The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-06-04

| essential In city attorney, ana therefore
it is believed by many that Mr.. Cunning
ham, even though he does not possess a IL
ceDse, would be eligible to the Office, ii he
has the majority of the popular vote.
This opinion would probably be correct II
the city attorneys duties were confined
exclusively to cases tried and disposed of in
the police courts of the city. But this is
not the case. All the more impor-
tant cases to which the city
is a party and which arise In the police
courts, are carried to the circuit court, and
there Mr.. Cunningham is debarred from
practice by the statute OF Illinois, 1874,
page 1860, chapter 10, section 1st, which
says that none but lcenced attorneys shall
be allowed to practice in courts of record.
Hence, though Mr.. Cunningham may have
represented the city in his own peculiar
way in case in the police court, he would
be compelled to abandon the
case when it went into the higher court.
1t is not reasonable to suppose that man
could be qualified to hold the Office of city
attorney, if he is prohibited by the statute
from performing the duties of said office.
Therefore it would seem that, even though
the mandamus suit now pending in the cir
cult court be decided for Mr.. Cunningham,
it would not bring him nearer to his object.
The French protectionists having sue
cceededed in getting the duties on I'M
ported textile fabrics increased from TWEEN
| ty-fve to 210 per cent, the manufacturers
will proceed to bleed the unfortunate peo-
pie who they pretend TO be serving. En-
glish manufacturers will be injured some
what by this protectionist movement, as
France takes about ten per cent. of British
exports, The French movement was caused
by dull trade, the result of bad harvests.
The manufacturers Gas the same class did
in this country have been declaring that
the trade depression was entirely due to
the admission of foreign goods, and that
the salvation of the country depended on
prohlbltory tariff. Our American man.
ufacturers of textile fabrics, who are con-
tinually crying for markets for their goods,
are more effectually shut out of France
than ever. The French tariff is their own
medicine administered to them. If they
were candid, they would say they do not
like it.
Some days ago the question Of who
should take the prominent parts in the
coming high school examination came up
for consideration in the graduating class
There have always been two ways of de-
Gliding this question, to-wit: either by ap-
pointment or by election. Some times
those who stood the highest in the class
were appointed by the superintendent and at
other times the class has chosen by ballot
from their number those who were to have
this honor. The present graduating class
in the high school adopted the latter plan
which resulted in the election of Miss
Rosa Goldstine for the valedictory; Miss
Tilley Vincent, for the salutatory, and Miss
Matte Petrie for tn class motto. Highly
interesting papers may be expected from
the young ladies as they were all chosen
with view to their ability to acquit them
selves in manner that will reflect credit
upon themselves as we'll as upon their
classmates. The examinations are to begin
next Monday.
Dispatches from Albany yesterday
indicated that Gov. Cornell holds the key
70 the situation, and that if he chose TO
apply it, the deadlock would be broken
There is no doubt that the half breeds
suffer from too many candidates, but hav-
ing put themselves on record that a
caucus is impolitlc, they can not now resort
to one for the settlement OF their
family differences, and consequently they
find it somewhat difficult to bring about
concentration of their forces. Their policy,
as outlined, is to bring Cornell forward at a
suitable period (perhaps to-day and put
him through with "boom." It's thought
he can easily obtain enough stalwart votes
for an election, for he has been regarded as
stalwart enough for all practical purposes;
while the halfbreeds are content to
take him in the confidence that his accurate
political sense will lead him to support the
administration. All accounts agree that
Cornell sees that this is his supreme chance
Having elected Cornell and disposed of
Conkling, the haltbreeds would find it easy
work to select one of their own kidney for
the other term.
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