The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-27
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Mt. Vernon News.

southern Illinois that has been running the
Republican machine in this state for tile
last SIX months has been awarded the credit
of electing Governor Shelby NJ. Cullom to
70 the United States senate. To fully un.
derstand the case in all its bearings it is
necessary to go back two years, when Gen
Pavey Strattans uncle ran in this district
for congress against Townshend and was
beaten the usual 1000 to 5000. Since
that his time, mostly, has been spent in
chasing up Senator Logan for a federal
office to pay HIM for the sacrifice he made
in the race "ln a hopelessy Democratic
district" TO keep the flag OF the party
afoa,. Previous to this race Pavey had
secured the appointment of brigadier gen
oral from Cullom, but he could not see his
way clear to do more for him in the way of
state aid
Then, to secure the federal appointment
which he wished that Of internal revenue
! collector for this district) Green B. Raums
ambition to be senator was cultivated for
all 1t was worth; but this support was not
accepted by Raum until Payey proved he
had political strength by securing the nom
inalior of his nephew, G. 7. Stratton, as
state school superintendent by the Repub-
lican state convention in Springfield last
summer. Then Raum acknowledged the
corr by appointing Pavey internal revenue
collector in place of Willis, and since then
Pavey and his following have been counted
on Raums side. Among this following
was Seth +. Crews, who was Green
hacker until 1880, when the Greenbsck
party collapsed and Seth F. Crews at
tached himself to the Republican party
and WAS selected by the Pavey crowd, at a
little meeting Of Republicans in the court,
house in this place, as delegate to the state
Republican convention in the Strattan in
terest. AT this Republican gathering to
select delegates were chosen tor the repre-
sentative and senatorial conventions, and it
was intended that if Stratton did not get
the nomination at Springfield for state
school superintendent he should succeed
himself in the legislature that is he
should be renominated as the minority
candidate, as he was before, which Is
equivalent to an election. An enemy, how
ever, appeared in the camp and thrust in q
resolution instructing delegates to the
| representative convention to vote for Seth
| f, Crews for representative. OF course it
wouldn't do to oppose this, and Seth was
nominated as per instructions, and elected,
as minority candidates usually are, with
out any trouble. Crews was on hand at
the Republican State convention in the in
terest of Strattsn, and as Crews used to
live in Fairfield he found no difficulty in
working with his old associates, Attorney
General Mccartney and Railroad Com
| missioner Robinson, who put him in con-
| hdental communication with influential
Republicans, which added to the Pavey in.
| fuonce, Cullom, aud the strife between the
halfdozen other candidates for the nomina-
ton position of state school superintendent
after Strattan was beaten it became as
necessary to provide for him as for his
illustrious uncle, Pavey. Crews went to
Springfield as an "early bird" to secure
the worm, aud took an active part in the
selection Of candidate for speaker and
shrewdly arranged it so that he was the
fortunate individual who led Of in a
speech for the nomination of the successful
candidate for speaker This gave him
prestage aud power for good and enectual
work for the United States senator. About
this time Rsums chances wancd and
Culloms waxed brighter. The Gull
lon lead was worked for all IL was
worth and PANIED out good paying
dirt. So the claim was stakod and
Seth went of on conscientious scrupes"
with the boilers, after tho nomination in
caucus Of Cullom--"because no believed
Cullom was ineligible on constitutional
grounds" To show how well the game
took, petition was sent from Chicago on
Monday TO State Senator Hunt and repre-.
sentatives Morrison and Crews, signed by
a number Of Republicans "urging them TO
prevent by any honorable course, the elect.