The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-01


senatorial districts. Beginning our ap.
pendx with the time Illinois was formed
into territory, we shall brief the history
from that period to 1868, in acareful and
concise manner, so as to give the reader in
the two departments complete and salts
factory knowledge of the progress of the
territory and the state, politically and COM
mercialy, from that time to 1884.
Thursdays Globe Democrat gives the
following story as told by a mate of the
steamer Montana coming down the Ten
nessee river TO Paducah some days before {:
VT got powerful dark before we got to Pa
ducah, and as the river was clear over the
banks and the lights all down, and we had
to steer by WAS the dark skirt of woods.
The captain was at the wheel pulling her
along slow like, and the rest of US was
sitting around the stove here, when we
heard him stop her. Everybody got out on
deck to see what the row was. The captain
said he'd blessed if he knew where we was,
but the boats head was pointed straight at
brick house, and another turn of the
wheel would have ,colllded US. 1t was dark
as pitch, and we couldn't tell anything
about our position, except we could see
that brick wall, and we footed and footed
on the whistle and then yelled: Hello
the --shore there we waited while
and yelled again, when we heard another
'Hel-lo,' and we asked where we was.
This is the gas works at Psducah,' was the
answer, aud there we was gong to jam in
the SIDE of the gas works. We had lua up
a slough from the river, aud we had To edge
out of it mighty careful, and when we got
out of the danger the captain didn't know
how to head her, cause there was no lights
anywhere. We run along little, and then
one of the fellers said: See here, captain,
you've rounded to- he thought we was
going down stream. The captain wasn't
sure, and he blew the whistle and We yelled
for shore to get our bearings. Some Teller
up in the town heard US, and went down on
the wharfboat with one of these here brass
brand slide conc rms and blew us tune.
We caught his noise, and steered right
into landing without the least trouble.
And there the Teller was standing On the
wharfboat pulling on his bone and blow
ing until We got in.
BY order of Chairman Oberly the state
Democratic central committee will meet at
Peoria on the 9th instant, to determine the
time and place for holding the state con-
venti)n, In determining these two impor-
tant points the committee should, aud
doubtless will, thoroughly and fairly con-
slider everything that may have bearing
upon them one way or another; and we may
reasonably conclude that the convenience
Of all parts Of the state and the food in the
southern end thereof will be permitted to
exert due influence upon the committee in
deciding upon the place and time for
holding the convention. Springfield and
Peoria are the most prominent candidates
as to place. The chief argument advanced
by Republicans here against the latter place
for their convention, IS that it is too much |
out of the wsy for this end of the state and
that therefore the representation from here
will not be as full as it would be at Spring
field. The same argument will hold good
against the same city for the Democrats
here. The chief argument advanced by a
few Republicans here against Springfield !
was, that there the party machine held too
much sway and might exert too great an
Influence upon the action Of the conventions
but this argument could not be advanced !
against that city by Democrats, for Demo
Gratis have no party machine at Springfield |
So that, for Democrats, Sprlngfeld's advan-
tage of being more centrally located for the
convenience of people in all parts Of tie
state is not annul.ed by disadvantage of
equal imp )rtance. With respect to the
time, also, the argument advanced by Re-
publicans here against the date fixed for
their convention might serve a good pur-
pose in the Democratic committee, in so
far as it may Induce the committee to fix
the date as late as possible The Republi.
can argument is that the date of their con-
vention is entirely too early for the food
ed districts in this end of the state, because.
for month or more, at least, the food will
hinder communication among the people
and seriously interfere with holding local
conventions aud assemblies, if not prevent
them. The same argument will apply with
equal force to the Democratic convention.
For the Democrats of this end Of the state,
therefore, it would seem that Springfield
would be the more advantageous place of
the two mentioned, and the date should be
fixed as late as possible.