The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-22

Thomas political interests conserved, one
can easily judge when II is known that he
is the leader of a Republican ring in Mount
Vernon which has held high carnival at the
peoples expense for number of years,
and was recently brought into odorous pub
lie notice by the Mount Vernon News, an
honest wide.wake, Democratic journal,
which exposed the frauds which the Re-
publican county collector, named Indy,
had perpetrated. Indy had appropriated
the county's money to the amount of thou
sands of dollars, and he had
been enabled TO do this without detection
| by innumerable other violations of law,
such rs failing to make periodical reports,
or to make settlements with the county, or
to file sworn statements, or pay over to the
state treasurer the collected taxes on hand
and to file the proper certificates with the
state auditor, etc, etc, for all of which vio.
iations he is liable TO fines aggregating
$3O,OOO0O, and to the pcniten-
tiory for upwards of fifteen years, If modcr-
ate penalties for each violation were in
flicted. The News brought all these fac 3
to light Indy was sued and was COM
PEELED to pay over to the county treasurer
| more than three thousand dollars with in
terest, which he had wrongfully "wirh-
held" But while Indy was in the midst
OF his feelings from the public moneys nm
examining board was appointed, and
Mr.. Pavcy was member of that
board. The board made a thorough OK.
animation Of the collectors books, which,
as the News also proved by publishing cor
rect extracts, were "doctored" in the most
shameless manner, plainly showing, by
wrong additions, wrong entries, erasures
and interlineations, that heavy frauds had
been perp6trated by the keeper, and that
bold efforts had been made to hide the
crookedness and make the robbery per-
mauent. These frauds were readily dis
covered in single glance over the accounts
by the editor of the News, but Mr.. Pavey's
investigating committee had, 50 far as the
public ever knew, found nothing wrong.
The inevitable conclusion is, Of course,
that Paveys committee was a set OF old
bats who see least when the fraud is most
glazing, or that they became parties to the
crime of which Indy was finally con-
victed. In either case Pavey who was at
the head Of the committee, or any other
member of that body of whtowashers, is
entirely unfit to occupy any office of profit
and trust anywhere, least Of all in the pub.
lie service. Col. Willis was a faithful Of.
fcer. Republicans and Democrats alike
agree in this. His report to the govern
ment was always satisfactory and generally
much more SO than that of any other of the
collectors. But all this does not save him
is no recommendation to him. The poo.
pies interests would demand his retention
or the appointment Of one of his faithful
deputies, but the peoples interests go for
naught. Raum's, and Logan's and Thomas
interests demand his removal and the install
latiou IN his stead of man of a VIGOROUSLY
doubtful character. The honest man who
would serve The people must give way to
the companion and dupe of thieves who
will serve the party bosses, and this is what
you call Republican principle, Republican
civil service reform. What try-
esty on honesty and common dccency!