The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-04-05
Called to Meet at the Court House on Sat.
urdAy Night.

| was NdTiOusly tsliuidteu d. from tITee
hundred and fifty to- five hundred per-
sons. We believe there was not.
man less than four hundred present.
In point of enthusiasm the meeting was
Cairo, and the work in hand was dis
posed of, considering the large attendance
with less wranging and more har-
mony than we have ever known before.
THE ORGANIZATION.
At twenty minutes to 8 o'clock, the
house being then crowded. Mr.. NJ. B.
Harrell called the meeting to order. and
suggested Mr. John Q. liarman for chair
man, and the nomination was confirmed
unanimously.
| Mr.. Hartman took the stand, and in
brief speech thanked the meeting tor the
preference shown him. He said the
meeting was called, as he understood it,
for the purpose Of organizing for the
municipal election, with the view Of
nominating straight,
OLD FASHIONED DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
He was in favor of the movement and
| would do all in his power to help it along.
SECRETARIES.
Judge Bross nominated NJ. B. Harrell
| and Nj. j. Howley secretaries.
READY FOR BUSINESS.
The chairman announced the meeting
fully organized and ready tor bust
ness.
Mr.. T. w. Halliday said in order to
get the question before the house he
would move that the meeting proceed
| 10 select
CITY CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
to consist OF seven members. one from
each ward and two from the city at large.
| The motion was seconded bv a dozen
| persons. The chair announced the mo.
ton and called for the ayes and nays;
but az there was
MISUNDERSTANDING
As to the object tor, which the committee
was to be appointed, many believing
that it was the intention to make nomi-
nations at this meeting, the vote on the
proposition was SO evenly divided that
the chair was unable to decide whether
it had been carried or lost.
| HE RISES TO EXPLAIN.
Mr.. Halliday explained the purport OF
his motion. IL was simply .tor the APP
pointmen. Of a city central committee,
and the question OF nominating a ticket
was an after consideration.
JUDGE BRoss
spoke ia favor OF organiZi ng for
the campaign. He believed the time
had come when ii was necessary tor the
Democratic party to take the bull by
the horns The party had been vast.
ing its energies, strength and time for
years.
CARRIED.
At the conclusion of Judge Bross' re-
marks the motion was again announced,
and it was carried by a unanimous vote.
7. LINEGAR
Moved that the chair be instructed to ap-
point the committee. The motion pre-
vailed by unanimous vote. The char
man announced the following
COMMITTEE:
AT Large, ID. Z. Linegar and 4. ii.
Cunningham:
First ward-John Nj. Hogan;
Second ward-Herman Meyers;
Third ward-I. l.. Harrell;
Fourth ward-I. b. OstrandeI;
Fifth ward-Walton w. Wright.
FOR MAss-CoNvENTIoN.
The committee question having been
disposed Of, Capt. w. NJ. Williams moved
that the committee be instructed to call
a mass-conyention, to meet at the court
house on next Saturday evening. for the
purpose Of nominating candidates for the
various city offices to be voted for at
the coming charter election.
AN OBJECTION.
Mr.. NJ. b. Harrell was not in favor of
nominating a Democratic ticket. The
Democratic majority in the city he said
was so small that with the least disaffec.
ton in the ranks of the party defeat was
inevitable. And besides it was not Ger.
tain that all the Democratic candidates
would submit their claims to the conyen-
ton. He believed it was inexpedient to
nominate straight ticket, and offered
| an amendment to Capt Williams motion.
by calling the convention to consider the
feasibility OF nominating straight ticket.
JOHN sREEHAN
Thought there was no.Occasion to fear the
result if good men were put in the field.
The ticket could be elected.
Mr.. HARRELL's AMENDMENT TABLED.
Mr.. NJ. -. Ho Wiley moved that the
amendment offered by MIR. Harrell be
laid on the table.
MR.. THOMAS LEWIS
Rose to discuss the motion. but the
chairman brought his gavel down with
such force that Mr.. Lewis at once come
| to the conclusion that motion to Law on
the table was not debatsble, and he took
his seat.
The motion to lay on the table was
carried with but one or two dissenting
voices.
SOME TALK.
Remarks fsvoring the original motion
A.