The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-16
MUNICIPAL MATTERS,


them al work on Division street, 'mend-
ing sidewalks
THE OPPOSITION.
There will probably be a little OPPOSE
ton to the Lansden ticket, but it will not
amount to much. 1t cannot be nursed
TINS year into vigorous existence. II |
VIII pule and puke and cry for awhile and |
die.
WHAT sHANNEssY THINKS.
Squire Shannessy is of the opinion that
the present municipal government will do
with the exception Of the mayor and the
police force and the majority of the coun-
Gil. Lansden has not enough of the Old
Hickory quality about him to please tho
old squire, tho council in bis opinion
amounts to nothing and the police force,
as he forcbly expresses it, are id frauds.
THE CoLoRED TROOPS.
For some unaccountablc reason the coll
ored voters do not take kindly to the prop.
osition that Lansden shall be reelected.
What can they have against him? He has
been good officer; the city has pros
pered under his administration there can
be no good reason suggested for not desir.
ing his reelection, and we hope and eI.
pect the colored voters will swing into line
and give him hearty support
PUBLIC MEETING.
How shall the ticket of the citizens be
put before the public? is tie question of
the day. We know no better vav than to
call apublic mceting-a mass meeting
and have the work done therein. The
friends Of the present municipal policy
have nothing TO fear, and they should
invite oil the people of the city--wht- and
black-to come together and consider the
question: "What is the best thing to do
for the city welfare
OVERDUE BONDS.
One of the first duties of the incoming
city administration will be to provide for
the payment Of overdue bonds. II, as will
inevitably be the case under the recent
construction Of the charter, the city can
not pay any due bond unless fund has
been accumulated for that purpose from
the proceeds of taxes levied for the espe.
cial purpose of creating the bond paying
sinking fund authorized by the charter
, there will never again be bond paid il
the assessment of taxes is hereafter made
, as heretofore. This matter must therefore
be looked after, and in some way-therC
can be found II way-,he bonds of the city
/, now overdue must be prid
WINSTON AND BRoss.
s And now comes Colonel Winston ant
= locks horns with Judge Bross on the po
} lice magistrate question. There is there.
= fore fun ahead-and excitement-aat
wrangling-and, Ito use a forcible gener
t atty high old time. Winston is conf
r dent and D-oss is very ditto. Winston
8 knows that Bross ia very weak before IT,,
, public, although au unexceptionable gen
e tleman personally, snd Bros
c knows Winston is not strong
r although hs is clever man, yol
= know, personally, and all that. Win
ston will receive the support Of all thos,
n who do not like Bross and Bross the sup
n port Of all those who do not like Winston
o and it is thought that this division will
J, divide the voters nearly in the middle
# The county officers and all guardians an,
:. all administrators and all lawyers ought I,
IS be opposed to Bross, and there is no reason
d why they should be for his opponent
o Therefore, the logical conclusion is tn
,, persons referred TO will probably be 70
Il one of the candidates or they won't. Thi
h may be stating the case rather wildly
l. but We think little reflection
on the part Of our readers will bear u
n out in this assertion-an assertion which
: was not made without considerable reiec
c ton. Accepting this, then, as the ,rutl
@ it must follow that either Winston O
). Bross will be elected, provided no othe
t person is voted for because, as will b,
observed, if Bross does not receive feweI
a votes than Winston, Winston will newt
c ably receive smaller vote than Bross, un
t less there should be tie, in which event
n if the game is whist Winston will win, ant
!, if the game is "pitch the Judge vii
G knock the hind sights off the Colonel
, STREET FILLING.
The citizens who have paid the speca
assessments made for street filling, snd
= who are now required to pay the intere,
} on the Fox, Howard & Co. bonds. ar,
very naturally dissatisfied with the ar.
} rangement and look to the city for relief
which should be speedily afforded The
cost Of the work was about $500 600 This
amount was assessed against the lots in
front of which filling was put into the
streets. Responding to tho call Of tho tax
collector half the lot owners-say three
hundred - paid into the city
treasury about half tho gros
amount $4,000. The other three hun
drel refused to pOy,snd the courts sustain
ed them in the refusal. Whereupon Fox,
Howard & Co., went into the courts and
obtained judgment against the city for
the balance due them, and the city to sat.
isfy this judgment issued about $40 900,
per cent, bonds. The annual interest on
this amount is 81, 800, of which amount
l th.1 90 L ~