The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-11

the maEOr mas caused some IflC'
Ition BY his recent committee appoint
ments Some aldermen are not
pleased with their assignments
While most of them are willing to
serve wherever His Honor might
Iplace them several desired special
chairmanships because presumably
they fell deeper interest in the mat
ters whicl would then come under
! three such cases the mayor did not
heed the aide mems wishes Not all
those who were disappointed are
seriously pispleased ana probably
none is 80 much aggrieyed that he
viii resent the mayors action in a
manner 80 embarrass him. or to the
Injury Of the public business.
! Perhaps the most talked of change
~,aae hv the mavn was that III the
Craftsmanship of the street committee
/ nlcn il considered the most import
FAINT committee of the council Alder
man Burke was generally conceded
10 be especially well qualified for this
position aud aid some excellent work
While al i head, deyoting much time
10 driving uypr he street ana direct
| Ing work on them when 1t was pos
slhle 10 do any This is not saving
that Alderman Meehan, vino succeeds
Alderman Burke, is not also well
qualified and will not also give the
streets due attention but an I'M
pleasant flavor is given To Alderman
Rg ke's removal by the suspicion tina
THE mayor was somewhat prompted
therein by q reyengeful spirita de
sire 70 punish the alderman for his
temerity In aspiring 10 contest the |
mayoralty with His Honor at the late |
election II this suspicion is we'll |
founded then certainly. the removal I
of the aide man vas worse than a
for such acts prompted by
such spirit may bring demorali2a
tlnn Into an entire legislative body,
ana inevitably render L useless for
work
But there is some reason to believe
that the suspicion is not altogether
we'll founded. 1t is true that the
mayor and Alderman Burke have not
agreed always in matters of public
concern. They dashed on the steam
roller proposition, which the alder
man favo ed and the mayor strongly
opposed, and they have been at vari
anee in the matter of extensive repair
work on nnimproyed streets. II may Il
be that these differences prompted
he mayor to make a change in the
of the street committee l,
giving 1t to Alderman Meehan who
has been generally in harmony with !
he MAYOR and the majority Of the
-ity council The mayor has been
heard to fema K that Burke has given
rim more trouble than all the res OF
he aldermen put together-he has |
been to the MAYOR what Foraker has
been to the president.
It is generals agreed that the
mayor should have a comparatively
Zee hand in forming the working
lodies Of the counefi II is important
hat they should be 50 constituted
hat the peoples business viii be l.
given prompt and palnstaking atten !
ion. but above all things il is neces-I
,ary that mutual good will be main n
aimed. Much depends upon the con l.
iuci Of the chief executive and Mayor
Parsons has shown much tact in
such a state of feeling /
among those associated with him IN !
he city government during the last
.wo years But he has been fortu-
late also in having associated with
aim a level headed body Of men who
ave heel broadmindei enough 10 ,
make concessions frequently for the
,ake Of harmony and progress. and s
4 were we'll TO keep it in mind that
He who thinks he can find in him /
.elf tine means OF doing without }
,thers is much mistaken; but he who
links others cannot do without him I
$ more mistaken"