The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-30

Du Quoin over the protest of three.fourths
OF the people of that city.
Scarcely had he taken his seat in con-
gress before he began to secure positions
| for his rebel kin from Missouri and Mary
land. This was followed by his secret and
and unhanded conniving which resulted in
giving the best appointed allotted to the
district to DIR. Halliday, lifelong Demo
| crat.
Then we find him prolonging the terms
Of the office holders in his district.
McKeaig, Willis, Fisher, and the array Of
postmasters are given new leases of official
| life. "Reminiscences were treated with
contempt The, people or the party had no
rights which he was bound to respect. The
man who dared to protest WAS branded by
him and his gang of officials as disturber
and disorganizer
We pick up the official record of the pro-
ceedings of congress, and SO far as Capt.
Thomas is concerned it is a blank He
has done nothing; or rather what he has
attempted to was in definance of the inter
ests and wishes of the people Of the district.
He voted against all appropriation bills for
the improvement Of the Mississippi river,
or failed to vote at all. He made no speech,
recorded no vote, in the interests of the
| district.
We hear of him on a beastly drunk while
going from Washington at the expense Of
the nation to attend the funeral Of our muir
dered president, aud voting three thousand
dollars Of the peoples money to pay for the
debauch.
Shall we refer again TO the means resort
ed to to secure his nomination! how decen
cy and honesty were laid aside, and bri-
berry, corruption and trickery resorted tol
| We have referred to these before, but not a
word of denial has appeared in any paper
of this district. And, as we have referred
| to them before we shall again and again
| call them up between this date and the
election.
Instead of going into fight in favor of
| the principles of the great Republican
| party, the Republicans Of the goth district
have but the humiliating platform to stand
on, 40 it will not do to lose a Republican
congressman How was this shameful
state of affairs brought abouti Simply by
the Vaccinations of the ring Of unscrupu-
lous fedral oaiceholders Of the district
Must the party Of this district forever
wear the collars placed on their necks by
Capt. Thomas and his gang4 Was he born
always to rule and the masses OF the party
to always servel If not, when shall We TIC
gin to break the letters that have imposed
upon us3 Shall we begin two years from
this time, when the strength of the ring Is
increased, when the bribe.fund has been
added to by two more years OF Office and
fat iobsi Shall we wait until a part OF the
millions voted to the improvement CT the
Mississippi is brought into this district to
buy delegates2 Shall We wait until Jay
| Hubbell has rung another two per cent
from the government employees for the
purpose of continuing members Of con
gress in their postions'' Why should we
waltz
The Golconda Herald may continue to
rail.-other papers may do the same but
the Fress Press will continue to do what It
can to purify the Republican party of the
foulness now covering it from head to foot
in tais district. Acting upon the we'll
founded belief that the masses OF the party
are honest, it will not cease its labors in IA.
vor honesty and purity IN politics. 1t will
continue to hold up to the gaze OF the
people the foul work of the official ring
until the ring is broken and retired, with
Capt. Thomas to keep it company.