The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-27

| "N' that arc not Dascu upon III
oohd' lie clames to licensed attorney
he has been chosen by the highest powe
Ia the Iand-the people-to the Office he
seeks to occupy, and he has complied witt
the requirements Of the law in the matter
OF a bond. Under these circumstances
admitting that his claim to license
DC susceptible of substantiation
1t will be a difficult matter
to successfully refuse him admittance to
the office, and to do this would be only fit
sequel to the gigantic farce enacted on
election day by "the highest in the land
the people,
The News says that THE BULLETIN
said that iii took the word of republican
that Mr.. Tanner had withdrawn from the
race for city clerk" and then asks if We
would taken the word Of Lally democrat
to the effect that M. Foley had withdrawn.
The News man is mistaken. THE BuL.
LETIN did not say shat il took the word
OF republican as guarantee of Tanners
withdrawal" and therefore left that gen
tleman's name off the election tickets. THE
BULLETIN said nothing of that kind. What
The BULLETIN did say was that ga
good republican was responsible
for leaving Mr.. Tanners name Off
the election tickets" and denied the charge
OF the News that the manager was to
blame for that little oversight. In other
words good republican and one, too, who
had no choice between the two colored can
didates, DID leave the names off the tickets
by mere accident and he did this not only
without instructions from, but without the
knowledge OF the proprietor and manager
OF The BULLETIN AS to the insinuation
that Mr. Foley's name would not have been
so left of, it is entirely irrelevant. Such
thing could not have occurred in, Mr..
Foley's or any the other candidates cases
for they interested themselves in the matter
enough to contradict any wrong rumor that
might have been sprung, while Mr.. Tanner
did not take the pains to do this, 50 far as
We know.
The policy adopted by City Marshal
Robinson IN regard to the dogs in the city
will have the effect if properly
carried out, not only of
lessenng the number of that noble,
but also, IN some respects, very objectiona-
bic species of quadrupeds, but will also
make the collection of the tax more uni
form than 1t has been in years past. 1t is
his intention to impound all dogs that are
found running AZ large without having the
metaIic safeguard signifying that their
lease OF life has been purchased from the
city. But he does not stop here as others
have done before him. 1t is well known
that, while many owners of dogs, pay the
taxes on their animals whenever the time
approaches for doing so, there have always
been many Others who, either from de.
sire TO beat the city, or because they thought
the city had no right to collect
the tax, kept their dogs in the house and
refused or neglected, to pay the tax. As
natural consequence the number of those
who paid has been growing less year after
year and this year, many who have always
paid before, have, resolved not to pav, un.
less the law'is enforced against all alike
unless their neighbors, who keep SIX dogs,
are made to pay six times as much as they,
who keep but one. This is right. But
Marshal Robinson purposes to make 1t
very difficult for persons to evade the pay
ment of their dog tax. He intends that all
who own dog shall either pay two dollars
for the privilege, or surrender the dog and, |
as he can not invade, in person, the prem
iSes of the owner of an animal upon which
the tax is unpaid and take the said animals |
body for Tie tax, he intends to proceed
legally against all such persons he intends
by the use of law to compel the
obedience of law. The resolution
is a novel and good one, therefore
we hope it will be ngidly adhered to and |
acted upon. We believe that dog that is
not worth two dollars per year to its owner
is worth less to the city and should be
wrapped in the dreamless drapery OF
eternal peace"
On the first Tuesday of next month the
old city officers, who were not reelected at
the recent city election, will give place to
those who were proclaimed, by popular
ballot, to be their SUCCESSORS. Those who
will, after two years Of good public service,
step aside from the beaten path upon
which SO many have trod before them, into
The quiet and independent walks of lite,
are Messrs. Ed Dezona, George Il. Ohm