The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-05


has never, either directly or indirectly, put
himself to any trouble for them
We publish below letter from a
banker in Cooperstown, N. Y, because the
Equitable has large lad" in The Bull
LETrN and long list of policy holders in
Cairo. 1t shows how high an estimation
is placed upon Incontestable Equitable
policies;
THE SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF coopERs.
TOWN.
CooPERsTowN, N. Y, June 30, 1880.
T. 7 Watson, Esq, Cashier:
DEAR STR:-In reply to your inquiry,
contained IN yours of the 25th inst, in re-
gard to my estimate of the policies which
| am now carrying in the Equitable Life
Insurance company, reply that | was in
duced to take policies No 74,4l9 and 75,-
1915, from the fact that they had an assured
cash value at ten years from the date of
issue, based upon the Tontine prin.
ciple, and that they were made
incontestable for errors or omissions in the
applications, or for death by disease, VIC.
lence or accident brought about by indul-
gence in stimulants or narcotics, or from
self-destruction. | regard such provisions
as very valuable protection to those who
are obliged to take policies as security for
advances made or for other reasons; and
consider the security contained in the same,
by company Of such standing as the
Equitable, as of much greater value than
those issued upon any other principle. |
have entire confidence in the value of the
policies as | now hold them.
Iremain, very truly, yours,
G. PoMERoY KEEsE.
From last nights Sun we learn that
Comings is preparing papers for another
libel suit against THE BULLETIN, growing
out of the article IN yesterday mornings is
sue. We expected nothing else. We knew
that he would institute another suit against
us and we know too that we will give him
equally good cause to institute at least two
dozen more suits against us before the court
convenes. We will make it our special
business to see to it that he gives security
for the costs of all Of them, and, IN order
that the public may be informed of the JUS
tice of what we have said we will publish
every word of the evidence together with
the speeches of the attorneys.
More than enough evidence to establish
our assertions is already in our possession
and we are prepared to 90 to trial to-day
and prove in open court that Squire Com
ings has not only once, but REPEATEDLY
disgraced the title he bears and any num-
Der OF other things that the Squire would
not like to have proven on him, We have
made the charge against him and, as we
said in yesterdays issue, we feel it our
duty to prove all we have SAID, Should
the Squire hinder US in this by with
drawing the suit then we shall submit the
proof to our readers through these columns
in the shape of affidavits. We desire that
the people shall be informed of all the
questionable transactions OF the man, and
after all is known we are satisfied that he
will have just cause to hang his head in
shame whenever he meets an honest citizen
on our streets.
Evening Sun; "THE BULLETIN objects
TO our expression about Carml being the
"hot-bed of Democracy and corruption
White county, in which Carmi is located, is
known as the ''banner Democratic county"
of Illinois; there Democratic circuit
clerk was kicked out Of Office for drunken
ness, and both the circuit and county clerks
are sued on their bonds for moneys held
back from the people We think that con-
diton Of affairs justifes our statement
One word in reply neighbor Pope
county is the Radical, stronghold OF the
Eighteenth congressional district and
county farther behind the times generally,
or more seriously afflicted with Republican
official sharks and corruptionists is not to
be found IN the Union. In direct violation
Of the liS the county commissioners of that
county have for years plundered the county
by specializing in its orders and have, by
accepting presents, permitted themselves
to be bribed into patronzing one particular
house for stationery to the exclusion of all
others, notwithstanding that the other
houses offered the greatest inducements.
They paid ST tor one blank book which
other houses offered for $40 and all other
things, in the same line, they paid for in
like proportion because they were bought
body and soul by the house which they
were patronizing. But this is not all. At
the last session of the circuit court ia that
county, Judge Harker ordered the Repubi.
can sheriff to pay into the
treasury nearly one thou
sand dollars which he had wrongfully with.
held and which he positively refused to
surrender without compulsion And we
want the Sun to understand that an investi-
CATION into the sheriffs accounts was
forced by the Democratic paper Of that
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