The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-05
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we heartily recommend DR.. Bulls Cougi
Syrup. Price % cents.
1929"
1890" is the monogram that forces itsel
upon the notice of every one that dares to
throw glance out Of doors. 1t is painted
in large letters and small letters, in black
letters and white letters, upon thousand
different objects all over this city 1t can
be seen marked with lead pencil upon bits
of paper aud chips of wood, with lamp.
black upon old scrap iron and
boilers lying by the way-side
it can be seen upon telegraph poles and
pitching posts; it is dobbed upon old tree
boxes, sidewalk ratings, old houses, sheds
| and fences, and even upon all the side
walks at every square, and the door steps
and entrances Of business houses and private
residences, these significant figures are
traced IN bold plain hand in sizes vary
ing from six inches to foot and half.
The figures are not mysterious, for every
body knows their meaning; but there is
something remarkable about them that
seems to associate them even more closely
with the leader Of the Republican hosts
that did the Poland report, namely, that the
3, . and 0 added together give IA, the
number of letters in the name, James A.
Garfield There is no denying the fact that
$500" is concise and, at the same time,
forclble representation Of train of facts
that are highly damaging to the character
Of the Republican presidential candidate
! that it is silent but power
full argument against him that
ought, and no doubt will, have its proper
weight with the voters all over the country.
In so far as it is intended to influence
men against the Republican candidate
for president it is all right, for
it represents only mass of very dis
agreeable truths in very condensed form,
and if those who perpetrated the Joke
had no other object in view, we should not
hesitate to give it our unqualified approval.
But we are inclined to believe that this is
not the case. We have reason to believe
that here, unlike elsewhere, the 'dobbing"
is being done by our political opponents,
with view to furnish material for
campaign capital to be used in the
county election. We are convinced beyond
the possibility Of a doubt that committee
of Republicans, seltconstituted perhaps,
knowing that many Republican voters will
not allow themselves to be influenced by
partizanism in the county election and
that, therefore, many of them will not vote
the straight Radi ,al ticket have sought in
this underhanded way to create a bitter
feeling among their political brethren
| against men who are not associated with
any party. OF this we have ample proof,
| and when it is considered that prominent
Republican is known TO have been one Of
the party that did the dobbing, the whole
scheme of the Republican leaders in this
county is at once laid bare before the peo-
pie in all its contemptblencss. The per-
petrators will find that their work will fail
of its object and have an exactly contrary
effect The intelligent voters of the county
will not allow themselves to be thus trlcked
into supporting men for office who are no,
their choice they will not fail to see that
the means employed by these self.appointcd
Republican leaders are Of the basest, and
deserve their most energetic condemnation,
and they will silently but eifcctually re.
buke the perpetrators at the ballot-box,
The frantic attempts of the News to
throw the blame upon the Democracy are
characteristic of that paper, and only prove
more conclusively that our assertions are
correct, and that it is conscious of the guilt
Of its keepers.