The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-06
THE MEETING LAST NIGHT

FARCE-MIsERABLE MANAGEMENT.
The following handful was circulated on
the streets yesterday afternoon:
ATTENTION!
All citizens Of Cairo are requested to be at the
music stand on Tenth ST.. at 1870 this evening, TO
take steps to quarantine our city against yellow fe-
yer. Let every one Interested in the health OF our
city he present. MANY CITIZENS,
In response to this call about two hun
dred citizens assembled at the place indi-
Gated. The meeting doubtless had its
origin in dissatisfaction, not so much with
our quarantine laws themselves as with the
manner of their execution. The immediate
cause was the negligence Of officials
through which boat from an infected dis
trict landed ut our wharf without let or
hindrance But as soon as the
speakers got fairly started it was
evident there would c no harmony as the
advice and suggestions offered differed as
widely as the polls. In the first place the
meeting was without head or tail, and it is
intended as no reflection upon the gentle
man who managed it to say that they were
not exactly clear us to what was the real
object of the meeting There can be no
doubt but that at the beginning the people
there were thoroughly in earnest but as
! the meeting progressed and it became APP
parent that many Of the sentiments uttered
were unpopular and that there was
great divergence in the opinions
of the speakers us 20 what
should be done, all genuine in
tcrcst was lost until the whole affair
dwindlcd into Il broad burlesque. Mr., B, +,
Blake was made chairman OF the first meet
ing, and Capt. Williams secretary.
After little delay Mr., b. +. Livingston
appeared upon the stand and said all he
knew of the objects Of the meeting he had
gathered from the posters which had been
circulated. lle.reviewed adversely the ac'
ton Of the board of health, giving the
members full credit for good motives, but
severely criticised the action Of the officers
whose duty it was to execute the law. lie
advocated a stringent quarantine, and was
in favor Of volunteer patrols to ciiectually
guard the city against the importation Of
yellow fever in any shape, and announced
his intention of serving as one
Of those volunteers should the sug-
gcstion meet with the favor Of the meet
ing. The gentleman said much more that
was just barely relevant TO the subject of
quarantine, but this indicates the real gist
Of his remarks
Mr., Lincgar spoke, and we imagine that
he wished he had not before he got through.
His remarks in the main were suitable and
just and met with the applause of his au-
ditors, but when he advised them to dis
pcrse and 90 to their homes he was met with
jeers, and several uncomplimcntary remarks
ANU sugpcSllbHS' .hl' ls'ucShi eniN NIlO
alarm that had been created in the town
had done and was doing us incalculablc
injury, He appealed to every man to take
courage. He did not believe the disease
would come here, and If it did
it would only assume local shape
as it had done in 1878. There was no
healthier city on the continent, he said,
than Cairo. There could be no purcr M-
mosphcrc. What was to be dreaded most
was the spread Of sensational stories and
the commission of sensational acts. He
referred to the labelling of houses with
yellow fever as having in one instance pro-
duccd fright that resulted in sickness.
He rather complimentcd the personnel Of
the board Of health, and thought they were
doing pretty well under the circumstances;
but he was frequently interrupted by un.
complimentary illusions TO city officials
and finally forced to dcsist He was told
he was the wrong man for that meeting.
Mr., Wood was called for, and up to II
certain point his remarks were well
received. He knew nothing, he said, Of
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