The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-02

KIRK HAYES, in his address 10 the indig-
nation meeting al Chicago the other night,
after detailing TO his hearers the manner IN
which the Fsrwell hall constituency were
robbed Of their rights by Logan and his
henchmen, proceeded TO say:
Now, gentlemen, | have given you an
outline of what occurred there at that con-
vention; and ! say to you that you are right
in feeling indignant, You have been dis
franchIsed; you have been cheated; you
have been robbed; and all for what! |
say, gentlemen, for the purpose OF forcing
upon you the nomination Of a man that is
not the unanimous choice ef a single
northern state loud applause to force
upon you the nomination OF man that ls
not the choice of majority even in his
own state. Cries Of THAT is true" and
applause, TO force upon you the nomi-
nation of man that stands calmly by and
sees his own friends and neighbors detraud-
ed and cheated in their own state conven-
ton, and never utters one word Of re-
monstrance. Renewed applause. To
force upon you the nomination Of man
who has already held his high Office for
two full terms, and in violation OF the
unwritten law of this republic, and in
violation of the precedent set by Wash
ington, Jefferson, and the long line of
their illustreus successors, is now seek
ing TO obtain that Office third time.
Cries of I'VE will show him." and loud
applause. To force upon you the nomi-
nation of man that went into office with
his party in full possession of every
branch of this government, with two
thirds majority in the house, and with a
strong working majority in the senate, but
who went out Of Office leading hopeless
minority in the house, and bare majority
in the senate, his party disorganized, dis
gusted, and on the eve Of dissolution.
Loud applause. To force upon you the
nomination Of man who, by his appoint
ments, sunk our civil service so low that
there were very few honest men found who
would dare accept an appointment under
it, and the word "otiiceholder' was synony-
nous with thief Loud applause,
Now, say TO any Of the friends OF Gen.
Grant in this hall, have no personal ami
mostly 10 the man. | know HIM as a sue
cessful military chieftain. Applause |
would not rob him of one honor. When
he came here 10 Chicago hung my ban
ner from the outer wall and shouted with
the rest Renewed cheers But | say as
president he is q failure, and we do not
want HIM for another term. Can you say
that put it too strongly Loud cries of
mo, no. Recall the facts that in 1915
the cry Of civil service reform went up all
over this land, At Cincinnati We incor-
porated into our platform the word
reform" more than fifty times, while the
Democratic manifesto, put forth at ST.
Louis, fairly exhausted the English Ian
guage in the protestations for civil service
reform. Laughter and applause. I ask
you gentlemen, how did il happen that at
that particular time the people Of this
country became so terribly in earnest for re-
form? answer because of such men as
Belknap, and Babcock, and Shepherd, the
whisky thieves, and the whole gang. Loud
applause answer because Gen Grant,
when these men were detected in their
crimes, only accepted their resignation and
opened the back door Of the white house
and babe them God speed that they might
escape from their pursuerS.