The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-11

The morning session Of the second
day Of the convention of the snpersi
sors, commissioner and clerks of mi
nois was called 10 order at GAG O'Clock
by President Armstrong. There wae
not quite as many deIegates in attend
ance Us marked last session Of the first
day. but there were many new dele
gates in evidence, who haa arrived
during the night. and when II was an.
noiinced that ffty one, inst half The
counties In the state. no surprise was
expressed, as the Cairo meeting had
been expected to be the largest. best
ana greatest In the history OF the as.
ISOLATION.
Immediately upon calling the meet
ing to order, President Armstrong in.
trodnced Hon. Walter Warder to the
assehblase a. the speaker 81 the &C.
casion, taking for his subject,
County Government" which was as
follows: ny
Mr. President and Members Of the
Seventeenth Annual Convention Of the
Supervisors, Commissioners and Coun.
ty Clerks Of Illinois.
an pleased and gratilled Of this
opportunity which your committee has
Afforded me Of meeting and address
INK 80 much Of the best citizenship Of
orr state
In an association made up OF active
iipt0date. and eanest officials. en-
gagged every day IN graphing with thc
live and intricate problems Of county
government, the quality most needed
ia q speaker who seeks. but for s
limited time, 70 engage gonf atien
ton Is practical experience in The
manage Maat q comfy Affairs
realize that il Ii dangerous ffla
for sone 10 enter whose only equipments
for the undertaking Is that n general
Information. You ilase already al this
and prior sessions Of your honorable
body hasl extended discussions nnor
tho varioas specific departments 81
county government BY men especially
interested In such departments, |
have given myself much latitude. and
chance to sail upon the sea OF gen
eral information, BY selecting for the
subject Of my remarks Upon this oc
casion. that OF County Government
III seeking FOR light upon the subject
q careful examination Of the fairly
weilstoeked libraries at my command
has failed to discover any book de-
voted wholly to this department;
there are works innnmerablp upon
national, state and city government
but the subject of county government
seems to have been practically oyer
looked BY the makers Of books on
government.
In the task have set for myself
at this time. shall therefore, be com.
PEELED 70 rely in great measure upon
ilsy own experience as a lawyer and
citizen in connection with county af-
fairs, my personal observations cover
ing number Of years in some of the
counties of Southern Illinois. and what
scraps Of Epo&leaga Dhd sch'ni4 u
wisdom. toufhlqg lls Subjeeti 4 havt|
been able to accumulate during sever.
al sessions Of the General Assembly,
as chairman and member of the Com.
mjttee on County and Township Or
ganization and other committees Of a
similar nature. While cannot hope
that my effort win bristle with points
of practical experience. hope that
may be able to at least arouse profit
able lines OF thought In my hearers
A story Is told OF boarding honSe
keeper In Cairo, many years ago, who
found his boarders refusing to take
soup at dinner, as he thought a cheap
and excellent form Of diet. to stimu-
late their appetltes and increase the
consumption Of soup, he announced
thai silver dollar would be dropped.
each day in the soup tireen and that
some lucky soup-consumer would be
sure TO get It. After that, all took
soup. and at least one man was made
happy each meal II. in the dilution
and weakness of my remarks, there
shall somewhere be found a little Of
the true metal of practical sugges-
ton. or All incentive to higher stand
ard Of Official duty. my labor and your
courteous and considerable attention
win not have been wholly in vain
Right here permit me 10 say that no
of6cials stand nearer to the people
o. are more closely connected with
their daily Affairs and interests. than
are the county clerks and the super.