The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-23

uis'iiSt was hhauo iioh anu TaCy Wy tne iouu
praise of Thomas on the one hand and the
worst abuse OF him on the other. One fac
ton said he was regular Congressional
Goliah-a giant in his political influence;
the other faction said he was a Congress
man ofmost lilliputian proportions-a mere
mannikin compared with such Gulivers
as Raum and Logan. The Thomas faction
was boasttul and domineerlng; the Damron
faction was fierce and vindctive. The boast
ing and domineering was successful.
Thomas was nominated. His various OPP
ponents went home, wondering whether
the influence ofCongressman Thomas was
as great inWashington as in the Cairo Opera
House. They began to think may be our
Representative in Congress was great
man, after all. Deputy Collector Murphy
assured them of the greatness Of
Congressman Thomas who had promised
to make him collector, and relieve him of
the necessity Of writing the word deputy
any more. And the greatness of Captain
Thomas, by virtue of much hard swearing
and many strong assertions began to be
believed such by the Damron faction But
now granting that his claim that he is not
responsible for Willis removal is good
the bubble ia prcked Not only is Collcc-
tor Willis removed; but the great Captain
Thomas was not even able to keep the col
lectorship in his own district The despe-
rate fight made by Deputy Collector Muir
ply for Captain Thomas has been of no
avail The weakness of our representative
in congress has been demonstrated in his
first conflict. And now that the fight is
over and Gen. Pavey is collector, Deputy
Collector Murphy will look sadly at the
scalps of Damron aud Young and Fountain
and Smyth which dangle from his belt and
exclaim, in the language of poet once a
resident of Cairo:
And these were all-these broken things
Were all the prints the battle had
Tomorrow night the young Demo-
cratic voters Of Cairo are to hold a mass
meeting at the court house. The object
of the meeting is not we'll defined; it is
easier to say what it is not than what it is.
1t is not tor the purpose of cutting and
drying a programme by which to capture
the mass convention of Democrats of all
ages and conditions to be held on Wednes-
day nor is it for the purpose of indepen.
dent action, nor for the benefit of any pres
ent OF prospective candidate. As near as
can be learned the sole object is to bring
out the young Democrats OF the city, arouse
them to an appreciation of their positions
as the future rulers of the country, induce
them to take an active part in the cam
paigns henceforth, and, above all, to infuse
some enthusiasm into the proceedings OF
the organized Democracy of this cityuand
county. These objects are certainly praise
worthy and should call out the full
strength Of the young Democracy of the
city We want more life, more enthusiasm,
in our campaign proceedings; not of the
digraceful, riotous kind displayed by the
late Republican convention, but Of the good
natured, harmonious kind, which calls forth
a happy shout from every throat at every
important step, which manifests itself in
glad smiles, loud huzzahs, hearty hand
shakings and, finally q full overwhelming,
vote fairly counted Now is the time for
voters to take an interest in public affairs
if ever Now, If ever, is the time when every
voter must give some thought to the inter-
ests Of the county, district, state and country
at large, for now, if ever, is the time when
he can use his influence in shaping the fu.
ture administration of public affairs. When
the campaign is over the ballot cast and
the vote declared, then it is too late to dis
cover mistakes and to correct them, at least
for the time being. Whatever the result OF
an election may be, whether good or bad, Is
directly chargeabe to the voters and COM
plants because of evil results cannot come
consistently from those who took no active
part in the proceedings of which the evil
against which they complain is the legiti-
mate result. Therefore let there be an
awakening ofthe Democrats in this city,
county and district; let every man woman
and child talk and prattle politics, Demo
cratic politics, during the next few months,
and thereby arouse every voter to activity,
bring out the full party strength, poll a
full vote and sweep the distracted, dsor.
gained, cham fed, political opponents
from the field. 1t takes a hard pull to de.
feat the party which is backed by every de-
partmeut of the federal government; whose
INSCRIPTIONS leaders, from the chairman
of the federal committee, down to ward