The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-06
THE MAYOR AND THE FUTURE.

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Il Is more than possible 1T ~, in
\ fact almost certainty even at this
/; early date. that Mayor Parsons will
II be troublesome thorn In fhe siaeinf
the Alexander County Republican
machine. when next II snail attempt
To deliver itself of a candidate for
congress. The signs of the times are
nnmisiakahle and they point I'd His
Honor us i much more formidable
figure In the politics Of this county
and congressional district than ne
haH bren before.
Triie. The MAYOR made hiunder In
his first city administration Through
had counsel Il Of froms, some other
cause. has. pfayad \ nlites nal wisela
!, and taiaigh 100 Iktboaslg withaaa ele
la |ssnt N hAse aims Isarp never itnsflHah
III lnfainbfsl# observation-disclosures are sci
dom II ever The victoffa Of riffit aud
81 trne progress meyer The Victories
81 ihr people thoroughly aFonsef Bni
the mayor has time ana opportunity
now To recover from tiIis error ana
he seems 10 have d..ts mined ~ do so.
That the Republican machine Of
this eo,iniy Is earnestly and IN com
pfomisingly Opposed 10 the mayor. in
any aspirations he may iiaye beyond
the Office 81 county commissioner or
mayor OF Cairo is NOT open 10 qtles
fion. II ha manifested itself at DIFF |
ferent times aud places and has been
aggressiyely apparent In situations
where an alignment Of forces has
been called for. Thay do not lilse |
Parons. nj has nat been sub
sfssso III laem. Tie went so far as
III haeoae & candidate for congress.
mi oale -,'tha't their permission, but |
actually IN srife q. their express
o. 'n.f ana as an awful example of |
what he may look for II he shall again |
presume 10 cross their plans. they |
point To Judge j. p. Roharts (de-
ceased) who also dared 60 enter the |
race for the congressional nomlna- |
tion when the machine was at heart
for Smith and whose disastrous
defeat they flourish In Parsons face
asa murdeious Indian might flourish
The bloody scalp Of his victim.
Bu, the situation one year hence
will not be as IL was when Judge
Robarts was slaughtered. Smith will
be in the field again. and so viii
Page IL he can raise the money. and
Judge Herbert of Jackson. and per
haps Judge Wall of Pulaski. Butt
l1a ro<pc mill ho i. tba ,s,.n,.sn.x aIc<. |
IL not for himself then for some one
else tperhaps for Warderl and he
will have TO be feckoned with
seriously. There are those in the
machine who are inclined to look
lightly upon Parsons brief run for
congress year or SO ago They say.
and with some apparent reason. that
he was made a tool of by Jndgel
vickers and his friends. to force
hem and Congressman Smith and hfsI
friends into line for the support Of
vickefs In his contest for the state [
supreme judgeship. They smile I
loubtfully. or laugh defisively. when !
anyone ventures TO suggest that the
!eheme succeeded. but they can not
leny that. whether the scheme sue
'eeded or not. II placed Parsons in a
,osition 10 demand something from
|ndge vickers and his friends, when
lis time shall come. and unIess
'ickers and his friends are lacking in
10 a degree which is not
among politicians who n
q - hern shores eful aud hone 4, con 4 :
nue. ~. they viii not forget 4