The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-08

a saloon keeper, but had not renewed his
license at the end Of the year. His failure
to renew his license was due more to lack
of funds than to any conscientious scIu-
pies against the liquor traffic, which Was
amply proven by the fact that he did not
allow his failure To have license to prevent
him from engaging in that much abused
traffic He did openly engage in it with
out having obtained license from eithr the
cityor from the internal revenue officers
here. lie did sell liquors, tobaccos and
cigars for one month and seven days in
violation Of thecity's and the governments
laws, and he did this with the full knowl.
edge and consent of the city and internal
revenue officers. If judged strictly the
city officers were probably wrong in al
lowing Gladney to sell ut all without license,
but they were acting in accordance with
usage and it cannot be said that they were,
by permitting such wrong, relieving them
selves of any obligations to Gladney. Fur
thermore, the city officers have done their
duty now. They have arrested, convicted
and fined Glsdney because he did not come
to time within the time agreed upon But
were the internal revenue officers any less
culpabel Were they also in the habit OF
issuing saloon and tobacco licenses on thirty
days credit to persons 30 utterly irresponsi-
bic as a negro ward-politcian, who can
almost carry his real and personl property
about in his dilapidated plug haiti
can it be said of them with equal
certainty that they were not,
by permitting this negro to open
" violate the internal revenue laws, reliey,
ing themselves of obligations, expressed or
implied, under which this negro had placed
them by his services in the late disgrace
full primariesi Perhaps these questions
are impertnent and redectupon the inter
nal revenue officers q little too severely.
Perhaps there was no bargain between the
officers and the negro aforesaid, by which
the latter was to be permitted to violate
the internal revenue laws IN consideration
of his services in the interest of Mr.. Thorn.
as. Perhaps it was only a case of sim pie
neglect Of the people business on the part Of
the officers, caused by the pressing demand
for their services in the primaries OF the
party. This is a very charitable view of
the matter, but is it jUstifedl Not yet,
The excitement caused by the convention
and the preliminary steps thereto is over,
and the campaign has not yet fairly opened.
The Republican political elements are com
paratively quiet Gladneys crime is no
longer secret, not even an open secret, for
it is matter of record in the courts, and it
has been published to the world in the pub
lie press. The internal revenue officers can
not plead, and could not have pleaded
since several weeks back, pressing engage
ments Of a partisan political character; they
can not plead, and could not have pleaded
since several days back, entire innocence Of
Gladneys CRIME. Yet Gladney has not
been called upon to answer to the federal
courts for his bold violation OF the federal
law. There can be no longer any doubt
that the internal revenue officers are now
wiiIfully neglecting their duty and while
doing this they are laying themselves open
to the suspicion that they are winking at
Gladney's crime in order not to excite that
politicians displeasufe, and thereby run
the risk of losing his influence with the
predominatng element of the party in the
county, during the campaign now opening,