The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-24
THE FIRST POW-WOW.
MAKING DESPERATE EFPoRTs TO HARMONIC
THE PARTY IN CAIRO.

THE PARTY IN CAIRO.
Monday night the Republicans held u
mass meeting at the old Turner hall on Fiji
teenth street with the evident purpose of or
ganizing the party for vigorous fight for a
party ticket at the coming election. There
were present something over hundred per-
sons, both white and colored, with the latter
greatly in the majority. The former were
composed principally of post-office, custom
house and internal revenue oflicials-govern-
ment officers generally. Prominent colored
men of the city were conspiciously absent
until near the close of the meeting.
The meeting was organized by the cleo
ton Of Col. John Wood to the chair and Mr.
W. NJ. Murphy as secretary. After some
less important business, the cat WAS let out
of the bag by the introduction of o set of
resolutions, or rather a pledge, setting forth,
in substance, that thesigners would support
and vote the straight republican ticket at
the coming election. To this pledge fifty
two signatures were obtained, but there
mainder Of those present refused to thus
sign their manhood away. They made a
| firm and manly stand against the effort of
the minority faction to shackle the majority
and betray them into the support of tick.
ct already prepared in secret eau
Gus and without the knowledge
Of the intended bondsmen. In
order to induce the obstreperous coored
voters present to sign the pledge, it was
promised that a colored man should be
placed upon the ticket for county judge or
clerk; but Mr.. w. T. Scott, who had arrived
o few moments before, entirely overturned
the plans of the schemers by short, sansi-
bic, forcible speech. He questioned the
sincerity of the white republicans Of the
city and county, in their professions Of love
for the colored man. The white repub.
leans were loud IN their professions Of
such love before election, would even 90 so
far as to give the negro race representa-
ton upon the ticket in an election, but
when the day for voting came, every one Of
them would vote against the colored candi-
date and would help to swamp him. But
one colored man in the county was quail.
fed to hold tho Office Of county Judge
or clerk, and if he were nominated, no
would be buried under o majority of two
thousand republicans and democrats COM
bined. If the white republicans were sin
cere in their professions Of love for their
colored brothers, they should give said
brothers some representation in the up
pointive service Of the government. They
should not induce them 10 make race for
an Office and then do all in their power to
defeat them, but appoint some good colored
man from Cairo in the post Office or Gus
tom house. There had been ample OPP.
portunity to prove that the white repub-
licans were the true friends of the colorcd
man, but the opportunities had passed, un
noticed by the former, and white men, not
even citizens of this city or county, had
been given the preference. Mr.. Scott
would not pledge himself to support the
republican ticket in the coming election
without first knowing what that ticket
would be. Mr.. SCOTS little speech had a
noble ring and had its effect in that a
number of those present resisted all efforts
to place them in tho stocks
and will exercise their own good judgment
in casting their vote at the coming election.
II is understood that the county and