The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-13

good show, deserving the patronage which
ii has received from the public, and which
will attend it during the entire season.
Tony Denier has always been agreat favor
lite with Peoria audiences, and he can be
assured of warm welcome at their hands
at any time when he presents himself here"
Peoria Ill) Acknowledgement. Secure
your seats for tomorrow night.
Some of our republican exchanges are
engaged in urging that Hon. j. G. Willis
be re-appointed to the position of collector
of internal revenue. The Massac Journal
urges his claims thusly: "Hon. j. g.
Willis is an applicant for re-appointment
to the position of collector of internal rev.
enue for this collection district. He has
filled the Office with great credit to himself
and profit to the government, and his con-
tinuance IN the position would be the reten-
ton OF a true and tried official, and the
exclusion Of any risk on the part
of the incoming administration in
procuring an honest and efficient officer.
1t has been said, we are informed, that Mr..
Willis was luke-warm republican in the
late campaign. With the most intimate
personal acquaintance we can positively re-
flute that statement. He did all that any
man, similarly situated, could do. He
assisted with his money and his counsel
to make Massac roll up her grand majority
for Garfield and the republican ticket; and
the state and nation received liberal con-
tributons from him. In the struggle for
place, let justice be done-there are no
better republicans than Mr.. Willis-no
better public officers"
"A struggle is at present being made
in this collection district by the friends OF
Hon, j. G. Willis, to retain that gentleman
in the position OF internal revenue collec-
tor. If true republicanism, falthfuness
and competency are worthy qualities in an
official, Mr.. Willis will be re-appointed to
the position, but the fact that two other
worthy republicans, Hon. Ike Clements and
Mr.. Dan Hogan, are already waiting to step
into Mr.. Willis shoes, gives ground for the
belief that that gentleman's rc-appoint-
ment is not certain. Since all three of the
gentlemen are uncompromising republicans
we have no choice in the matter, but need
thereby not be prevented from indulging
in the usual speculation. Mr.. Willis has
proven himself to be q most excellent col
lector, careful, honest and active who, not
withstanding the claim of his opponents to
the contrary, was active during the
past campaign and was as
liberal with his money as any reasonable
person could expect. These facts will
doubtless be duly considered when the ap-
pointments are made. OF Mr. Clements,
who has represented this district in con-
gress, it is said that he was the most active
politician Of the three; that at every cam
paign he has left his business and indus
trlously and efectually labored in the vine
yard of the party without money and with
out price and therefore his claims are
worthy of recognition. Mr.. Hogan's
claims are briefly these: During the past
campaign he was fortunate enough to be
selected one of the members of the central
committee and in that capacity, backed by
few hungry country newspapers and self
constituted politicians, urged the necessity
Of the use of money in this district. The
money was forthcoming and he was liberal
in its distribution thereby making many
friends who are now backing him for the
position with much persistency and good
show of success. Although the
money, where distributed, accom-
plished no apparent good-the
largest increase having been made in Mr..
Willis county, where the money never
reached-his friends attribute to his efforts
the increase in every county in the district.
Although not extensively know throughout
the distrist-he not having taken an active
part in politics until the last campaign
we are satisfied that he will make an excel
lent collector. He has many friends in
CAIRO, among democrats as well as repub-
licans, who would be pleased with his ap-
pointment.
OuAIITy and efficacy conditional Dr