The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-20
A POLITICAL STEW.
Was Money Used to Buy the Votes
Which Elected Broadhsad2
Interesting StNtemenls by Those who
are Supposed 10 Know the True
InwRrttness of Things.

ST. Louis, Jan. ~. "A morning news
paper containe a lengthy interview with
Col. l. Butler, statesman, Ia which that
patriot gave what he designated rs the In.
side history Of the Broadhead campaign.
Mr.. Butler casually related that On the
morning Of the siection Col Brladhead
delivered to him 500 in the presence OF
Frank PEBBLES, and thai he In turn delivered
the money TO person named Hawley. Mr.
Hawley then tesp1es that he went down TO
the Lcyae, obtaired the use Of several
wagons, carried illegal voters TO the polls
an0 voted between go and 800 men under
names not known to the judges. Later In the
day, Hawey says he reported to Butler that
his 300 had disappeared, whereupon But
Ter says he contributed $50 on his own &C.
count, aud the tide was turned. Butler
now declares that he thinks DR.. Mclean
was righf'uliv elected aud that when he
once threatened 10 give these facts away
Frank Ryan begged him "for Gods sake
not TO do II.
In order to complete the history OF that
famous campaign, ga reporter called
upon Mr. T. X. Ryan for statement. Mr..
RYAN had not read the interview, but he
purchased 4 paper aud sat down TO per.
Use the statement Of Mr.. Butler. His
reading was interpoated with smiles
and loud laughter and sarcastic re-.
marks.
Whist 10 you think OF 1t, " said the re.
porter, when the reading ceased.
''B uff, said NJ RYAN, sail bluff.
The whole thing, so far as | know. Is
caused from the imaginative brain Of Mr..
Butler. There is no such man as Hawley,
and YOU may just say that Buffers Hawley
Is a myth. -
But what did Butler say to you on
Changer
IA Que of our meetings there one day,
Butler clustered up 10 me, with an air Of
if-yon. ION t-Iet-up. on-the- boys.I'll- blow
something, aul said, Ryan, II you fellers
don I stop this toolishness I'll give the
Broadbead election dead away said:
Mr.. Butler, | should very much dislike TO
have YOU make statements that can only
react upon yourself. You are aware that
know you haven't anything to give away,
and any declarations you might make in
this connection will be fully understood by
MIN. -
odd he really aid in the election of
BrOadhnad?'
''N1, he had nothing to do with it.
Friends OF Mr.. Broadnead were made to
believe that Butter had sold him out to Nc
Lean, an Fox went about adding fuel 10
the flame. Butt knew that Mr.. Butler
was simply keeping hs hands of, because
he hated Harrgau, Al was unwilling To
move hand or foot lest Harrigan might OBJ
tain some benefit. Butler neither aided
Broadhead or McLean-but he beat Harr.
gan.
Butler says he did, through Mr.. Haw.
ley, give Broadhead 30 or 800 votes IN the
Frs War;
1.-THE official returns show that Mr.
| BrpsGhcad's greatest losses were in the
| FIRST aud Second wards. Az the election of
| 1897. Thomas Allen received / 52l votes in
the First ward, and Hancock received
.453. In the Second ward Allen received
| /. 100 votes, and Hancock l,096. At the
| election OF 1882, Mr. Broadhead received in
| the First ward only 1877 votes, dead
loss of 1874 votes from the Allen
vote. ami 7I6 less than HaDcock's
vote. w, u VI buteT anu us my nlcai
friend Hawley contributed between 200 and
and 300 votes to Mr.. Broadhead that did
not belong to that ward, in Heavens name
what became OF all The legitimate Demo-
cratic votes that showed up in the First
ward at Hancock's election. It's too thin,
You know. The facts are, as / state. thai
Broadhead suffered direct Ioss Of over 700
votes In the First ward alone, Npartially
through the Indifference of Butler, who was
willing to see the entire ticket swamped in
order to defeat Major Harrigan Buffers
own testimony that be only received 500
from Broadhead Is sufficient evidence that
there was no money used in that elec-
tion.'