The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-11
THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN.

| THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN.
There Is every reason to believe that
there will be general waking up in the
Democratic ranks of this state before long
now. Under the dictatorship of Hon. ].
H. O5erly as chairman of the State Central
Committee, there is to be an eud of the
slip shod way Of running the party-there
is to be close organization, new methods,
recognized leaders, unity of opinion upon
important questions of the day and other
elements of strength essential to a party
that is to cope with so well organized and
well trained and we'll managed party as
the Republican party is. Mr.. Oberly has
evidently given much thought to the prob
lem of how to bring order out of the chaos
that has characterized the Democratic party
of the state for so long and that has brought
the party to defeat when it might have
been successful. One of the means of
unity, and therefore of strength, suggested
by Mr.. Oberly, is that the State Convention
select some popular. wide-awake Democrat
as the party's candidate for Senator, who
would take an active part in the senatorial
elections in each precinct In an interview
with a Chicago Times reporter Mr.. Oberly
makes his strong point in this connection:
eve have no one who, by his position in
the party or by his activity in former cam
paigns, has made himself the leader of the
party in the senatorial fight, as Logan and
Cullom have done in the Republican party.
Now, when the senatorial district nomina-
tons are made by the Republicans, Mr..
Logan or some of his agents will be on
hand to see that Logan men are pat up.
Then he will look after them carefully,
and any assistance they need will be rem
dered. In other words, the legislative fight
will be made a state fight; will be dealt
with as a whole, and not abandoned to the
happy -go-lucky method which has charac-
terized the Democratic policy. What we
want is man not only capable OF being
United States Senator when he gets there,
but one who will contribute his endeavors
in systematizng the fight for the general
assembly so that it will be possible to put
him there"
To the question, what are the chance Of
the next general assembly being Democrat
ic," Mr.. Oberly said "better than were the
last. We will have twelve hold-over Sena-
tors against eight two years ago. We will
elect in nine Democratic districts and Ger
tainly carry Needles and Tanners districts,
which will make twenty-three, with an ex-
cellent prospect OF eecting Senator in the
Thirty-second and Sixth. These would
bring US within one of carrying the Senate.
In regard to the House, we have had the
votes in the districts, tor the last six years
to give us safe majority, but there has
been SO much Pumping that we have been
! beaten, or rather, have beaten ourselves by
it,
! Mr.. Oberly then stated that the Demo.
cratic headquarters in Chicago will be open
) about the time of the National Convention,
! and active work at once begun. In the
' meantime Mr.. Obcrly and Mr.. Mize will
take a trip through the state, stopping in
each congressional district and holding
: consultations with the county committee
men and prominent Democrats of the dis
trct. The first district consultation will
, be held in the Twentieth district, probably
at Cairo, some time not later than the mid
: die of May, and the other districts soor
t after. The plan of organization which thu
b committee proposes to carry out is the crea
It ton of Jefferson clubs in all the countis
= of the state. These clubs will have uni
d form constitution, and hold certain speci
l. fed relations with the State Central Com
}. mittee, and are expected to be the agenc