The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-14
HON. DAN HOGAN REPLIES
CANDIDATE RICHARD YATES
Cutting Reply TO The Ex-Governors Bitter Charge
That Hogan Committed The Unpard-
enable Sin

fpretty hard for any man in polite
Z whose head is nor badly swolon /
S understand how those men could i
under any obligations to GuyernG
!, Yates,
I, The main issue that the people wi
| be called upon to settle the 2Sth da
s Of April next. ought MOI To be cloude,
? ny The side show" and sore toe
I that Governor Yates Is exhibiting Thu
; question is whether The people d
) Illinois want Senator Gallon 10 sue
coed himself. o. do they prefer Tx
! Governor Yates. Senator Cnlum has
! been IN public life about fifty years
his integrity and ability are 10 wei
known throughout the United States
thar anything could say in his favor
| would be only repeating what every
| body knows who II at all conversant
with the character and ability of pub
lie men Senator Cull0m with repeated
| opportunities in the last twenty-five
| years 10 be a multi.millonaire Is now
in Florida for his health and Is 100
poor % pay the additional expenses
made necessary for his comfort which
as understand il, are being betrayed
| by his relatives. While the Senator
has come 70 The front and stands
nearer AZ the head OF public affairs
Of he nation than any man that ever
represented Illinois in the United
States senate, financially. he Is III a
worse condition than was the lament.
ed Lincoln wnen he went to Heaven.
How is it with Governor Yates9 He
claimed in the public press and by
numerous conversations he Didn't
have enough money 10 pay his rail
road fare and other expenses of travel
when he became a candidate for gov
ernor and thal a few OF the citizens
5f Jacksonville had come 10 his aia
ANA advanced him sufficient money
on which 10 conduct a canvass and be-
cause of their assistance he appointed
five OF the citizens of Jacksonville TO
the best places in his administration.
and gave the above facts as his rea-
sons Assuming that his statement |
was correct It would appear to the /
average citizen that he Is a splendid I
tinaReier, that he makes the Cover F
nor's salary go farther and produce !
more than any tiuaalier Of recent /
years He is building according 10 The /
public preSsi a fine mansion IN Spriae
ield. and [ have beu told he Is The
owner railroad stock and that he
% a ciraam lance iluaneaH
p taeaa 1eaeh be- aca Senator
.gljom of Has closely identified vita
Railroad corporations 0H thi8 Sah
lfos Cullom needs uo defense from
me- Bat woGld like t. ASK Governor
aiea Why il was, thar when tire
Board Of Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioner during his adminsrra.
ion, passed a resolution as reported
y The public press. reducing the sche-
lule Of freight rates % PEI cent on
III freight in Illinois, this reduction
vas nor allowed to stand. and what
lis obiect was in causing this order
o be revoked? This Is an important
natter 10 every citizen in Illinois. who
hips Or receives freight
Governor Yates is seeking 10 make
apital ont Of the fact that he sent ,
ompany OF State Militia to quiet u
ace war in Saline county. The Gov
rnors of South Carolina. Mississippi
labama and North Carolina have
one the same thing when called upon
y the proper authorities No fair
minded coiored man. who is at an in
'rmed on the public record of Sen .
tor Cullum could hesitate for
ioment for whom he would cast mis-
ole as between the TWO. Senator Cul. "
I'M was a member of Congress from
ne Springfield district. and was one
The leaders who advocated !.
ld voted for the passage u
the i4th and 18th amendments. p
hich conferred the right of franchise u
pom the cOlored race When the col =
ed people fully underst and Senator u
nllOm's public record touching their "
terests. | am inclined TO think they u
III have the same regard for him
they had for the lameuied Lincoln u
h. only recognition that Governor "
ltes extended 10 the colorcd race ~
The Southern part Of the State dur w
z his four years as Governor of Mi
'is, was the appointment Of a colored W
an in Pulaski county a. carriage III
iyer at the Southern Illinois peni
ntjary II any other colored man re- IN
Wed any recognition from him, IN
We never heard of il. OF
Attorney General Hamlin. Commits
1ner of Pensions Y. Warner. Col do
ank o. Louden, Lawrence Y. Sher.
an and Hon. John Pierce. who were
ndidates before the last state con- d.
ntion for Governor according to the in
bic press. are all supporting Sen so
DR. Cullom. and according to Cover pa
r Yates own statement all the Re
blican Congress men in Illinois are vi
pporting Senator Cullcm. 30 that
major CulIom's friends in Southern DID
nuis are surely in good company. ca
DANIEL HOGAN Tl
nville. H.. Feb 1.. 1896.