The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-27
CHAM" vs.. CUSHING.

INSIDE HISTORY or THE --LATEST UNPLEAs
ANTSEss. HOW DAMRoN "HAM' WAS
USED AND now IT SUCCEEDED As FAR Al
IT DID.-AN INTERESTING PIECE OF RE
PUBLICAN POLITICAL HISTORY, SHOWING
now, UNDER OUR REPUBLICAN, NsTlTU-
TIONs THE OFFICE lNyARIABLY SEEKS THE
MAN, AND HOW TUE MAN MAY BE DE.
FEATED by THE scyUSDREL
Mr.. Barton, Of the Carbondale Free
Press, has very original account Of the
proceedings Of the Republican county con
vention, held in this city about ten days
a3o lie saws that "Damron carried four
out Of the five Cairo precincts and two
county precincts, giving him thirty-seven
delegates THE truth is the Judge carried
but one OF the city, and one country, pre-.
cinct, giving him just ten delegates. OF
the three contested precincts he had one,
with three delegates which would have
given him thirteen at the outside, after the
committee on credentials had gotten
through with its work. But GRAYTING
THAT JUDGE DAMRoN WAS ENTITLED TO ALL
THE DELEGATES FROM THE CONTESTED
PRECINCTS, HE WOULD YET HAVE BEEN FOUR
BEHIND CAPTAIN THOMAS, for, besides the
thirty mentioned above, Captain Thomas
had four of the homes, Damrou deserters on
his side when the convention met.
This state of affairs did not suit
the federal ofiiceholders at Caro- con-
tinues Barton, land they Immediately be-
gan TO work plans by which the will OF
over a two-thirds majority should be
broken down. If Barton had SAID this of
Judge Damron and his party, he would
have struck the nail right on the head but
as it is, he is completely off the track. 1t
was Judge Dsmron and his henchmen who
saw their own defeat, and resorted to the
Infamous expedient referred to by Barton,
in order to gain control; and it WAS Judge
Damron himself, who, at caucus of his
men, held night or two before the con.
yentlon met, said that the county "must"
be carried for him, "if not by fair, why,
then by FOUL, means 1t was Judge Dam
ron himself who concocted and suggested
the infamous scheme which was to defeat
the will Of the majority, and it was
Judge Dsmron and his adherants,
who sacrificed honor, decency and
justice, and jeopardized Republican
success in this district The bold sug.
gestion OF foul means, on the part Of Judge
Damrou, is not evidence of very high
sense Of honor in that person, and an at
tempt by his cohorts to carry them out, is
certainly positive proof at least of weakness
or defeat.
As a scheme tiIcumvent to defeat the
will ofthe people in the interest Of Judge
Damron the plan adopted by the Dam
ronites stands forth conspicuously in the
catalogue OF political tcickery aud treach-
cry; as Il piece OF deviish ingenuity it
Won d take the first premium in hades,
Judge Damron foresaw that if right pre-
| vailed in the organization Of the conven-
ton, he would be overwhelmingly de-
ieated, because the majority of the del
cgatcs were against him. He saw that, in
order to succeed, he must not only obtain
all the delegates from the contested pre-.
cincts but must rob Captain Thomas of
some Of his, and here Is the way in which
he and his followers sought to accomplish
this
Secret primaries should be held in all
the precincts in the county where only
single delegations, instructed for Thomas,
had been selected, and a Damron delega.
ton should be selected to offset
the Thomas delegation in the con
venton. Before the convention should be
organized, the question of who should vote
sHbulh DC lhiAtt bttpIt any NblC Nuutu UG
permitted, aud it should be decided by the
chairman Of the central committee, who WAS
with Damron and who was to call the con-
vcntion to order The decision the chair
man was to render was, that call contested
precincts should vote their double delega-
tons, but all protested delegates should not
vote" Then the secretary was to call
roll Of the precincts, beginning al the first
Cairo precinct, The First, S cond and Third |
Cairo precincts, being contested" would |
be allowed to vote their double delegations
and would be standoir Gf oil remained
faithful to their faction, which however,
four of Damron's delegates failed to do).
The fourth Cairo precinct, being conceded |
to Damroa by the Thomasites, would give
Damron majority Of eight. The dclega'
ties from the Fifth Cairo, and all but one of