The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-10-19
Given to Prominent Demo-
cratic Orators at CairO's
Elegant 0pera-HOuse
Last Night.
HON. ALFRED ORENDORF, HON.
VIM. NJ. SPRINGER AND HON.
VIM. HARTZELL
ADDRESS A LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC Az
DIENCE.

about five hundred people, nearly all voters,
gathered at the Opera House last night to
listen to speeches from the distinguished
gentlemen above named There wasa very
complimentary delegation of ladies; and a
significant feature of the audience was, that
large percentage were Germans. In fact,
it is safe to say that the German element
which had stoidly refused to turn out
when the Republican Gauss spoke, was
present in full force.
After some fine music, made by Prot.
| Storer's cOrnet band and orchestra, the
meeting was called to order by Capt. r. W.
| Shields, chairman of the Democratic county
central committee, who nominated Hon
Thomas w. Halliday as chairman of the
meeting, and the nomination was unani,
mously concurred in
Hon. Thomas Wilson nominated Mcssrs.
p w. Barclay, j. NJ Phillips, +. Bro3s,
| Angus Leek, b. McManus, John Howley
and Samuel Mcclure as vice Presidents,
and Messrs Charles G. Mason and f. W.
Thielecke as secretaries, Of the meeting
and they were all unanimously elected
Chairman Halliday then introduced Hon.
Alfred Orendorf, Democratic candidate for
state treasurer, Mr., Orendorf yet a com.
paratively young, of very pleasing address,
but for al! that a man of character and
good sound judgment. HIS re
marks were brief, but fJrcible. He
referred to the studious attempts Of Repub.
lican speakers to dodge the real issues be-
fore the people, and to electrify the popular
heart with questions long since dead, such
as slavery and accession. The only slavery
now was that practced by the Republican
party bosses, the only cecessian was that
of honest Germans and Others from the
ranks Of corrupt machine Repubicanlsm.
He then entered into discussion OF matters
pertaining more especially to the state,
which addressed more directly to the voters
of this state at the next election. He
proved how Governor Cullen had betrayed
the people who, accepting his promises to
reduce taxation rs made in good faith, had
reelected him to the chief magis.
trste of this state; how he
had, after careful calculation, with all
necessary sources Of information open to
him, estimated the expenses Of the
state government to be five millions and had
afterwards approved appropriations
amounting to over seven millions. Mr..
Orendorfs speech was listened to atten.
lively throughout and frequently inter.
rupted by hearty applause.
Hon. VIM. NJ. Springer was next intro.
duced by Chairman Halliday, and he was
received with burst Of applause as his
predecessor bad also been. His speech
was mastery argument against the Repub.
lican high protective, war tariff,
and Republican extravaganza aud corrup.
ton IN the management of federal affairs.
1t was replete with incontrovertable conclu.
sions based upon recorded facts, and with
snatches Of humor, which made strong
impression upon the audience, as was eyi,
dent from the many enthusiastic responses.
His good points were too many to permit
evena very partial presentation of them
with this report, and they were all too good
to be lost, therefore we shall take occasion
to give them in future issue
Hon. VIM. Hartzell made the concluding
speech. He is an energetic speaker as he
is worker, and he proved that although
he has been in private life for several years.
| he has been watching the interests Of the
public, and especially kept track Of the
| present representative in congress from this
district, He took Captain John II. Thomas
| as his text, and, in speech of nearly an
hour in length, told the audience how the
| people Of this district had been misrepres
sented by the man Of no ideas, Of no voice
for Mississippi river improvement and Of
painful uncertainty and duplicity upon
the question of Prohibition. Mr.. Hartzells
speech was n seating rcbuke Of
Captain Thomas work in favor of
eastern capitalists and his inactivity
aud apparent hostility to the greatest in.
terest, Of his constituents at home. He
made strong impression on the audience
and was often loudly cheered.
On the whole the meeting was one of
which Democrats may feel proud and which
promises well for the near future.
Time and space forbid any synopsis in
thslssue,of the excellent speeches made, but
thoywere too full Of strong points to be lost
to readers of The BULLETIN who did not