The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-17
RECEIVES \ ALMOST AS MANY
VOTES AS m BITTER CON.
TEST TWO YEARS AGO.
ADMINISTRATION WINS
All Along the Line--city Council viii
Be Unanimous for Public I'm.
proyements and Other
Things.

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~ Haylarger, who had entered the IA,
&c against Mayor Parsons at the Gle
IN enth hour, seemed to be very muc
y III earnest, and protested to feel co,
fldent of election. He circulate
If among the voters with much tndustr,
p and considering that every voter ha
2 u write his name on the ticket i
: order to vote for him at all. he re
, ceiyed very hattering vote
Mr. Haybarger got into bit o
. trouble IN the Sixth ward. Ii seem,
that a 70 or complained to Mir. Hay
barger that Capt. VIM p. Greaney
, who was one of the election judges in
| that ward had IN some way prevented
him fsom voting for him (FIaybar
serl The latter demonstrated with
( Capt Greanay using sharp language.
Idenouncing the act as Fraud. :
Don't sou accuse me of fraud. ex-
iciaimed Capt, Greaney More words
followed and the Captain slapped
Haybarger, who called for help. Ser.
geant Cowell interfered else it is
likely Haybarser would have received
severe punishment.
The interest of the day was in the
contest for the treasureship for
which there were six candidates in
the field. AS had been announced in
The Bulletin OF Sunday. there was
understood 10 be concentration OF
effort in behalf OF Thos f.. Mahdnay
son Of ex Chief of Police Patrick Ma
honey. This became apparent early
IA the day but il was generally under. |
stood that the face was between Mr.
Morris and Mr. Mahoney. although |
there were many misgiyings up to the |
last hour as to what strength the
negro candidate would develop Mr..
Mahoneys large vote shows how
the organization was iii his
behalf.
Next in interestw were the aldermanic
in the Fourth and Sixth
wards, Ii appears that strong adj
lerants of the administration had ex.
eited themselves in both these wards
f. defeat the present lncumbents
alderman Simon for personal rea.
ons, and Alderman Fuller because.
u part he had not been in harmony ,
with the administration at various
imes. Some fear was entertained
nat because of this contest between
he white people, the negro candidate
. the Fourth ward would be elected. :
mt his seems to have been ground
ass, for the contest was entirely be-
ween Alderman Simon and John A.
Money was spent freely
nd it was stated that toward evening
ptefs We're paid 81 each.
In the Sixth ward Ex-Alderman
ely was the administration candi
ate and The contest was between
ina and Alderman Fuller from starr
finish The negro candidate had
lthdrawn from the race in favor OF
le former as announced in Sundays
ulleiin. Charley Powers. ii Is sail
as In the field TO draw some of the
agro votes fiom Alderman Fuller
"a thus help the administration can
date But the race was In doubt
Early all day and many believed
lller would win. His defeat. By 10
ties was surprise to many. When ~
G result was announced Alderman ~
lller said to Alderman Snyder, who vi
I'd been against him. "I'll be here q
tn YOU year from now" "All u
sht, said Snyder. I'm be here too. 8"
Notes Of the Day. te
In the Third ward something of a
ntest was had between Alderman II
listlewood and F. f. Thurman but H'
former proved an easy winner. sc
ing much the better campaigner ~
In the First ward Edward Maley 10
ant a little while in the morning Bu
soon retired finding the field fully 'el
'upied by the friends Of Alderman
llln.
Aldeimau Geo Koehler received
FRY vote that was polle1 in the sec
ward. and a number that were tel
cast for any other candidate. kn
Two years ago Mayor Parsons re- for
we'd even 1000 votes out Of 3.7t9 be-
IS polled. He lacked only les to
Is Of receiving the same number acc
terday. with no contest to- speak in
TO bring out the vote has
here was the usual difficulty get me
: the returns Everybody knew all wit
ut II in general but It required a {
Of diminishing 10 get the details
P Fourth ward judges and clerks Civ
lt 10 bed early and the full returns VIII
that ward could no, be obtained Mo
{ vote for city clerk and city at nus
1ey is missing but b1th these Off the
IS ran a good race. cas-
here T. .litfle question that the losi
neil viii be- practically unanimous gla
public Improvements. ord
curious vote was offered for Hay- ing
ger in the First ward Il was a Son
III hank of hay and around which
tied = slip Of paper bearing the 7
d rbsHge1. moi