The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-24
SPILLED MILK.
What's the Use Of Crying Over the Loss
Of the Convention?
NJ. Louis Didn't Want IL Very BADLY,
Anyhow This II shown by the
Kind of Effort Made 10
Secure II.

tional Democratic Convention was very
prevalent in business circles this morning.,
especially on Change. OF course every.
body was looking for some place on which
to pile up the blame, and OF course, too,
very few Appropriated correctness or
! justice in the condemnation 10 which they
| INDUCED. The delegation to Washington
was charged by many with the faiure-not
because they did not work hard enough,
but because they were not Of larger cali.
Der. Those who indulge In reflections OF
this sort very rarely went back any further
to determine why some other committee
was not appointed.
LET me give you q dislnterested view on
| this subject, - said a gentleman who labor
ed zealously IN the cause up to the very
hour the delegation left. "But remember
am not to be mentioned. don't want to
indulge In any personal remarks, but |
want to submit few facts that may have a
wholesome effect should St. Louis ever as
| pire again to entertain National Convex
! ton. Now, you paid any attention 10
the work that was done In that behalf dur
Ing the past eight weeks, you must have
noticed several very conspicuous facts.
You may have noticed, for instance, that
the entire work WAS left to those who had
selfish interests to serve. At the conferen.
ces whom did you sees You saw the hotel
men. They had a private interest. You
saw the newspaper men. They had a
private interest. You saw the repre-
sentatiyes Of few commercial
houses. They had private interest. You
saw spriukling OF politicians who most
certainly had an individual interest. But
did you see any Of our large property own.
ers there, who were not engaged in a
calling which could be directly benefited by
the influx OF convention crowdy Not
one. THIS class OF citizens stood aloof,
and are now doubtless .ndulgng In very
sevtre criticisms on the men who did all the
work that was done. Don't understand
me as finding any fault with those who bore
the burden OF the work, because OF their
having personal ends to serve, for that Is
not my purpose. They are entitled to Just
as much credit as though they had sue.
ceeded IN their undertaking. They proved
themselves possessed Of deal OF enter.
prise, ana many Of them are notably pub.
lic-spIrited. But that no active interest
should be taken by any but them-that in A
city which makes metropolitan claims there
should be no more than
AMERE HANDFUL
OF hard.worSed business men willing to de.
vote few hours of their time and q few
dollars OF their money 10 a project which
was OF immense importance TO the city as a
whole, Is most humiliating commentary
on ST. Louis. The wonder Is not that our
delegation to Washington was not better,
under the circumstances, but that it was
nearly so good, and that 1t made such a
creditable tight as 1t did. | have to-day
heard some q those men who held alooi
from the work Of organization, inquiring
why 1t was that St. Louis did not have a
stronger committee, and why they were
not better provided with funds. My answer
has been, why did you not 70 to some OF
the meetings and do your share
to improve the committee or strengthen its
fundF' II these critics took as much In +.
terest In the progress and welfare OF ST,
Louis when enterprises are being pu shed
as they do after failure or success has
been scored, our city would have far les.
to blush for. Chicago has hundreds O
pubic.spirited men who. when anythins
offers that might benefit the city, are ready
TO go down into their pockets and spenC
their money to advance tine city's credit ant
standing. How many moneyed men were
there to offer to 90 to Washington and sup
port the claims OF our city with money OF
works. Why some OF the members Of thu
delegation at first insisted on not only hay.
ing their transportation, but their board
bills paid for"
MIR. r, PATRICK TANSTG,
speaking on the same subject said: al
have no doubt our delegation in Washing.
ton did their best, and under the circum.
stances they made a crediable fight. But
/ am told-how truly I know uot-that the
Mayor OF Chicago spent one hundred dollar.
in entertainment In Washington where ouI
people were able to spend one. Gen.
Singleton Of Quincy, Oberly OF Blooming
ton, Raines of Jacksonville, and other men
from Illinois, have been In Washington
some weeks working In the interest OF
Chicago"
"Do you think, Mr.. Tansey, that Mr..
Harrison, Of Chicago, and those gentlemen
where spending their own money SO
lavishly?',
~ think not. On the contrary, I am
told that Carter Harrison had $10, 900 cash
provided for the occasion by Chicago
men,
Glow much money did the St. Louis
delegation havep'
"Well, you had better interview Mr.. S.
II. Latin or Maj. Rainwater, of the Fl.
nance Committee, on the subject. l have
some reason to believe the treasurer of the
fund had not more cash on hand than wa,
needed to provide transportation to and
from Washington, so that any entertain
meut there must have been provided out OF
their own pockets. / prefer, however,
that this phase Of 1t be not published II
would only beitte our city abroad. Fin.
ally, when fellow goes abroad to benefit
the city in public way, and pays out his
own money in the effort, 1t Is hardly fair
fer those who stay at home to criticize him
for failing, when he was net properly
backed"
MAI. c. C. RAINwATER
was called on. "Major," said the re.
porter, ~ called to ask why St. Louis fail.
ed to capture the convention
"Oh, wouldn't like to have that pub
lished. ascribe our failure partially to
a.. iii ut.