The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-21


the work on the levee and under his direc-
ton it will progress rs rapidly and as well
rs before.
Under the head of "silly stuff the
Paducah Enterprise proceeds to comment
upon an item which appeared in THE Bull
LErIN a day or tive ago, denying the ru.
NOR that the Singer company would re-
move from here and expressing sympathy
with those communities, Paducah in par
ticular, who bad waited in anxious ex-
pectaiion and open arms to take in"
Csiro's great institution. The Enterprise
admits that it "first published the rumor
on the strength of an assertion made by
an agent OF the Singer company that
Paducah has no desire to profit by the loss
or distress of any place or people," that
Paducah "can hold her own in legitimate
competitions" that Paducah has no need
of sympathy because it "never hoped that
the Singer works would be located there"
and is therefore not disappointed in the
fact that the works will not be removed
from Cairo. The Enterprise is undoubt-
eddy sincere in its statements and tells the
truth so far rs it knows; but The BULLETIN
is inclined to think that the Enterprise
doesn't know all the truth. THE BULLETIN
is disposed to modify anything it may
have said questioning the good will of
the people of Paducah towards the people
of Cairo, or Psducahs ability to hold her
own in Legitimate competition, and it
doubts that it said anything of that kind.
But when the Enterprise inmates that it,
or the authorities, or some of the promi-
nent citizens of Paducah, entertained no
hope that the Singer company would To-
cate there, and made no efforts TO induce
it to do SO, then The Enterprise intimatcs
so, either in ignorance or willful disregard
of the fact that the Singer companys re.
preventative here WAS waited upon by
prominent gentlemen of Psducsh and in
formed that the mayor of that town wished
to confer or correspond with him. The
Enterprise must not understand that THE
BuLLETN mentions this as a rcproach to
the people OF Paducah, but rather as a
credit to them on the score of good Judy
ment and enterprise.
AS may be seen from the report of
proceedings of the federal house of repre-
sentanves, upon the Mississippi river i'm
provement bills row pending before it,
there is some dissatisfaction on the part ef
the representatives from the northern Mis-.
sissippi river states, because, It is alleg d,
said states are not to have fair share OF the
proposed appropriations. In view of this
dissatisfaction Mr.. Thomas committee has
changed thebill somewhat, with view to
making it entirely satisfactory and
'SH"'i"-, % iat 40 Fossiole,
all impediments to its ultimate
passage. So far the efforts of Mr.. Thomas
and his committee have been in great
measure successful, and if they do not
prove entirely 50, i. will be no fault OF his,
for his labors have been not only hard but
well directed. While he has had in view
the interests of the people of the valley
states in general, his attention and efforts
have been more particularly directed to-
ward furthering the interests of his own
district, and, so far, he has succeeded in
this beyond the expectations Of many of
his constituents. Mr.. Thomas is repub-
licau; he is not the ablest of mon; is un-
doubleday less able to take advantage of
great opportunities to further the interests
Of his constituents than several good dem
Dcrats that might be mentioned would
be; for these reasons Mr.. Thomas
is not the best man in his place.
But it is certain that in comparison with
any of the other republican gentlemen who
have SO tor been mentioned as his probable
rivals for the next nomination, he stands
ahead of them all. He has experience,
position and influence, four
qualifications which it always takes years
Of time and much wcll.directed effort to
acquire, which none of the rivals aforesaid
possess, but which are of great value to
the people Of the district because they en-
able their representatives to work the more
effectively in advancing their
interests. Our Republican friends can not
afford to ignore these things the people OF
the district can not afford to ignore them.
And ii they, our Republican friends, will
dismiss their sectional feelings, be guided
only by their business and other interests,
and give Mr.. Thomas qualifications their
proper weight, they will unite upon him
and seek to make him his own successor.
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