The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-10-29
"PLAIN FACTS"
"For Honest Men"
LET ALL READ AND BE
CONVINCED ! ~
IAN Earnest Appeal to the
Republican Voters of the
Goth District of Illinois
by the Republicans
of Williamson
County,

L lllE llllpbtAhll k4ikhlui' hNhN iAbNo HAN
all, is being widely circulated throughout
the district II shows the extent of the
Republican revolt against the ring Of Office
holders, Read it.
Fellow Republican Of the 9th District o ( Illinois
"Tha time is near at hand when you
will be called on to elect a representative
in congress. This is an important matter,
and deserving Of your most careful consid-
Grafton Our district is peculiarly situated
we are aoeut evenly interested IN the de.
velopment Of agriculture and commerce
And further because OF our situation be-
tween two great rivers, with coal, timber
stone, etc, in abundance, orr mauufactur.
ing interests are 10 be looked to.
"There is not man in the district, rich
or poor, farmer or mechanic, who is not f.
uancially interested in the development OF
the resources Of the ten counties in the dis
trict Take for instance, our own county
of Williamson, with her brosd acres Of fer
tile lands; her timber, her coal, and her
stone what does she require TO quadruple
her population, treble the price of her land,
aud as necessary consequence increase
her wealth to an unlimited extenti Deyel-
opment-thst is the answer-the invest
ment OF capital; the building OF roads over
which our products may be quickly and
cheaply transferred; the building up OF in
dustries Of every character, making labor
plenty; and furnishing market at our
doors.
"The improvement of the Ohio and Mis-,
sissippi river, has at last received stten-
ton at the hands Of congress. Some two
years ago river commission was formed,
whose duty it was to make out plans Tor
the improvements Of western rivers, to be
acted upon by congress, In accordance
with the views ard plans of this commits
sion, two appropriations have been made
by congress. The first appropriation bill
was passed IN February, 1881; the second
but a short time since. The expenditures
of the moneys appropriated will be OF great
value to the people Of this congressional
district, to say nothing Of that from the
improvements of the rivers. That these APP
preparations are just measures we have
abundant evidence from the fact that they
received no opposition except from very
few eas,arn congressman and those who
were controlled by them. 1t is true that
the President vetoed the river and harbOl
bill, which contained the last appropria.
ton for the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
but the reason assigned for 50 doing was
that appropriations were made for eastern
and southern streams that were OF no value
to the public. The president asserted that
the appropriations for the Ohio and MisSis'
sippi were meritorious, and urged that
separate bill be made for them.
"Now, that the election is drawing nigh,
the inquiry suggests itself how did our
present representative work aud vote on
these appropriation billsi Elected in the
interests Of the district, it is only natural
to suppose that he worked and voted Tor
these appropriation bills, but how stands
the recordl Capt. Thomas, our present
representative, and candidate for reelection
voted against the first and lodged the sec.
ond.
at is for the purpose of calling your at
tention to the record of Capt John X.
Thomas that this circular is printed, Time
has been when Republicans would not for 8
moment hesitate to cast their ballots fol
the nominee; but under present circum.
stances, when vital interests Of the people
are at stake, it is right and proper for US al
to carefully consider before we cast oul
votes for Capt. Thomas.
Capt. Thomas was nominated by the
Republicans, four years ago, as the compel
itor Of William j. Allen. OF all the Dem
ocratS in the district, Mr.. Allen was mos,
offensive to the Republicans. Accordingly
the whole fighting force of the Republican
party entered the campaign resolved to de-
feat him, and succeeded. OfCapt. Thorn
as, our candidate, nothing was known
Nothing was expected of him, so far as thu
conduct Of the campaign was concerned
He did none Of the planning, and none o.
the work. To defeat Allen, the brains ant
muscle of the party were called into re-
QUESTION. Here In Williamson county thu