The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-31

| ~ '"'~ ''''~ ~'A'"J 80 vs. 80
if possible, and every vote a coored maj
gives to Democratic nominee, is Il nail II
, his political coffin. Let this not be forgot
q ten.
We therefore urge the colored voters
everywhere to organize, and not allow the
! Democrats to catch them mapping. Let
! them be wide awake and do their duty,
and Baker, Harker and Mccartney will he
triumphantly elected.
The above article is taken from the Cairo
Evening Sun of the above date and should
he read by every voter in the First Circuit.
1t charges the Democrats with the first at
tempt 10 introduce politics into the
election of judges in this part of the
State. 1t says, Never before in the history
of the election of judges in THIS PART OF
THE STATE has disposition been manifes-
ted to introduce politics as an element in
the contest" Such is not the truth. The
10Th judicial circuit was organized by the
Legislature Of 1869, composed of the
counties Of Alexander, Pulaski, johnson,
Massac and Pope, for the express purpose
of electing "A Republican Judge therein,
and John Olney, Republican, was
chosen as the first judge and
it has had Republican Judge ever
since. The law consolidating the circuits
heretofore presided over by Judges Craw-
ford and Baker, was passed in 1876, and the
first political judicial committee ever APP
pointed in this part of the State, to take
charge of the judicial elections was APP
pointed by the Republican congressional
convention that met at Carbondalc in the
summer Of 1878. This was an open decla-
ration on the part OF the Republicans of
this circuit to enter the political field in this
| judicial election The Democrats sometime
after met in congressional convention at
Jonesboro and there appointed a similar
committee to act upon the part of the Dem
ocrats. The Republican committee met
early this spring in Cairo for consultation
Their acts were kept secret, but it leaked
out that the plan was to wait and see what
the Democratic committee would do and an
understanding was reached that they would
try and withdraw al candidates but three.
The Democratic committee met by an
open call and called a convention; the con-
vention which met at Cairo, was largely
attended by delegates composed Of men OF
the various walks of life, and nominated
a ticket composed of Crawford, Browning
and Lansden, not politicians, but men of
experience, ability and unQuestioncd per.
sonal character. On the same day the Re
publican judicial committee met in Cairo
in SECRET CAUCUS and selected three from
their five candidates to make the race
Baker, Harker and McCartney--and the
other two were invited to step down and |
out, and they did so. Does this short bit
Of history show that the Democrats are re-
sponslbc for the introduction of politics
into the Judicial election in this part Of the
State. 1t has been the practice of the Re
publicans in this State to hold conventions
in every supreme judicial district and every
circuit where they were assured of success.
On last Friday the Republicans of Cook
county met at their primary elections to
choose delegates to Supreme judicial
convention and Circuit convention, the
first to nominate candidate for the SUI
prcmc Court for the seventh district, the
second to nominate five Circuit Judges, and
a full Republican ticket was placed in the |
field on Saturday last by the conventions
of Farwell Hall, Chcaigo.
In all the appointments o.
Judges made by the Governors of this State
for eighteen years not Democrat has been
appointed and of the hundreds of appoint.
ments Of Federal Judges that have been
appointed during the same period none but
Republicans have been appointed, and still
the Sun cries out that the Republicans are
not in favor Of politics in Judicial matters.
This article appears to hay ebeen written cx.
prcssly tor the colorcd portion of the Re
publican party. Says the editor of the
Sum "If colored men expect to be recog
ni7"d by the courts, they must not throw
their votes away on Democratic candi. |
dates" What especial recognition have the
colorcd men to expect from our courts!
Th.,, 90 l.y IL.