The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-14

rlous ways before it was put upon i's
passage. The business Of the meeting WAS
less volumnious than that of the previous
meeting, but the meeting was held later
because ofthe speeches made.
AT the taxpayers meeting last night
Alderman r. W. Aalliday urged those
present to march up to the court house to-
day and pay their taxes so as to put money
into the city and county treasures, and en-
able the city council to make the improve
ments urged upon it by the association
He thought that the matter Of determining
the ownership Zof the levees, and
the right to collect wharfage, aud the
results of moss.covercds contracts, was sub
ordinate to that of building levces just
now, and that it would be well, not only
for the city to put all the dirt on the levees
she could get, but to coax others
to do the same, and in this belief Mr.. Hal
liday will certainly be sustained by the
people generally. Invlew of all the facts
it is certain that much mere can be ac-
complished by confering with those
who have large interests here, with view
to getting their assistance in strengthening
the levees, than could be by an open war
upon them, or by determined opposition to
them.
From information reliably obtained.
The BULLETIN feels safe in saying as it did
some days ago, that there is no foundation
whatever in truth for the rumor that the
Singer Sewing Machine company contem'
plates the removal of its works from this
city. The gentlemen who selected Cairo
as the place for their great branch estab-
ment, were as fully informed of her natural
disadvantages as her natural advantages;
they know that the danger from high wa
ter, such as we have gone through recent
ly, is not likely to occur again in acentury,
and they know that ii is foolish to be in
fuenced in any great enterprise by such
rare exceptions The company will 60 on
with its contemplated great improve
ments and increase of capacity
just as though Cairo had not been
exposed to, and been victorious over, an eX-
ceptional food which carried destruction
to many town thought to be more favor
ably situated than she is, and those com
munities, raducah among them, which ex-
pected to gain by Cairo's loss in this re-
spect will be certainly and sorely disap-
pointed
Gov. Cullom, in late interview with
newspaper reporter, expressed the opin-
ion that the extra session ought not to last
more than thirty days. In his opinion, he
had not included anything in the call that
would extend the session beyond the time
required for redistrictng the state, as the
other subjects mentioned could be discuss
ed and settled while the necessary CON-
mit,ees were preparing the apportionment
bills for passage. The governor is of the
opinion that there will be no substantial
opposition to the session of the Illinois and
Michigan canal TO the United States on
proper conditions, and in regard to the re-
vision of the criminal laws Of the state, he
thinks in view of its Importance the legis-
latnre should rot be long in providing a
commission to report to the next legislature.
The governor informed the reporter, that
upon investigation, he had decided that it
would be a mistake to include in the call
the subject of aid for Southern Illinois,
and he had not acceded to the request of
4 Chicago to open the way for that city to in
cur debt of ten million dollars, because
he believed other cities would insist on n
like privilege of going into debt, and that
this matter would have involved tedious
legislation and have been afterward defeat
ed at the polls.
The communications to THE BULLETIN
of Hon. John M. Lansden have, in general
been truthful history of number Of
transactions between the Cairo Property
company and the Illinois Central railroad
company, which vitality affected the peopl,
of the City of Cairo. Excepting, perhaps
the one published in this mornings BuLLE
TIN they have confined themselves to
mere statement of facts as they appeared
from court records and have therefore beer
most valuable to those people Of Cair'
who were not informed Of them. 1t i
true that he has made the city's side o
the case somewhat gloomy one--that is
if sef-dependence may be considered il
any other than favorable light; but MI
Lansden did no: start out with the inten
ton of raising vain hopes in the minds O
the people, but Of giving them true pic
l n 4 A.