The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-01
ISMR FISHER ELIGIBLE?
We find the following Two paragraphs
n the Sun of yesterday evening;

4 md candidit,s generally to the fUllOwin
clause ~ the state constitution, under III
'"sd Of eligibility and Oath" 1t III
g. clause of the 81 Section OF Articl
, ":
"N"r shall any person holding anv ohc
oi honor or pron under ANY iorcigr govern
men. or under the government r I'll
! | Uni ed states, (cNc pt pustinastcrs VIII $
An ual comp 'nsaii"n doe, u I exceed tire
tuudrrd dollar h ld my office oi homo
br prom under tue authority o. ,hi' state
This Is . crwsrdly attack upon Nj
F,sher in the interest OF Mr. Wilson
Afraid t. say that Mr. Fisher, ut WHOM
Mr Wilson and his friends nre aiming a.
heir mi-sels of attack, Is not eligible I
the office &C county commissioner, tn
sum intimstes that be is not, by publish
ing the above clause from the cnnst TUT
Z the state. Mr. Fisher holds An I'll q
Under the government Of the Unlie'
States. and is seeking an office establishec
v authority uf the state. Ii bis federr
flee is an office of honor or profit and tn
flee he is seeking Ia this state 10 also NJ
flee honor or pr f., then, IL he should
he elected commissioner, he must resigt
his federal flee or he cannot qusifN
The vital question in the contruvers!
commissioner nm Office of honor or prof
| within the meaning of the constitutions
iubib i,ioD sbove7
Mr. Fisher is not ignorsnt oft the xist-nce
8 IL al. IN, th.. and h..
doubtless Concluded that he il comp ten
TO qusify or that If elected he will resigt
the federal office lie probably vii
conclude he is no, inhibited by the constr.
ut'unal clause flung ut HIM by the sun
for accepting the position of county COM
missioner, although he is collector Of Gus
IONS At thi. port; and we can understand,
without dlth ul,y, by what process. 81
reasoning he has reached this conclusion.
A. for instance:
The eli Of county commissioner !.
not, in the meaning of the constitution
IN flee either of honor or pr, fl. Why
b c,use, among other reasons, the laL-
that = ci,iz IA of Illinois holding frders
flee oil honor or pr, fit shall not hold NJ!
tate, {, unity or municipal, or other oiiic'
of honor OF prrf. in illinois. Is it MOI
implied by this language that Their
are Offices that c-nnOt be re-
ssfded rs either offices Of honor
Z ic-mau2 Ill. iii =. 10 not technically
m utticr of honor, but it is an office OF pro-
a.. The procee, Of 1t will sandy n ma
-. -, win the nec"s-itl.. Of lif-
Il lad commi..i"nrr? HIS ufh,e is no
technically nm Office of honor, neilhri
probably would it be held by the c"urt.t
be nm ,thte Of pr"6t. There IL attached 20
I per diem, but IN tn. year the com.
MI. sioner doe. no, make probably an hun
bred dollars. This is not NJ
tiiie OF pr, it, unless it shall be
he'd that any IF; TO which any
80 or per diem or salary attache. isHi.
oilite Of pr H.. II this Is true where II
me flee in the whole state not ~
III g Of pr.n or of honor
It tho ofii;e that returns t.
It's incumbent 10 money, As for in.tsnc"
the fl e If member of the city council 81
I Cairo? our friend OF the sun aud Mr
/ wilson say Yea" Thy hold that ~.
/ F,.ns Cannot be membrr # the count!
hoard " cnrn 70 s,iune's this Legislature "
the county becau.e he would make IN b
year IN per di.n about dry dnlars, bu'
hat he could be- a member "f he c"unct
IT Cairo---lbe city egisla'u'o--brcHu-- b.
wuuli make otbng. The c"mmissionrr
disourss probably slIOJJ o
public fund, and the cou ell sbou
$50 OOUl Or they may shy, tn
Iii 3. OF alderman in Cairo il an flee al
honor, nud therefore Mr.. Fisher would
not be -lis ible to either the board 81 com
mis-ioners or tho council la Other
I'd. they hold, that en- otiics pnylnl
even dollar to the incumbent 10 AN al
f,e of profit, and that the iii o OF alder
mnn OF an iucorpo nted town il MI OH
/ |
, point US TO ANY office in the state not hi
I office Of honor or an iii % OF proh1
. They cannot, but the constitution by IN
, plica n plainly declares that there mr.
I oiii ,es created by state authority wbici
D are neither iii ,rs of honor or profit.
Ia the same section in which the claus
, q ,oted by he Sun is found, III" wore
Lucrative is used MS n sy n"nA IN Of "pro
: d." A person holding tuerdttue the
, u der the federal ar state authority is in
D hiblled rom becoming n member Of th'
. general assembly, A lucrative oil e ID
pr"dtsbls otii 'o-an Office Of profit
rhe constitution expressly Gays the iii g
! of n ,nry public and justice Of the peace
pr, Il sble; shall not, in other words
be- considered Offices OF pr 1T Why
Brcau", probably, the cmoldments o
these III SEES are insignificant. Here Their,
lsn rule by which We may ascertain WIN
? utlices The Trainers of tho constitution al,
not intend to include in The term ., III Gel
!. 'of prof - II the office of Justice q
g he peAcr is not an fii o of profit, becaus,
Il is emo uments are insignificant, how car
;. We ,Ay that the ,tice uf county comm,s
!. sioner ls AN Office of prof. when its emol
n umehts are more in,ign,henut s,ill2 L
= | may be said, however that ih, cons /, 4,