The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-08-08
General items

Why don't the Mayor investigate the
rumor that night policeman has been
putting on n substitute!
1t is said that Marshal Williams has
threatened to ''impeach" Mayor Winter.
II Mayor Winter darea to remove him.
The SU says we know nothing
about the proposed Tax.Payers' League.
We have told the SIN what Its purposes
are. and that many Of the hest citizens of
Cairo are in it,.
WHO Is the Alderman the SIN refer
rcd tn as desiring to run the city, why
not tell us. Is the SIN 30 great n pol
troon that 1t dare not mention the name
Of the Alderman it referred to ~ the
would-bc runner of the city.
Mayor Winters has been employing
Justice Of the Peace Comings in the
work Of taking anldavits in relation to
the official conduct Of Whitcamp and
Schustrr. This has the appearance Of
re-opening Of the battle about the police
men. We have not asccrtained what the
afildavits contain. but when Jack moves
In the affidavit direction he makes things
count. We do hope that Esquire Com.
ings administered the oath to the affidavit.
makers. II nc has, II may save him the
trouble Of doing his work over again.
| The San admits that the dispatch
sent by Mr.. Davis to the Giobe- Democrat
about tn. "rapid strides OF the river to-
ward the top of our lcvces was liable to
misconstructiOn, and that the dispatcher
meant TO say that the county around
about Cairo was In danger, and that no
one inside our levees felt any alarm. In
deed. Then what did Mr.. Davis mean
by his dispatch to the Inter Ocsan. in
which he said: ''rhc Ohio is forty-lour
feet and eight inches on the gauge. At
fOrty-seven feet our lc,ces arc in danger.
The river is still rising. and alarm is felt.
a big rise is reported to-day at l'aducai,.
Business almost at a standstill:" Did he
mean by this that alarm was felt by our
citizens for "the region:" 1t will not do
The fact Is, ID. was at the time he wrote
the dispatch in Hood panic.
The Sun says that we took no step,
towards investigating the rottenness of &
& st. l.. r. II. affairs. and then says
"1erc We have man appointed by tn,
Governor TO position Of honor ant
trust. TO look after the city, interests
| pnrmittinu urnpne ap,inct tee ,,.1~i. .,
be perpctrated. and then failing to push
the matter to an investigation. Is Mr.
Oberly friend Of Cairo: IL hc
is, why don't he appeal tt
the law in behalf Of tn,
peoples" We have no hesitation: in pro
nouncing the author Of this stuff a cithcl
a deliberate falsiiier or an ass. Mr.. Ia
Wis knows that as director we votct
against issuing more than S3,00O.OOO d
stock: that we cndeavored to induce the
old board to not permit the contractors ia
take possession of the road before IL wa.
completed according to contract; that
failing in this we reported TO the City
Council and County Commissioners the
facts, asking them to 90
into the courts and com
pei the completion OF the road and make
I Vvu az rne stocK ISSUED over 5000. ON, ,
that the Council and Commissioners re-
fused and left W. no alternative but to
submit. Would the San have ~. rs an
individual, 20 into the courts to compel a
! completion Of the road after the people
We represented have said to us: LET
the matter go:" Would the Sun have u.
at our own expense s'!empt to fight a
railroad company in the courts. l. Da-
Wis absolutely eussed tool We fear ne
is We fear heis.