The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-02


Eaan must 90 before the council TO-
morrow night for chief of police"
So spake Mayor-elect George Par
sons yesterday morning 10 the immor-
tai and illustrious committee Of three
representing the eight aldermen OF the
city Of Cairo who assembled some
where Sunday and resoluted among
themselves that sink or swim, live or
/ die. survive or perish by the Holy
Grail, the Great Hornspoons and the
cont mental congress, the said Martin
! Egan should never be placed at the
head of the executive department OF
this city. if they had it in their power
TO prevent,
Waited Upon the Mayor.
The committee, armed TO the teeth
with their dictatorial ultimatum 10 the
mayor, waited upon them at his or
ice. They were received courteously
and their suggest on listened to with
respect. They did not presume to
dictate" 10 the mayor: they only pre-
sumed TO suggest" And the brunt Of
heir suggesting was that they die
not want Martin S. Egan appointed
. | .hief of police Ii is true, they did no
!, insist upon Mr. Egan being left on
the cold world alone" for they erel
gave their consent that the mayo
night appoint him to any office with
n his gift. aside from that Of chief
night even make him iailerl But MI
Cyan as chief, presented to rhei
frightened imaginations an ogre to
iwfui to contemplate. and the
! couldn't stand It.
3 Where's Their Authority?
! Just where the gentlemen whom tn
committee represented got the autho
ty to suggest to Mayor Parsons VIII
should and who shouldn't be chief
/. police of this city is not clear. II he
- leen long understood that the a
~ ,ointiye power regarding the polio
department rested solely with Il
!, mayor of the city, and for years II
- sitys various executives have used
~ Mayor Parsons was elected last mon
- by the people with the understands
hat he had the appointment Of {
police officers as we'll as, in fact, of I
subordinate positions When, thel
J.. ore, the 'old faction" held their st
chamber meeting ON Sunday behi
j, closed doors lin the interest Of HI
~ mony"-Oh harmony, what stupendo
~ frauds are perpetrated in thy name,
II he voters Of the city began to cali
NJ ate what new political octopus h
-. sprung upon them. and to wonder =
IN what meat doth these our Caesi
=, iced. that they have grown so grea
90, But little did the "old guard" care
III mixer! Although they knew they
:, no right on the face OF the earth
,oa say who the mayor should select
~ his candidate. ii did not faze them
y bit! They had a game of politics
aro play, and b'gosh they were going
IN. play IT, Although we'll they knew t
who NO sell.lespeeslls "ihc'ai Woolu az
70 such high handed assumption OF
rights and that the starting of the
factlonal fends again would open
laet sores and stir up new animosities--
I'M, chief sufferer in the meantime (dt
his forget it) being poor old Cairo-w
~, cared they? They had lit in for" El
and If It split the new city council
han thousand clques and gave
fans Greater Cairo movement the VI
ar. black eye 1t cc1at receive whicl
king surely will--stll they were not
ason mayed. Greater Cairo" be id.
they, as Vanderbilt once said al
the people.
'oiu' The Big Three.
nen Thus Is the story told. The he
ucan able committee which waited upon
WIN mayor.elect was composed Of A
ms men Neff Werner and Snyder
'u'ts' represented the big Eight con
ems ed. besides these named as the sp
'ure' committee, OF Messrs. Koehler,
'ranu Ign, Antrim, Simons and Nellis.
'ehts hist, Here's rub. Alderman An
mean denies that he will knife the ma
age appoin'ees. whoever tley may be
~ ~ says II Mart s. Egan IL nominate
INA, chief he will vote TO confirm
week
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