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THE DAILY CAIRO BULLETIN: FRIDAY MORXINii, JUNE 11, 1880. THE DAILY BULLETIN. BTMT aOBXIX (MONDAY! KCITHD). Burnett. Publisher. Ttl paper may be fooud on file at Geo. P. Bpnice 8U), where advertising contract may be MrorltfiiiBwYoH(. Oily Morning Daily In Southern Illinois Lrgeat Circulation ot any Dally in Southern Illlnola. OmOUL PAPER OP ALEXANDER COCHTT. OftMi Bulletin Building, Washington Avenue CAIRO, ILLIOIS. Subscription Rateaj SAB.T. Dally (delivered by carrier) per week I 85 By mail On adtanee) one year W 00 Bhmontha J"" Three month One Month 1 w WKIE1T. By mail (in advance) one year I J 8k month! 1 VJj Three monthi , ?! To club of ten and over (per copy) w Poatage in all caae prepaid. AdvrrtlalnE Rates: DAILY. , rirat innenion, per aquaro. J Suaeeqoent Insertion, r aquare ou For one week, per aquarc For two week, per eqnare j For three week, 2 !J. For one month ! i Beh additional aquare " Funeral notice ; 4 w Ohitnariee and resolution paeaed by ocictlc ten cent per line. 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Headnuarters of Democratic State Central 1 Committee, Springfield, 111., March 18, lt80. f To the Democracy of Illinois: The Democratic state convention will be held at 8tringfleld on Thursday, the day of June, at 10 o'clock, a. m., to appoint delegates to the national Democratic convention to be held at Cincinnati on the Mnd day of June, lfcSO, and to nominate candidates for the following state offices, to-wit: Governor. Lieutenant-Governor. Secretary of State. Auditor of Public Accounts. 1 Treasurer. Attorney-General. , , ,, , Also for the purpose of nominating presidential ''directions of the last national convention the delegates will be Instructed by the state convention to vote for or against the abroga tion of the two-thirds rule. l.v,l,.TI-. All citizens who are in accord with the Demo cratic party in principles and and sympathise with Ma objects are invited to participate in sending delegates to the convention. The several couutios will be entitled to one dele cate for every four hundred votes, and one delegaW tor every fraction thereof in excels of two hundred, 1 based on the vote cast lor Samuel J. Tllrien in lb.8. T. V. McNbtH, A. Obsndobit, . Chairman. Secretary. DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CONVENTION FIFTIETH DISTRICT, A Democratic Senatorial convention composed or delegate from the several counties in this (Fif tieth) district, will meet at Murpbysbaro, on Thurs day, July 8, lfo. at i o'clock, p. m., for the pur pone of nominating one candidate for state senator and two representatives in the general assembly. BaMs of representation : One delegate fur each 900 votes and fraction over 100 votes cast for W. J . Allen, for congress, in 1WB. The counties will be entitled to delegates as follow: Vote for Allen. Del Alexander 5 Jackson 1 M9 Vnlon 1 KM 10 By order of committee. J. P. McLaih, Chalrmsn. T. P. Boutok. Secretary. Dated Jonesboro, May 8. 1HW). The article headed "Credit Mobilicr and De Golyer" which will be found on this pago is a truthful and interesting nar rative ofta few of tho misdeeds of James A. Garfield, the Republican nominee for presi dent. Jefferson Davis' plantation at Hurri cane, Miss., is leased by a firm composed of lour negroes who were formerly owned by a brother of the ex-president of the confederacy. They own plantations worth $75,000, hire several more, and do a large mercantile business at Vicksburg, Miss. The man whom the good Hayes reuioved from the collectoiship of the port of New York for corrupt practices, the same has the Republican party nominated tor vico president. It was owing to Arthur's re moval thai Conkling becamo hostile to Hayes, and a bitter conflict arose in the Republican party in New York. Thb Dover, New Hampshire, State Tress 'remarks that "the deputy United States marshals, who have been sighing for their paj, can blame nobody but Rut! erford B. Ilayes who has foripucrile, trivial and part isan reasons vetoed the bill providing an ap propriation to pay them. Mr. Hayes has written himself down as a repudiator ot government contracts with the government's servants. Hayes is blocking the wheels of ...i.ti. i, :.- it . m Quinct Herald: "The Democrats of Illinois were never in better condition to flght than now if tlicy know how to take UUUI1U UUB1UCIU. : advantage of an . opportunity. There is harmony in the ranks, there is good feel log, there is confidence and there will be ; enthusiasm in the campaign and the votes st tu election if no mistake be made. For tha good noma of the party and our own credit we ever pray that the errors of the ; rr convention of 1876 may not be repeat ed. Tut Democrats in command this timo, good and true men. Tho party wants Domocrats not mongrels in tho van. New Orleans is the great cottou seed oil market of the world. Her exports for trie present season so far have been 80,000 barrels, of which 68,000 went to Europe. Shipments of oil-cake for tho same season have been 570,025 sacks of which all ex cept 10,000 went to Europe. ' At the price now current the seed product alono of the south would realize $43,000,000, and if it were all manufactured into oil it would realize $77,000,000, but it is not all mado into oil; but plenty comes back to us as genuine olive oil from Tarma and Florence. Mr. Reaoan hoped to bring the corpse of his inter-state commerce bill to life by the infusion of a little personal mngnetism in the house, Tuesday, but tailed utterly. He went over tho same old ground, in a speech which he was permitted to make; but the corpse stiffened out and was as dead as ever, when he ceased his manipu lations. Mr. Henderson also pushed tor- ward his bill on tho same subject but it seems tc be conceded that national regula tion of railways is a dead duck for this ses sion of congress. There will bo a new brood of quacks on hand at the next ses sion, and the powder for them should bo kept dry, meantime. Glass railway ties having, as it is claim ed, proved a success, the inventors aro be coming enthusiastic over glass as the com ing substitute, not only for wood but also for iron. They now propose to make the track of street railways of this material, using broad longitudinal sleepers of glas9, having a groove in the upper surface, and so combining in themselves the functions of both sleepers and rails, do away with the necessity for separate iron rails, with their fastenings, joints, and other compli cations. It is further believed that by properly tempering glass with oil this very biittle substance can be made, mass for mass, stronger than steel, and practicably unbreakable. Is the glass age to succeed that of steel? Paper has proved a very useful substitute for iron, in some positions and it is possible that, our ideas of the eternal fitness ot things of things are to be entirely subverted. CREDIT MOBILIER ANDDE GOLYER. New York Sun, May 6, 1660. James A. Garfield is now serving his ninth consecutive term as member of the house of representatives. At the end of his term he will succeed Mr. Thurman in the senate, as night succeeds day. Gifted with tino natural parts, possessed ot some literary ability, given to study, popular in manners, and with a pleasing style of speech, few men have begun public life with such advantages. No public man has sacrificed his opportunities more unworth ily. Mr. Garfield entered the army in 1801 as a colonel of volunteers, and left it a major general in 1803, with arecord which, though not shining, was quite creditable. The Re publicans of the western reserve, who had sent Joshua R. Giddings to congress until he became recognized as the father of the house, took up Garfield on his return from the war, at 32 years of age, and have clung to him since then, despite the most damn ing proofs of his venality and jobbery in legislation. Fidelity to party in its fierce and intolerant spirit seems, like the mantle ot charity, to havo covered a multitude of sins in his ense. Thrown into the midst ot tho reckless legislation for which tho calamity of civil war furnished nn opportunity, ho soon de veloped the traits of character which have more recently made his name notorious throughout the country. He became the advocate and apologist of the huge land grants and subsidies by which millions of acres of tho public domain and tens of millions of money were voted to great cor porations and rings. That may be called the beginning of the organized corruption which flourished during Grant's two terms. Garfield voted for almost every job, and for almost every iniquitous scheme of the lob by that then controlled tho leading com mittees. The construction ot tho Union Pacific railroad furnished tho opportunity for a gigantic fraud. Congress voted money and land enough to build it without any con siderable issno of bonds or stock by tho company. The directors were forbidden by law from engaging in contracts or hold ing other intercuts ot profit. Therefore they could not become beneficiaries by the abuse of their trust until that obstacle was overcome. They soon found a way to it. A company known as the Credit Mobilier, organized upon tho French plan, had pto curetl a charter from Pennsylvania, which proved to be a failure in its hands. This charter was purchased. A ring of officers and directors of the Union Pacific road ob tained control of its affairs. They contract ed with themselves under another name for the construction at exorbitant prices. They swindled the Lnited States, the bond holders, and the stockholders for tho benefit of their own closo corporation. " In 1867, Oakea Ames, James U. Alley, and others, known as the "Boston party," got possession of the Union Pacific and the Credit Mobilier. At that time Ames was a member of congress, and a manufacturer of reputed wealth. The great contracts pass ed into his hands, and the dividends of tho Credit Mobilicr had already attracted at tention. Elihu B. Washburne introduced a resolution in tho houte which alarmed the jobbers tor their immense profits. Col fax, then speaker, and one of the creatures of the ring silenced this movement lor a time by parlimentary tricks. i Still, the Credit Mobilier monopolists were uneasy, and projiosed to buy off pro position. In January, 1808, Ames wroto to McComb, who afterward started the investi gation from motives of revenge, "I havo as signed as far as I have gone" (certain shares to different states); "tho 50 per cent, in crease I want for, distribution here, and soon." A few days after, ho was still moro urgent. Ho wroto again? "In view of Washburno s move nere, i , go in lor maK- incr our bond dividend in full. I want that $14,000 iucreaso of the Credit Mobilicr to soil hero. Wo want more friends in this congress.". As ho himself said, tho object was to put tho stock where it "would do the most good." Thq stock was then selling at $350 a share on a par value of $100. It was issued in blocks of thirty, twenty, and ten shares to members of congress at par, and tho so-called purchase was moro thnn extinguished by the accrued dividends. It was a nico stock to hold. The first disclosure ot this corruption was mado in tho Sun during tho year of io s, implicating many oi tuu iwimuntuu leaders. A presidential election was then pending, and they all vehemently uenieu any connection with tho fraud. Garfield's statement was more explicit and bolder than that of any of his confederates in the crime. An investigation was oruerea oy the house soon after tho meeting of con cress: tho examination of witnesses becan on Dec. 1 2, 1873. At first Oakes Ames was disinclined to make any exposure; out when the incriminated members combined to swear him down and to free themselves by rank perjury, his blood warmed quickly, and he determined to let the truth be known, though in the end there was much concealed. Garfield submitted to the committee a prepared statement on Jon. 14, 1873: I never of ned, received, or agreed to re ccivo any stock ot the Credit Mobilier or of the Union Pacific railroad, nor any divi dends or profits arising from either of them. Ames was recalled Jan. 23, 1872, and testified to the stock he had issued to Gar field, the dividends allowed him, and the balance of money paid into his hand, which Garfield pretended was a "loan." lie submitted a memorandum of the account in detail. It came to the knowledge of the committee that Garfield had visited Ames with the object of inducing him to retract or modify his testimony, and ho was re-examined on the 29th of January, as follows : Q. You may state whether, in conversa tion with you, Mr. Garfield claims, as he claimed before us, that the only transaction between you was borrowing $300? A. No, sir; he did not claim that with me. Q. State all you know in reference to it. A. I told him he knew very well that that was a dividend. I made out a statement and showed it to him at the time. In our con versation he admitted it, and said there was $2,460 due him in stocks and bonds. He made a little memorandum of $1,000 and $1,400, and said there was $1,000 of Union Pacific railroad stock or bonds. Q. "When was that memorandum made? A. It was made in my room. I can not re member the date. It was since this in vestigation commenced. Q. Have you the memorandum that Mr. Garfield made? A. I have the figures that he made. Paper shown in Garfield's hand writing. Q. You say these figures were made by Mr. Garfield? A. Yes, sir. Q. That was his idea of what wag coming to him? A. Ye6. hx. Garfield sought to tamper with and sub orn Ames, and the attempt ended in his claiming a larger share in the Credit Mo bilier than had been allowed to him, after having solemnly 6worn a fortnight previous ly that he "never owned, received or agreed to receive any stock of the Credit Mobilier nor any dividend or profit arising'' there from. Tho climax was capped when Ames produced his diary with the original entry against Garfield, dated Tuesday, Sept. 211, 1868. setting forth his account for ten shares Credit Mobilier. These terrible revelations were allowed to pass unnoticed. Garfield did not dare to go before the committee and confront Ames, because he knew there were still other proofs m reserve. He waited until Ames was in his grave, and then, with Schuyler Colfax and others who had been bribed, he attempted to whitewash the in famy. But, passing from that period to innie recent times, let us examine his record after he became chairman of the committee on appropriations, and, as one of his pur chasers said, "held the purse strings of the Ration." The Forty-second congress, in w hich the Republicans had large majori ties in bolh houses, has gone into history as memorable fcr scandalous legislation. Among many disgraceful acts was that authorizing the infamous Sanborn contracts, by which informers and spit s were enabled to seize the books of merchants and, by connivance, to blackmail them, and at the same time to plunder the treasury of im mense sums. That lav was the result of a corrupt combination between certain mem bers of congress, certain treasury officials, and one Sanborn, with one Jaynu as the mas ter workman. Some idea of the magni tude of their operations may be formed from the fact that Sanborn drew Irorn the treasury nearly $175,000 lor three months' service. But for Garfield's direct complicity, that infamy would never have disfigured tho statute book. The job was done in this way: Sawyer, then carpet-bog senator from the south, afterward assistant secre tary of the treasury, and a confederate of Sanborn's ring, introduced an amendment to the legislative, executive, and judicial bill, authorizing the contracts to be made! It was a "rider" and not in any way ger mane to tho bill. But the Republicans then had the chronic habit of mounting their very worst legislation as riders on the regular supply bills. The bill, thus amend ed, was reported to tho house April 8, 1873, and the job was badly beaten. Then came the fine hand trickery to play its part. Mr. Garfield, instead of allowing the bill to go back to tho senate, where the action ot the house might be concurred in, moved directly for a committeo of confer ence, so as to let six men legislate coercive ly for three hundred, with himself as chair man on the houso side Of course tho job was put back on tho bill, and it pissed the senate, where it had originated. But tho houso stood firm, and again, by a majority of one, refused its assent on a call ot the yeas and nays. Twice defeated, the bill was recommitted to the samo conference, and when next reported the job had a long tail of verbiage, attached to deccivo some and to operate as an excuse for others whoso prejudices had meanwhile been conquered. Mr. Garfield then appliod tho previous ques tion, and drovo tho bill through by ten ma jority. Addition, division, and silence won the day. Gen. Garfield is mainly responsible for the passage of tho salary , grab and bock pay steal, the history of which may bo briefly recited. Gen. Butler reported a bill from the judiciary committee, Feb. 7, 1873, to doublo the pay of the president and in crease the salaries of the vice-president, cabinet, speaker, justices ot the supremo court, and members of congress. Tho scheme had been thoroughly canvassed, and only wanted a favorable chance to be launched. Threo days after Gen, Butler moved to suspend tho rules, so as to attach this bill as a "rider" to the miscellaneous appropriation bill then pending. It was beaten by thirty-nino majority, which in cluded some of the strongest friends of the proposed plunder, who voted that way for effect. Tho first fire was thus drawn, and Butler knew where to plant his batteries. Tho legislative appropriation bill camo back to the houso February 24, loaded with one hundred amendments. The natural course was to have had them printed, so that members might examine the new items. But there was a game to play, and Garfield took tho lead. By virtue of his chairmanship, he moved that the house re solve itself into committee of the whole on the special order. Suspicion had been awakened, and adjournments had been voted down previously. Dawes was put in the chair, and the door was opened for the grab. Garfield had assured members that tho bill would not be called up that night, and the house was thin except on the steal ing side, which was in the secret of Gar field's treachery A special vote was de manded on the Butler amendment, now moved as a "rider" to the pending bill. It was defeated by fifty-two majority, Butler himself votine against it. But he immedi ately moved to reconsider and to adjourn. Nothing was now wanting to rivet the vote but refuse to adjourn, and then to clinch it by refusing to reconsider. The issue was clear, but right in the face of the lnrge majority just recorded the house adjourned by a still larger majority, leaving the recon sideration alive and kicking. The next day Butler's motion to reconsider was first in order, and when Farnsworth moved to lay it on the table and finish the business a majority of thirty-nine answered in the nt g gative. The next vote fixed the congressional pay, and the bill, with this graft, was sent to the senate, and thence to a committee of conference. On the last day of the session Garfield reported the bill back, doubling the president's salary from the 4th of March, instead of the end of the fiscal year, and raising the pay of congress from $5,000 to 17,5000, retroactively lor two years, with a long catalogue of augmented salaries for public officers. He pretended that there was danger of an extra session unless the Teport was adopted and told the house, "It may be an unwise expenditure in some respects, but in most cases the in crease is proper and ought to be made." It was finally driven through ly a majority of six. Garfield's connection with the Washing ton ring is also well known to the country. One of the most notorious of the corrupt contracts made hy Boss Shepherd was that awarded to De Golyer & Mcuellan ot Chi cago, for laying a wood pavement. This contract covered two hundred thousand yards at $3.50 a yard, which the superin-. tendent of contractors swore could be put down at $1.50, every item of cost included. So there was a clean profit of $400,000 to be divided. To further this job, which was preliminary to others to follow, the sum of $9 1,000 was expended. It was given out in the spring of 1872. At that time Richard C. Parsons was marshal ot the supreme court, and had converted that of fice into a headquarters tor the lobby. He was known to be an intimate friend of Gar field, and the ring wanted Garfield's aid as chairman rf the appropriations. The agent of the contractors employed Parsons, with a fee of $15,000, as "coun sel," although there was no cause to argue, no contest ot any kind, and no tribunal to appear before. It was a thaw to throw dust in the eyes of the public. Parsons paid Garfield $3,000 as his share, July 12, 1872, for which he was forced to admit be fore the last investigation that he made no argument, oral or written, had never ap peared before the board of ptblic works, and had only once spoken to Bob6 Shepherd on the subject. That "fee" was a bribe out and out, and nothing else, as was sub sequently shown. Garfield becime the agent ot the ring, and through his influence and activity threo millions and a half of dollars were voted to Boss Shepherd and his confederates in less than sixty days, be tween the 8th of January and tho ;id of March, 1873. It would be easy to continue this dis creditable record, and to show that in al most every instance of venal legislation, Garfield's name is to be found ou the side of jobbery, stealing, and fraud. These facts ran not be disputed, and they will stand to his dishonor, whether he remains in public life or goes into enforced exile. MEDICAL. 45 YEAKS MFORE THE PUBLIC. TTIK GENUINE Dii. C. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS aro not recommended as a remedy "lor all the ills that flesh is heir to," but in affec tions of the Liver, and all Billions com plaints, Dyspepsia, nnd Sick Headache, or diseases of that character, they stand with out a rival. AGUE AND FEVER. No better cathartic can bo used prepara tory to, or after taking quinino. As a simple purgative they are uncqualed BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. . Tho genuino aro never sugar-couted. Each box has a red-wax seal on tho lid with tho iniprcRsion, McLane'sLivkhPiu,. Each wrapper bears tho slgnsturos of C. McLane and Fi.kmino Biuih. Jf Insist upon having tho genuino Dn. 0. McLank'b Livek Pills, prepared by FLEMIMG BROS., Nttsliunrh, Pa. tho market being full of imitations of tho name McLase, spelled differently but same pronunciation. THE EQUITABLE LIFE Assurance Society of the United States. 120 BROADWAY NEW YOEK Assets, $38,000,000. 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By the late report of the Insurance Commissioner for the states of Massachusetts and New York, the Equitable Life Assurance Society shows the following strong points: FIRST The Equitable lias a larger ratio of assets to lia bilities than any of the leading companies. SECOND The Equitable saved more of its income last year than any other company. THIRD-Tlie Equitable's death rate was less last year than any other of the leading companies. FOURTH The Equitable realizes a higher rate of rent, or interest, on real estate than any other company. The Society takes pleiwnra in referring to the following well known business men insured in the society, comiKising an ADVISORY BOARD OF REFERENCE FOR CAIRO: Til OH. W. n.VLLIDAY, Cunhler City Katlonil Wutik. Fit AN K L. (1ALIOHKK, Cairo City mill. J. M. rillMirs. Prf Bldcnt HMIUUy I'hlllips Wlmrfbott company. PAVt.O. 8CUUII. WholcKule and retail drug- (,'lKt. WIM.1AM 8TRATTON, of Stratton Bird wliolvtalo proccrii. WALTON W. WRIGHT, of O. D. 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