that when Senator Blaine went west,
plan was agreed upon by the friends of
other candidates TO keep his light under
bushel, so to speak. At first blush this
seems plausible, for in Ohio the Senator was
placed in small towns, and the same pro-
gramme is arranged to some extent in n. \.
But the little picture OF these gcssips is
somewhat damaged by the fact that Senator
Blaine was also placed at mass meetings in
the rural districts in Iowa, and in Iowa the
Republicans are largely Blaine men, and
certainly bear no hostility to him. The
fact that the Senator is placed at these ru-
raj mass meetings is easily explained by
friend Of his who was dSwn in Maine during
the canvass there, The rural plan was the
Senator'S own. He conceived the idea of
drawing together the country population.
at fair grounds and other popular places of
resort. 1t worked we'll, Amorg those
who were with him at several of those
meetings were Senator Allison, of Iowa,
Genera, Garfield and others Of Ohio
and when they went home they suggested
repetition Of the plan as the best way to
draw the masses to meetings which they
seldom had had the privilege of attending
and named Senator Blaine as the best man
to draw" 1t can be authoratiycly stated
that nobody--neither Sherman Foster
Conkling nor any other man-placed the
senator in rural towns to keep linn in the
background, for they must have known
that such q scheme wOuld have reacted and
had the contrary effect. The immense
meetings which went wherever Mr.. Blaine
went go 10 prove this. 1t has been alleged
that Nj. Blaine's enthusiastic reception al
the Evarts meeting in New York and his
invitation TO speak there this week,
were the outgrowth of desire to rcbukc
those who have, as above suspected tried
to belittlc the senator. But this is also
mistake. Mr.. Blaine and Mr. Cornell are
stalwarts together cordially working for
success, and it will not do for our Demo.
cratic friends to count upon the so-calcd
quarrels and jealousies as aids to them.
While upon this subject, perhaps l may
give the Republicans similar hint. The
reported Democratic quaTels and throat
cuttings among candidates are mostly dc.
lusive. The Democrats, like the Rcpubi-
cans, are not throwing away chances by
destroying their leaders in personal
wrangles. have no confidence in reported
efforts of Bayard or Tllden to "cut each
Others Threats, for if they had the DISPOSE,
ton the party would not let them. Since
wrote last upon these matters, it is impossi.
bic to ignore the fact that both Tilden and
| Bayard have been advanced in the presi-
dental race by their friends in the south
Tilden apparently being little ahead, but
inspiring the bitterest hostility in some
good Democratic headquarters 1t is said
that Speaker Randall has his hands full of
the struggle to keep the Hancock boom in
Pennsylvania from Overwhelming his cand-
date, Mr.. Tilden, but his good nature never
allows itself to be disturbed, and he predicts
that the delegation will be solid for the
sage Of Grammercy.
The NORTH POLE AND EQUATOR Are