The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-06-12
The Daily Bulletin.
LOCAL NEWS.
A WORD OR TWO.

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and we, therefore, venture to make
a few remarks as follows, ro-wit:
At the meeting of the Council Tuesday
night resolution was introduced by Alder.
man McHale and adopted by the Council,
providing for an appropriation of reasona.
BILE sum of money by the city, to be used
for the arrest and prosecution of COW thiev-
es and those who connive with
them to defeat justice. This may
look like an extraordinary action
for a City Council to take, and 1t is
extraordinary in this case and under the
circumstances; but there has for some years
been an urgent need of some such efforts to
bring TO justice persons who made bust
ness of stealing COWS IN this city.
There may be some merit in the objec-
ton raised by Alderman Wood, at the
time the resolution was offered, namely, that
it would be to misapply the public funds
it would be to apply them to purposes out
side Of what was termed in the city charter
corporate purposes" and therefore illegal.
The corporation is not supposed to be
liable to taxation for the protection Of in
dividuals il their personal possessions. But,
then, the case is an urgent one, and the
public generally will probably very will
ingly submit to little stretching of the
law in this matter.
The resolution certainly touches matter
Of vital Importance to many in the com.
munlty and, indirectly, to the whole COM
munity; tor It aims to correct wrong that
seems to have taken deep root in this yicin-
ity, and that has deied the properly con-
Stituted authorities. 1t may be regarded
by some as uncomplimentary to the city IN
general and to the police force thereof par
ticularly, that such resolution should be
even seriously thought of. On behalf OF the
community We have nothing to say, for the
people are certainly to blame to great
extent, for not being more particular IN
sheir selection of men to act as constabes
whose legitimate duty it is to attend
to just such business as the resolution Is
aimed at and bring the criminals to their
just rewards, but who, instead, do not hest
tGte at an opportunity to prostitute
their offices to personal gain by connivance
with criminals and their relatives and VIC
TINS. But it is due to the city police force
to say that they have their hands full
without working up" such cases. They
are assigned to their beats, and are expected
to stay there during their hours OF duty
and can not, therefore, follow up trials in
| any particular cases IN which the criminals
have eluded them. The chief, of course,
ought to give such cases his attention and
may direct any member or members of the
force to work on any "points" that he may
have obtained, or any plan he may have
decided upon. But chief who, like Chief
Myers has been, is expected to be a "gen-
eral utility" man, performing the duties OF
several offices in connection with his du-
ties of chief, can not devote the time to his
duties in the latter p( siton that would be
necessary to track and run down every ras-
cal who commits depreciation IN the city
and get away. But now the chief is not
encountered with these multfarious duties,
and it may be reasonably expected that he
will become terror to sharp rascas,
whether they be common citizens or wheth-
er they be clothed with the authority of
office. This being the case we are of the
opinion that there is no need of acting
upon the resolution of AL herman McHale.
Blu, there is good ground for objection to
the resolution as it stands, aside from Its
seeming superiority. If it is to be acted
upon at all, it should be changed in one
important particular. Some have objected
to 1t because, they said, 1t goes too lar, OUT
we are of the opinion that there is more
reason for the objection that it does not 60
far enough. As the resolution now stands,
and as it was adopted by the Council, it
provides only for the app ehension of those
who steal live stock of the cattle or mule or
horse kind, and of those who barter away
justice with The thieves. We are in favor
of so amending tiff it is to become law
as to make it more general in its provision.
Let it provide for offering rewards for the
vindication of the law and of justice in all
manner of cases where these majestic at
tributes of civilization have been outraged,
aud where the guilty parties may escape
the vigilance of honest officers, whether it
be the theft of COW or horse, the burglary
| of house, or whether gold watch has
been "nipped" and mystenously O. recov.
cred through conspiracy in which not
prescriptions officers of the law, sympa.
| thlsng parents, compromising victims and