The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-04-19
THE DAILY BULLETIN.
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Argus "Mr. Halliday was very for
tunate IN having the hearty support Of The
| BULLETIN Without the aid Of that news
paper Of uGlimited backbone he probably
would have been defeated by four or five
hundred majority 'y'-lf the Argus were in
earnest ~ this kindly o. notice The BUL.
LETrN woll1 acknowledge the compliment
with veryip oper AMI becoming gIi,tle blu,h
an courtesy. But the Argus is sarcastic
the correct Interpretation OF the above it
tie extract is briefly this: Nr. Hslhday's
election was a i0regone conclusion; The
BULLETINS efforts contributed nothing
whatever towari the favorable result; very
little backbone" was required to take q
decided stand in the case. The first prppo.
siiiou il purely specu atiye, and therefore
90, susceptlbl. OF settlement by argument; I;
the second our extreme modesty cOmpes us
admit may be true; the third, if true, would
stamp the Argus as SO much the more
coward, for hacking even the very little
mora courage or backbone" it required TO
either foyor OF oppose Mr.. Halliday.
Altogether the result of Tuesday
election is very satisfactory Mr., Halliday
~ mayor iusuTes a model city government
IN 50 far rs the executive can maize i, 20
Mr.. Foley As city clerk will see that the
records Of the city are kept slwsys in a
manner that child though 4, fool may un.
ders,aud them. Ia Mr. Nelis We have a
-trusty city treasurer who will keep An eye
on the little money that may pass through
his hands. so that not tsrthing shal bt
missed a, the end of his stewardship
Mr.. Hendricks is the city attorney again
| by handsome majority. We preferred
Mr.. Leei 10 NJ Heuiric because we be.
lieved Mr. Leek to be- the abler and the
more energetic young man of the two Bu
we msy have been p'stsken in Mr. Hen
bricks; his former le'hargy may have been
due toa want pf proper pecnOsry encourage
mept aud the very healthy Increase ~ tn,
salary Cf bis odice may develope in hin
energy aud ability hitherto dormsnt, Mr.
Hendricks has the opportunity snd tn,
necessary iuiuCement now 10 show wha'
is IN him Nud we trust
that be will not ignore them
Among the alderman elected there are two
Nj Walker, OF the First ward, and Mr.
Stout, of the Fifth ward, TO whom the
duties Of their positions will be new, but
whose good, hard sense aud liberal view
viii soon make them ut home iu the coun
Gil chamber and give them sucl
influence there as will msk
them valuable representatives I,
their respective constituencies Messrs
Patier, Hughes and Saith have been Their
before aud their reelection was 40 endorse
meut ot their past services in the council
Col. Wood. Mr. f B. Petit add Mr.. I. n
hllll ptNNHb Ntbl Nil' w Wv NNuHIll WIZ
creditable records, and we feel contiden
that we VOC. the sentiments Of the commu
nifty wben We say, th IN the Withdrawal
OF the first named o. these three, the coun
Gil lost one of ts strongest members
Another member rem,ios now IN be elcc
ted in the Filth ward, to Gil the vucanc,
that will be created by the resignation q
Mayor-elect Halliday, The Fifth ware
has some excellent mserial--some of III
best in the city-aniit will probably see ,ha
its strongest and best man is brought tor
ward 1t is safe to assume that the policy o
the city, with reference to various matters o
importance, will not be changed, but TIA
the line marked out by the former bod
will be closely followed up, to the end the
the greatest good may fually result. IL
all of which THE BULLETIN feels ,hankrv
to the people and on the peoples accoun
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Sept. l4tb, 1880,