The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-19


was altogether admissible since we take
into our party, not only tetotal abstainers,
but all men who believe the liquor traffic
is n blighting curse to our nation. But
such arguments go to show the anlmous OF
the would.bc dominant party. What IS
the conclusion, let any of us "who find
either one of the Democratic candidates
personally Objectionable, rise above per
sonal considerations, and "regard the POS
sIBLE defeat Of the Democratic candidates
as POSSIBLE defeat of the Democratic
party, and as a POSSIBLE subversion oil
Democratic principles" What great Dem.
ocratc principles are about to be subvertedl
The personal right of men to engage in
business that sends the wall OF distress
throughout our land viii the fathers of
this country let this cry Of "party" and
subversion of principle aud all such balder-
dash prevail and influence them when
there is so much involved Of living prin-
ciple, of vital importance. If sober, think
ing, Christian men can be thus induced 10
vote for any man the party may present,
fear that party rule and party diction
will lead us into inevitable ruin.
DR.. j 5. PETRIE
THE BULLETIN pleads guilty to error
in its statement of the date Of the expra-
ton of Senator John A, Logan's term Of
Office. The senator's term does not ex-
pire until 1855, and therefore Thomas NJ :.
W. Logan, the blonde tavorlte OF the
Prohibiuonists of tins district, could not,
even if elected to the Legislature next
November, vote for his brother, the said
John A. Logan, who is the dusNy idol,
the uncompromisug, the not over scru-
pulous, the absolute boss and director of
the Illinois Republican political machine.
TIE BULLETIN admits its great error
and has no excuse to offer, Great errors
occur in all great newspaper concerns. In
fact great errors are often positive proof
of certain species of greatness in the per-
son or thihg that is responsible for them.
But few days ago the Chicago Times,
one of the greatest of all our great journals,
spoke of Hon. Charles Z. Stratton, the
Republican machine nominee for state
superintendent of public instruction, as
"Mr. Charles T. Stratton, the Superinten-
dent OF public instruction and candidate
for re election The greatness of this
error of the Times will be apparent
when it is stated that Mr. JamesP. Slade
is at present our superintendent
of public instruction and that Mr.. STRAIT
tan never was and never will be. The
Times didn't rcnd its garments in anger
didn't curse in all the colors OF the rain
bow, didn't call upon the gods TO let
it "stand through ages yet unborn, liked
statue on the pedestal OF scorn, and, in
the lignt of its ilustrious example, neither
does The BULLETIN do any Of these
naughty things.
But The BULLETIN pleads mot guilty to
the charge of seeking to mislead, and to
prejudice, Democrats against the Prohibi.
ton movement, by making false impress
sians upon their minds THE BULLETIN
sought only TO tell the truth; to expose
to view the hidden causes Of action in the
Prohibition movement here; to gently
draw aside the shroud of emblematc red
in which it is supposed Mademoiselle Pro
hibition, young, fair, yiyacious and unrea'
sonable, is hidden and give TO It's
readers a glimpse OF the old bag
Machine Republcsuism, hideous, corrupt
designing, seeking to conceal her repulsiye
form in a stolen garb and by her blandish'
ments to begule and entrap unsuspecting
temperance Democrats into her service.
THE BULLETIN does not rely upon the
misrepresentation of even the most in
significant fact in ORDER not only "to make
it appear, but to satisfy any reasonable
mind of the truth Of its assertion, that the
Prohibition movement here is, ANONYMOUSLY
to most Of those engaged in it, of course,
the plant, helpless tool Of the crafty Re.
publican known as "Black Jack" Logan
There is not, and there has not been, any
need of misrepresentation. The fact serve
the purpose well. We have Mr.. Logan's
own word for it that he will give this and
the adjoining district "hs especial at
teation;" we know that if General Logan
cannot himself get a boost from his blonde
brother, he has some one in the person OF
General Raum who can; we know that the
Republican party Of the state, in nearly
every district has made, and is max
ing, strong efforts TO capture the
Proh,bltonists--is acting the coward, tn,
hypoCrte, the ardent admirer and stultify-
ing itself all in order to gain smile o.
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