The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-30

attempt to do this would engage the whole
time and attention Of the party and in the
end be disastrous to the cause. Their plan
is to pull it through. Admit the charges
and ask the people, what are you going to
do about it," The doctrine to be adopted
by this class of organs is that,
The age of yrtuous politics Is past,
And we are deep In that OF cold pretense;
Patriots are grown too shrewd to be sincere.
Mr.. Geo Z. Clark returned, day or
two ago, from Notre Dame, Ind, where he
has been attending the noted Notre Dame
university He is here to spend the vaca'
ton, and will, at the end of that period, re-
turn to resume his studies. He took a
prominent part in the closing exercises and
as we see from report Of the affair to the
South Bend Daily Tribune, acquitted him
self most creditaby. The account refer
red to says: Sc. E. Clark spoke for the
st. Aloysius Philodemic association, and
the society may well feel proud, of their
representative. Mr. Clark undoubtedly
carried off the honors of the occasion, for
noother society man showed such care in
the preparation of his address, nor such
study to make it success"
We publish in another place the an
nouncement of Mr.. Angus Lcek as a candi-
date for states attorney Of this county. To
say that it gives US pleasure to be able to ad'
vocate HIM for that position, is hardly stat
ing the case We feel that his election is as.
sured because he is ayoung man OF good
character, correct politics, more than usual
ability and having popularity against
which no opponent can prevail. Mr.. Leek
Is one of the best young lawyers we have
in the county and could not fail to satisfy
the public in any position where their in
terests were in litigation. He is an indie
pendent candidate in tie coming campaign
in whom the people have explicit conf
dence, and for whose election The BuILB-
TIN will labor necessarily; not because it
believes that he needs our efforts to elect
him, but because we regard him as the
man above all others best fitted for the
place.
Our senatorial delegates had meet
ing yesterday at which they came to the
conclusion that Mr.. l. L. Harrell was the
best man to represent this district in the
state Legislature. They could have come to
no better conclusion, for Mr.. Harrell is in
every respect the right man for that posi-
ton. 1t Is only necessary to know him to
recognize in him. all the elements of an
able and wise legislator. His intimate
acquaintance with our state laws and the
mode of their operations in the business,
social, and criminal world, will give him
command over the law making machinery
of the state, which will be at once recog-
nized upon his entrance into the halls at
Springfield, and produce benefcient results
to the people at large. He is, too, a
stronger man for the patty than most any
other, in so fa- as he can accomplish more
with the rural voters Of the district, in his
calm, convincing and familiar manner, than
half dozen kid gloved gentlemen With a
hundred nicely worded speeches
On our second page in this issue, We
publish the Democratic platform adopted
by the Cincinnati convention. The plat
form is, in many respects, an admirable
document, and, as declaration OF princi-
PIES is calculated to invite the confidence
of the country. The great fraud of 1876.
II is clearly defined, and made leading
issue in the coming campaign. There are
thousands Of people, not strongly allied to
any political organization, who believe that
the Democratic party suffered great
wrong in the last national political
contest, and they will not hesitate
to express that belief at the
polls next November. The condemnation
of the present administration for its course
in abusing the civil service, by distributing
places as a reward for political crime, and
the demand that it shall be rendered i'm
possible for defeated candidate ever again
''to bride his way to the seat Of the usur-
per- will meet with hearty response from
the popular heart The declaration that
the public lands must be kept tor
actual settlers is timely and
wise The granters of large bodies Of land
to great corporations not only impedes the
development Of the country, but tends to
build up monopolies which are dangerous
and oppressive. We are particularly salts
fed with that portion of the platform
which demands honest money and strict
maintanance OF the public faith, state and
national Nothing IS more NC 'sSary to
the prosperity Of the country than honest
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