The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-05


Dor If he is in danger of breaking down,
prop him up in some way, either by kind
words, good counsel, or lit from your
pocket book, It may be your turn, some
day to need help. Encourage your local
authorities in making improvements for the
good of the town. Pull together, not one this
way and the other that, as is the case some
times-'Unlted we stand, divided we fall
should be rem embercd by every one who
has an interest in the prosperity of the
town in which he Understanding aloof
from.all public enterprises, for fear some
one else will get few cents or dollars
more than you will, will act against you
every time, for in all communities it is i'm
possible that any shall prosper without Its
being Of some benefit to his neighbors-
the building Of nice dwelling stimulates
pride Of surroundings in the rest-real
estate "goes up" or increases in value in
the neighborhood-al are in degree
benefited, so with everything else. We can
not if we would live independent of each
other, the wise Master Builder never intend
ed that it should be so, and any course, to
the contrary, will tend to drag down and
to destroy what little prosperity that our
city may have
-Thecitizenso Of Paducah and other cities
have called upon the mayors and other city
officers of their respective cities, who have
served them during the last two years, to
consent to a reelection and IN nearly all
cases, so far as they have come under our OBJ
servation, the officers have kindly accepted
the invitations Would 1t be asking too
much of our citizens, to suggest that they
follow the example of our neighborsl
Our officers, one and all, have undoubtedly
striven to serve the people, to the best Of
their knowledge and ability. They have
been untring in their efforts to per
form their duties as it was
given them to understand them.
and, if they have given complete satisfac-
ton to ALL they have been more than human,
and if they have NOT given complete salts
faction to all, they have proven themselves
to be human, just like all of US are, and
occupy about the same position that every
other pubic servant, all over the world,
does and has always done, and will always
do, to the end Of the world. We are not
now advocating tie claims Of anybody
We mean simply to awaken the people
from their apparent lethargy by calling to
their mind that city election is approach
ing, and that some Of their time and
thought would not be lost if it were de-
voted, even at this early day, to
consideration of that fact. All around
us the people are manifesting their prefer
ences by giving an expression to their
thoughts and, in fact, actively engaged in
making preparations for the day of cleo
ton. While we have plenty of time, be-
tween now and the third Tuesday in april,
to make our selections from among the
many good men that might be induced to
serve the people in the different capacities,
yet there could be no harm in a little agta-
ton now; for the sooner an interest in the
coming event is aroused, and the men who
would be willing to receive the suffrages Of
the people stand forth, the more calmly and
fairly can the voters deliberate upon the
fitness of those who present themselves,
and choose between them. 1t is our pur-
pose in this article, to set the voters of
Cairo to thinking; to get them to recall to
their minds, the events Of the past two
years, so far as they concerned the city
government and, giving full weight to all
the circumstances rounding them, to
Judge them separately and collect
lively, by the standard of right; and it,
after such consideration, they come to the
conclusion that all was as near in accord
ance with their standard as could be ex-
pected, well and good, they will know
what to do if not, well aud good, too, they
will then also know what to do. What
kind of men we want to I'LL
our city Offices every one knows; for there
is probably no intelligent voter in the city
who has not An ideal of some kind in his
mind and that ideal, fit be the outgrowth
of pure, honest nature--the result OF fair
and full consideration Of everything ap.
pertaining to It, will undoubtedly
he such as the emergency seems TO de-
mand, and would meet the hearty approval
OF the general public. We will not, there
fore, at the present time, enter into q
lengthy discourse as TO the essential quail.
fcations Of model public officer, but sub
NIT the matter to those, whose bounden duty
it is to say who shall and who
shall not hold office, and what shall and
what shall not be the conditions mn, which