The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-31
The Daily Bulletin.
LOCAL NEWS.

"A Chicago News reporter interviewed
Mayor Harrison on the tariff question and
elected very full expression from Carter,
OF which the following is the most impor-
tant part: "rhe Democratic platform OF
1873 asserted that the Democratic party
was In favor Of tariff for revenue that is
that Congress had no right to levy tariff
Tor any other purpose than that of raising
revenue. Very few Democrats opposed this
IDEA. | myself don't think we have con-
stltutlonsl right to levy tariff for anything
else but for raising revenue. The Demo.
cratic platform of 1880 said we should raise
tariff for revenue only. Many people
seem to think these two platforms are
synonymous. don't. | don't like the
latter expression. | didn't like the plat
form CT 1880 because feared what after
ward came true-that it would be used to
alarm manufacturers, and that it would be
SAID that it would unsette business. In the
hrst platform the word only simply de.
lined the purpose for which we should raise
tariff duty, In The second platform chat
OF 1880 only was an exclusive, and it ex-
Guided the right to lay tariff on any arti-
Gle which would admit incidental protection
until all articles that could have no incl
dental protection were exhausted. Accord
ing to that platform the argument is, has
been, and will be made, that Congress must
levy all the duties that articles not manu-
featured in this country can stand before
they can touch upon articles which are
manufactured in this country"
The jury in the Kate Cotton case stood
ten to two for guilty" on the first ballot.
The two voted for hanging on the first bal
lot, not thinking that the first question to
be ballotted upon was whether or not de-
PENDANT was guilty, and that the punish
ment was to be fixed afterwards. 1t took
but little to bring about unanimous yer.
dict of guilty" and when then the ques
ton Of punishment came up, seven were
for pententiary for life, and five were
either for hanging or for fourteen years in
the peniteutlary, which were the other two
alternatives left to the jury by the Court in
its instructions. The five came over to the
seven one by one until all had yielded.
Few people will doubt that the jury did its
duty well. They stood the test of severe
ordeal and acquitted themselves very salts
faCtorily. The case was one Of the most
Interesting ever tried here and was con-
Quoted with marked ability by those in
charge on either side. Mr.. Mulkey prob
ably had bigger job than ought to have
been undertaken by any one man, and, un
der all circumstances, he made remarka
| bly, good defense. His client may con
| graduate herself upon retaining her exist
ence among theinhabitants of this mundane
sphere and thank Mr.. Mulkey for bringing
out every mitigating circumstance and
every fact that might create doubt in her
favor. Mr.. Mulkey's pay will consist
chiefly in the gratitude of those for whom
he labored. Messrs. Linegar and Hen
bricks are likewise worthy of praise for
their energetic and able prosecution, and
will also have to be content with the good
will Of their clients, THE People," for their
recompense, though they will have in adli-
ton what Mr.. Mulkey can not have, viz:
the glory appertaining to success.