The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-17

Louis correspondent of the Chicago Journa
learns from an eminent lawyer politician Of
Central Illinois, that President Arthur has
thrown down the gauntlet in the face of
Senator Logan, and has forwarded a semi.
Official flag of truce to ex-senator Oglesby's
headquarters. This eminent lawyer says
President Arthur desires to be his own suc.
cessor, and wants the Illinois delegation
Gen Logan has presidential aspirations,
ana wants the same delegation. To defeat
Logan, the president has consolidated Mer-
riam, of Springfield, one of Logans
staunchest friends, out in favor of John
Hill, Congressman Cannon's man, and a
Jealous Oglesby champion. He has retain.
ed General Rowett, of Quincy and Howard
Knowles, of Peoria, two staunch Oglesby
men. He retains Croker, of Mendoza, and
Harway, of Chicago, who are tor himself
at all hazards as against General Logan.
Hon. w. 7. Scott was elected one of
the vice presidents Of the colored editors
association of the country, which met at
st. Louis a few days ago. Mr.. Scott is said
to have accomplished this himself, by one
of those shrewd maneuvers for which he
has attained an enviabe reputation among
his political brethren. He packed the con
vention with number of men who were
not editors of any paper, but who were
friends OF Mr.. Scott A watcEful rival
from Michigan saw the trick, got angry,
and when Mr.. Scott ventured to remark
that in his opinion certain committee of
which the Michigander was chairman lack
ed the brains necessary to do the impOr
tant work for which 1t had been appointed.
This Michigan member for some unaccOunt-
able reason took offense and also took &C.
casion to administer rather rude rebuke;
but the fuss ended in very positive asser
ton from each that he could lick the other
out in the alley, But Mr.. Scott got there
alice samee," as he generally does in races
for political honors, and therefore he can
afford to regard the angry and clustering
Michigander with silent contempt.
Besides several other things, too num-
erous to mention right here, the Pulaski
county cCroners jury in the Howard case,
is an instrument in the hands of the Re
publican machine in that county, used in
the interest of individual Republican ma
chine politicians and against the few prom
lnent Democrats who are graciously per
mitted to live and have their being in
Mound City. As is known, just after the
lynching of Howard, there was much ex
ctement among the negroes Of the county,
and there were open charges of neglect
against the Republican officials Of the city,
in that they failed to provide for the safety
of the prisoner Republicans are pleased
to believe that these charges were origiua-
ted by Democrats, for the purpose of Great
ting distrust in the African mind against
the Republican authorities of Mound City
and Pulaski comfy, and causing break in
the Republican hosts at the next election
Whether this be true or not matters little.
OF this we are satisfied that the Howard
jury, composed entirely of colored men and
brothers, is now being manipulated by GER
tain machine Republicans, for the sole pur-
pose of exhonoratlng the Republican Off
Gals and politicians from all blame; for the
purpose of giving some of them opportuui-
ties to deny under oath the
authorship of certain expressions
imputed to them, concerning the
lynching of Howard, which would not in
dictate that they loved the colored man and
brother with burning love that filed and |
threatened to consume their little souls.
And also for the purpose of giving prom
inence to and proving if possible, charges
that certain prominent Democrats used
similar expressions when commenting upon |
the Howard lynching This we know, tor
we saw it and heard it, and we venture to
express the opinion that it is an outrageous
prostitution of one of the judicial branches
OF the county government of Pulaski
county, to the partisan political purposes of
the Republican machine. The claim that |
the jury is striving to find who perpetrated
the lynchiug, is mere pretense, and to
give it the semblance of probability, men
are dragged from distant counties, put to
considerable expense, trouble and loss of
time, with no other possible result than to
have them tell what they don't know about |
the lynchers. But--"what are the people
going to do about itl"