The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-21

lul puelhVeo ulcu, IcnutlsOn mas UullI up
a safe, large and profitable trade He car
ries large stock of hardware, hollow
ware, cutlery and tools and builders hard
ware of all kinds. He Is also sole agent,
and has been for years. tor the celebrated
Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges stoves
that have taken the lead, and will hold it,,
in cooking and heating stoves. He sticks
to his old stand, corner 18th and CONNER
cal, and will always answer the ring of
telephone No. 12.
One of the mighty problems wrested
with on Monday by the Methodist Confer.
ence of Baltimore Was Sabbath observance.
A report WAS presented condemning "he
carrying and distribution of the mails, the
running of cars, either by steam or horses,
publishing, buying or reading secular
ne wspspers, and all other infractrons of
Gods holy time" An animated debate
was at once started by the reading of the
report, in the course Of which the presiding
bishop mildly informed the conference
that lie rode ON street cars on Sunday
"when necessary" Nevertheless tho re-
port WAS adopted in toto. If any good is
to spring from the action Of conferences Of
this kind, they should promptly blot from
their proceedings tie adoption of this silly
report The religious fashions Of to day
are fortunately not what they were when
the May flower gr unded on the beech at
Plymouth Rock.
1t is commonly understood among
leading Republicans here that Governor
Hsmilton's chances for nomination to the
Govsnorship by the State Convention are
very slender. 1t is a well settled fact now,
that the mission of Barton, Roberts and
others here during the past several weeks,
was to test the strength of Hamilton and
Oglesby among the African party chattles
here, and the test was not entirely satisfaC.
tory to them, for they were Hamilton ennis
sares, and Hamilton doesn't 90 down we'll
in this and several other counties in the
district. There are several causes fol
Hsmilton's unpopularity, chief among them
is that he has turned the crank Of tho party
machine too recklessly; he has not shown
the same care and good judgment in work.
ing tie old thing that his immediate prede.
cessor displayed. In his bungling msnipu
lation of the machine he has several times
permitted the crank to fly around and
strike local leaders in the head, causing
them TO swear elcquently and resolve tc
"shske" him. That TO say, he has Sc
lected some men as his assistants in run
ming the machine, who haven't sense
enough to keep out of animated local con
tests and who thereby make enemies, moi
for themselves still, but also for him OF
whose cause they are the known cham
pions. Hamilton has feeble strength
outside of the machine" office holders by
the grace of "John NJ. Hamilton, Governor
and don't you forget it." as the Springfield
Register would say; and this, bis onl.
strong and effective weapon if used as judi
ciously as Culom used it, proves to be as
sharp instrument in the hands of an infant
On the other hand, Oglesby's strength il
with the soldier element, with whom he il
just as popular as Logan is or ever was, anG
with whom Hamilton is almost politica
nonsntity by comparison with "Swearina
Dick" Well-informed gentlemen predic
that if Ogesby will close the fierce war h'
has waged against Logan ever since thu
latter beat him in the cOntes. tor senator
ship, and will agree to b. laid on the gubsr
material shelf, forever out of the way of til,
swarthy Senator, then he can have TIT
nomination for Governor merely for thu
asking, and the support of the G. A. r. al
most to a man. Thus, while there is sale
to be very little prospect of Hamiltont
nomination, there is condition attached tC
that of Ogle,by, which will try the man
hood Of that old warrior severely and hu
initiate him deeply if complied with. We
shall watch the contest with increasing In
interest.
COUNCIL MEETING.