The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-17
WHOM I?
WHOM SHALL THEY DE, TnE CITY Off
GERS?

WHOM SHALL THEY BE, TnE CITY Off !
GERS?
Whom shall they be?
That is the question.
And, in the first place, it is ncces-
sary to determine whether we shall
HAYES party contest for the offices to be
fllei
Shall We?
We say, no. bu, it may be i'm
possible to harmonze the political ele-
ments, and such contest may thus be
rendered necessary.
We believe the best interests Of the
city, at tbs tine, require that the citizens
should act outside Of party caucusses, and
select the best men 20 FL the various off,
ces. The result o; last yeas municipal
elec.'cn has conc'usiveiy p;oven that the
NOV enent then made-the breaking away
from the trgmme's o. parties and party
lcaders-the crushing Of the efforts of mis-
city in the old rut Of n-prog-esive fogy-
ism, was for the best Interests of Cniro
and we believe the movement then inuu-
gurated, and which, although somewhat re-
| tarded by the fact that men elected on the
| ticket have permitted themselves to be led
by schemug men who have no abiding in
teres;s in Cairo and do not wish to see the
city become prosperous and great, has just
begun to bear its good fruits, should be
continued during the next year. And it
can be If electors-republican and DEM
rats-wil come togethec on the square
of good c .izcnship, suppress all partisan
prcjudices ard agree to a union ticket.
How can n movement of this kind be
started
| That is the other question.
We don't know, exactly; but think
some practical plan may be deter mined
| upon. The executive committee, appoin-
ted by the Philis hall convention last
year. might call another such convention
or the good citizens might in some other
way single out their candidates and give
them hearty and enthusiastic support.
But here comes up another very i'm
portant question Who are the men from
whom proper candidates for the several
offices may be manufact ured ?
The chief want is an able mayor backed by
m able council, and this is want difficult
to satisfy. Col Taylor is the only man in
the city land we make this assertion with
an absolute knowledge Of its trulhiulness)
qualified in every particular for the office
He is the only gentleman in the city who
possesses anything like a full Knowledge, of
its laws ard necessities standing at
the head o: The municipality, could reach
beyond its boundaries and make use of the
position of mayor to induce capital to seek
investment here in manufactures and
other withdrawing industries. And the
approaching year will be one in which
just such man is needed at the head of
our local affairs. At the farthest, by
next August the Cairo d st. Louis and
the Cairo & Vincennes railroads will have
been advanced far toward completion, and
capitalists will be looking in this direc-
ton. With gentleman like Col. Taylor
for mayor, who could take advantage of |
this condition Of affairs, and whose pri-
vate interest would 90 hand in hand with |
his public duty in advertising the city and |
its advantages, there is no telling the
amount of good that may be accomplished
during the coming municipal year 1t
VIII be our year to "blow, to puff our
town,-to compel the country to turn its
eyes in our direction, to force upon pub
lie attention the advantages of our
location, and Colonel TAYLOR
Is the man who can and would
do all that in this respect is demanded
if he should be called to the mayoralty.
And he could be elected. Very wise fell.
lows, who know u thing or two, and who
learn all they know in maudln manner
over cosy tables in back rooms of question:
able saloons, may shake their heads and
say it would be difficult to elect
the colonel, but we believe the
people Of the city who really
desire the advancement of the cilys
interests land these are a large majority
of the electorsl would cheerfully cast their