The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-11-02
The Last Card.
B. q o. Special to the Cairo Bulletin.

regard 10 the publication OF the fabricated
Halpin story, which appeared Friday, leak
cd out yesterday. There is no doubt but
that secret conference of the republican
leaders was held in the Fifth Avenue hotel
on Tuesday night. II is said that the con-
ference did not convene until after mid.
night and that it lasted until nearly six in
the morning. From all accounts the opin-
ions expressed there did not express much
hope of Mr.. Blsines election. 1t was the
unanimous opinion that all hope in this
state was gone, and that the only chance OF
success lay in carrying New jersey, Con-
necticut and Indiana. Letters were read
from Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan
which in effect said that the situation in
these states was uncertain and they were
not in a condition which would warrant
the writer's in declaring that there was no
danger OF Cleveland carrying them. Some
thing must be done and done at once to
turn the tide from Cleveland towards
Blaine. 1t was finally decided to spring
the Halpin business. 1t was said that all
the arrangements for The teegraphic dis
semination of the story could be made in
"a hours and it would be put in parts
of the country which could not be reached
by the denals of Mr.. Cleveland's friends.
In this city the whole matter has fallen
perfectly fiat, excep, that it has resulted to
the injury of Mr.. Blaine. His arrival here
on Tuesday night followed by the scandal
Gus attack on Cleveland leaves no doubt in
the minds of honest republicans that he
was directly responsible for the work, and
that it was not put out earlier as the mana
gers of the republican national committee
would not assume the responsibility but
waited for his arrival for his decision in
the matter. This opinion is gaining
ground, and there will will be tn 0usands of
votes poIled for Cleveland next Tuesday
which would have been cast for Blaine but
for this dirty work.
The following dispatch was to night sent
out to North Carolina by the national dem
ooratic committee:
HEADQUARTERS NATL Dem. Com,
II WEST TwENTY-FoURTH ST.,
New YORK CITY, Oct 81, a.
"R. II. Battle, chairman democratic
state committee, Raleigh, North Carolina:
am in receipt of your telegram and of
several communications from your state
| calling attention to circular issued by J.
+. Mott. chairman of the republican exec
utive committee of North Carolina, which.
in order to prejudice white voters against
the democratic ticket charges that an act
in the New York legislature lately approv-
ed by Governor Cleveland, establishes mix
ed schools; while t. the colOred voters the
representation is made by North Carolina
republicans that Cleveland's election would
mean their enslavement. These things are
wholly false. They are only specimens OF
the many fabr:cations issued by the leaders
of the republican party on the eve of cleo.
ton in the desperate hope Of sustaining
their waning cause. Democrats all over
the land should remember that Clevelands
public record is SO pure that no attack
could be made upon it to direct attention
from the public record of their own candi-
date. The republican managers have re-
sorted to the most outrageous ISLANDERS
about Cleveland's private character The oh
jects of which the country will understand.
They have attempted to excite religious
anlmoslties and to make different religious
beliefs subservient to their party schemes
on pretenses entirely false and wholly in
consistent. They have persstently charged
Cleveland with being bitterly au,i.catholic
and have appealed to priests in circular
which leading catholics denounce as an
outrage against the catholic church as we'll
as against Gov. Cleveland. Now they have
turned about and in an address to their
presidential candidate. thankfully received
by him, they denoupce Cleveland as the
representative of the "party of rum roman
ism and rebellion" AS a continuation of a
campaign of INSCRIPTIONS indecency they
have republished revolving scandal al
ready reiuted with pretensa of addition al
proof which if made earlier in the cam
paign would have subjected to prosecution
for perjury the INSCRIPTIONS men concern.
ed in procuring it. No man who is in ia.
vor of honest government will pay the
slightest attention to these slanderous
talsehoods, nor can they affect the result
otherwise than by arousing the indignation
of honest voters aud increasing the msjori.
ties of Cleveland and Hendricks electors.
(slgnedD A. A, GERMAN, Oh. Elk. Com. |
Between now aud election day It is said |