The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-09-10
THE POLICE DsrrICylry

Inc suuuen termination Of the police
imbroglio, In so fur ms the conte It between
the mayor and council is concerned, has
surprised every person. We believed tat
the council was about to enter upon n
long and tedious investigation, when 10 !,
presto. quick change, and he gone, the
thing was done. Well, no matter. We
have no doubt Messrs. whitcamp and
Schuster should have been permitted an
opportunity to disprove the charges
made against them by His Honor. Mayor
Winter Fair play seemed TO require
this, and the mayor himself in his COM
municalion to the council enclos-
ing the charges, demanded such
an investigation. Indeed. the Council
also. on Wednesday night, while in COM
miitec OF the whole. voted unanimously
To proceed with the investigation. and
| did actually start into the case of Mr..
| Whitcamp. when. in some mysterious
way, the Council went back on itself. de-
clarcd that IT wanted 10 investigation.
and suddenly arrived at vote upon the
question Are the reasons given by
| the Mayor for the removal of CITY Mar
slial Williams and Officers WhitcaInp and
Schustcr insufficient" Only half of all
the members elect voted in the ailirma-
tive. 1t required the votes of two-lhirds
to defeat the Mayor. and, rs u consc-
quence, he was sustained.
We know nothing of the merits OF thia
controversy. Mr.. Williams a City Mar
| slia', we have reason 10 believe. attcmpt
ed TO enforce The ordinances of the city
without fear or favor, and we believe he
made every effort in his power 10 do his
duty regardless OF all personal considcra-
ton. We have heretofore expressed our
disapprobation OF his conduct i'm refer
encc to the Aymar circus, but even in
this matter we have been lead to believe
he was simply seeking to secure our citi-
zens against loss. BE that as il may. this
one fact is evident lie and the Nlavor
could not get on harmoniously in the adj
ministration of the city's affairs. The
policy Mr.. Williams desired TO pursue
may have been wiser than that of Mayor
Winter, but the people, i'm their wisdom.
nave seen proper to make Mr.. Winter
the Chief executive officer OF Cairo. and
ms policy must prevail. If it is wronUs
Well, so much the worse tor the city: and.
ifin pursuance Of it, Mayor Winter should
do Violence to his duty and should
openly disregard the ordinances in ccr-
tain interests that have been indicated.
the grand jury may be appealed to, and
the circuit court be invoked to come 10
the rescue of the city against its unfaitl-
fnl head. But the people haze Mayor
Winter. Nobody compelled them to
elect him; and he must be treated as their
representative. lie cannot he kicked
ASIDE. We, for one, are in favor of Civ.
M. The old man chance: and therefore
we have believed that the inharrnonious
relations that existed between the MAYOR
md marshal justified the mayor IN the
.moval OF Mr.. Williams from office.
here have been no ohovuos of any kind
made against Mr.. Williams. lie roes
ut with clean hands and the respect OF
verybody, so far Is our knowledge of
ublic sentiment extends.
Mr.. Schustcr was charged with no
reatcr onense than speaking M-respect- |
ully OF Mayor Winter, and leaves the
orce without any stain upon his charac.
cr.
The most serious charge against Mr..
Fhitcamp was that, while shooting dogs,
e occasionally shot one with a tag on,
low and then country dog wandering
far through Cairo and this worlds will
lerncss. and that on several occasions he
threatened to shoot women who threw
themselves between the murderous muz-
le OF Wits trusty shotgun and the dog
which 1t was aimed, crying:
Whitcanp, spare that dog
shoot not single hair
For, If you do, by all that's good.
III tell. III tell the Mayor!
The dog that you see here,
lie is a friend of mine;
Oh spare him, Fred, as l woVId, FRET,
Spare any dog Of thine.
Now, any person who knows Fred.
knows that he would sooner
'ass through the fiery iurnsce of the lie
rev children than even thiak of shooting
woman. He Is a kind hearted gentle
nan, into whose mind the thought of |
hoolinS at any woman would not enter.
&c may, IN banter, have said something
% clanlorlng females w;iling over threat
med ours, but that IL ever. "A, has been
minated, got his good gun ready for
laughter, is in o,r opinion supremely ri
Iiculous. This, rs we have said. is the
most serions charge that was made
against MIR. Wbitcalnp, and he. too, goes
cut without amy stain upon his character
That these three officers arc out. no |
matter now trivial the causes for their
removal may have h,en, is not to be re.
GREETED. However much they might
have desired to serve the city faithfully.
thelr relations with the mayor had become