The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-18

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ing bottle of cold water decorated with u
a red ribbon. 1t just happened 50, of
course.
Mr.. Frank Schuckcrs is in the field rs =
candidate for the office Of City Clerk. 1t is
needless for us 10 say word in common
dation Of him, as every voter in the city
knows him, and not one Of the number can
honestly question his entire fitness. He
would have nothing to learn in writing up
the proceedings, nor, IN fact, in any other
respect Furthermore, he needs the Office
Tor the emolum 'nts it provides. For these
and other reasons he will be cordially sup.
ported
The Appellate JudgcslIip made vacant
by the promotion Of Judge Baker to the
Supreme bench, has been filled by the APP.
pointmcnt of Judge George w. Wall To the
place. 4 man more deeply learned in the
law, one of Il quicker conception or a kccn,r
insight, could not have been found among
the Circuit Judges Of this Appellate di,iS,
ion. II Judge Wall has any aspirations in
that direction and will consent 10 De con-
! trolled by them, the time is no, distant
when he will he IN honored Judge Of our
Supreme court and stand recognized !, one
OF the ablest juris;> Of the United States.
Just as engineer Thrupp predicted,
work on the Cache river irop bridge has been
delayed until high water ir,crpo>ei 70 de-
lay it. probably until mex; July or August,
The months OF November ard December
furnished a stretch Of fifty DAYS that might
have been employed by the contractors; bu,
they lie; the interval pass unim proved, and
now the obstacle rha, eoa.l rasj.
lily be for>ees, is in the way, arl On work
can be done during the n,U i've Qy >.N
months. The council j very .eGign, body,
but the point has been reached where fur
thcr torbearancc Will no; lie regarded a, 4
virtue.
Willie the Democrats Of the Missouri
legislative caucus did themselves and the
Democratic party honor by the nomination
of General Shields TO the Office Of |. :.
Senator, they have more than undone that
good work 10y the nomination OF George q.
Vest for the same position and the longer
term. So long as the south sends men to
cangress because they were conspicuous
rebels, because they favor the repeal OF the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the
constitution and because they insist upon
the legitimacy OF rebel war claims, Just that
long will it be impossible for the Democ-
racy Of the north either to make successful
Roadway agains' the enemy or even 10 hold
its own. The nomination OF Vest, by the
Missouri Democratic caucus, in>uring as it
docs, his election, j, worth not less than
one hundred thousand votes to tile Rcpub. !
lican party.
No suljcc, that has been brought to |
the attention Of the City Council during the |
past year, has excited more general discus. /
sion among our citizens than the claims |
presented by number of persons, for pay.
mcnt for bedding, etc, burned last sum
mcr under the orders Of the Mayor or the .
Health officer, The proposition to build .
the Cache bridge; the suggestions Of ways
and mean, toprotect the city from epidemic
diseases, didn't excite one.half the discus.
sion that was excited 10y the refusal Of the
Council TO pay Il couple Of claims ior com.
pcnNaton for infected bedding DESTROYED.
Upon the part Of those who insisted that
the claims should have been allowed. there
was an exhibition Of evaporation out Of all
keeping with the character Of the subject.
They held in view the naked fact that
claims Of dchticalIy the same nature had
been pald without cayI or opposition, and
couldn't understand why the discovery that
they were not lawful claims against the
city, should be made az the time and place
that would cut ont Mrs, Sullivan and other
poor people from their pay We entertain
no purpose to defend the course of the zen.
tcmcn who voted mo" on the motion TO
allow the bills, Having paid n part of
them, we should, had We been member
of the Council. insisted upon serving every.
body alike. But We do defend the rght
Of u councilman or anybody else, to change
his opinion when he pcr,uldcs bimse that
he ought 10 do 50, The gentlemen who
voted no. explained that they had given
the matter due reflection, and were con.
WINGED that the city was neither legally
nor morally bound to pay any such
bills. Resting under a conviction Of that
kind, they could not, honestly, do otherwise
than oppose their payment, No man Gun
plead one wrong in justification Of another;
and had the councilmcn in question voted