, 1881-02-05
-FOUR CONGRESSMAN"

Trouble Brovlng in tho Illinois Fifth
District Over tho Internal 1kevc.
n,so CoIlocforsliip-tvill Consrcssthnn
Hawk He "Sat Down Uponn Agnfn1
~ The Editor 81 The Chicago Tribune.
STERLING, ILL.,. Feb. 3.-The political pot
begins to boil In" Washburne's old district"
and those patriotic gentlemen who "sayci
tho party from ucfeat" last fall nrB willing
to be sacrificed OIL tho altar OF tie incoming
Administration for their country's good.
You will doubtless remember TINT =" Parpy"
Hayes sat down on our member OF Con-
gress not long since, and appointed tho lion.
A. II. Jones. Chairman OF tho Republican
State Central Committee, to tho position OF
Collector Of Internal Revenue for tiIls dis
tglct, sour Member' had promised tho Of
1ico to another man, but lInyes being 4 big
ger man titan Congressman Itnwk, tho Inter
had to submit to being "ant down Upon u;
but lie swore until nil was blue.
Well, the slate Is all made up now that
Jones Is TO have the office 0f United States
Marshal at Chicago, and that viii create a
vacancy In the Office of Collector Of Internal
Revenue.
Congressman Hawk has promised the place
to Mai Woodcock, Of 0gle County, and lie
smltes his Congressional bosom and swcars
he has "bcen sut down upon for t1la last
time" ami he intisnatcs tl,at Garticld's craft
will be blown high md dry II ho iii dertakcs
to sit down" oil him as Hayes did.
In tue meantime other nlih fortnlda-
bio candidates for the Collcclorshlp aro
coming to the front, md tho winter OF - Our
ConKrcsSmAN'S" niScOntent Is Mt hand.
Among The. .nn.nbez IS tho lion. Et B, Warner,
Of Ss1 s1 a ho Gs1gt gae bSs,S Ss Ssarf q s liz ps
is n very nblc man, and llas tho rep9ta:.
political wiro-pullsrs +, tho State: liz is
nst s fss s pa M pfnfsss tsH or .s st.ns % a Hn sao
less TRACKS than any politician in the State.
lie win ho heard from III lnexpectaMt
auIarsor 8 by and by, "and don't you forget
Another candidate Is Aly. W. L. Eastman,
Startling Gazcttc. This bainE lis ilrst ats
tempt to secure any of!lec, mud having served
llls party long and well. ho now wants the
and as he Is IN inaefatiEnhia worker. 10 Will
ported Hawk }or Congress-. and that y
onoagl. to XII a!ny Ordinary nan. ai1tl II #
Eastnnn'u friendship for him dIlii,'t prove h!s
ruin. but, rs lie las no'ie Ut these unnllllc1..
tlons, the chances are that "0ur linw:s" j"
will sit down" on Eastman with sucll m
make things lively. One thing Hawk will
find out and that ls that while Eastman Is
small, ho is about the ngltcst little tl-l ~
met will, IN hfa Congressional nlcandcrtngs.
Another ca1Aiidnto tor this snppuseh yn-
caney that is to be is Col. William II. Kill
gour. former soldier OF the late tnpEeas-
Says d much better Granger. tIiau lv Is law
yer. as tatlur has markod oil his nu'sler-
GUS political aspirations, and attempts to
crafty them, 1t is not thought hs sill cut
mYs Sf qfS a II tS teia GsHsto1sh Is so r9se m to
nir," an,!t. AZ the lrtshman sntd. shells IN
Report has It TINT Congressman Hawk has
promised offices enough tn "my frienta" TO
SIate, md Of course ii ne don't gat them al
| IN Ee will be tearing ay0NnA through, "'ny
district" picture Of o!!i Wisdom Itself,
a months e to tsll "a ths Story about iiayes aid
Logan "sIttlnK down OH hlm" when Jones
| was appolntctl, and yet when Logan md
Jones were asked Ty thsy d|d d such ,'|nng'y
aid wore sweet angelic smile ct injurca
Eyllontiy "Our Congressman" llas not
read tbs story In the Di!,Ie where coitalp
moaatalm mo % and and 1 soa i.i,a What Offices ai!
wealth lie would give him II he would on!y
fall down un4 worship him, or 10 would
never have tried to Initiate such disastrous
NOV, Of course your correspondent doesn't
know who will be appointed Coliector when
June8 gets to be United States MaEallal, Dl!t
Il l cou I'D oct hold ct Gen: john 4; ltoEal,'s
pryGS IL sa onbs bf eo
nalls the, lucky man, whether "Our Coll'
iii ses ii 7can't >