The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-04-02
NOMINATION PAPERS FILED
FOR COMING CITY ELECTION
Question as to Legality Raised--Mayor Parsons
Has Clear Field Through Defect In His
Opponents Papers--New Alignment
In Several Wards

AT IL o'clock last night Official
nominations for the coming city cleo
| ton closed. City Clerk Hatcher was
on watch In his office until hat hour
to receive the papers Of candidates
| Some doubt had arisen as to the
| legality OF receiving papers yester-
| day. Objection was made that under
the provision of the election law re-
quitting the filing OF nomination
papers in cities at least fifteen days
lrs vious 10 The day OF election" all
nomination papers should have been
| filed on Saturday or Sunday, Yester-
| day was the first of the fifteen day
lperiod previous TO the election and
| therefore il was held that it was too
late to file any papers yesterday.
Judge Butler Is said to have given it
| as his opinion that papers should
have been filed the day before; but
the clerk consulted Judge Dewey last
evening who expressed the belief that
papers could be filed yesterday, and
upon this judgment the clerk acted.
|
about the situation in respect to sew
eral of the offices up to a late hour
last night This was true with re-
spect 10 the mayoralty. Mayor Par
sons had been a sure candidate for
some time past, but II was not certain
until the closing hour last night whe.
Their or not he would have any opp1-
sition and if so who e. would be. The
refusal Of Alderman Burke and Elk
Mayor Winter to measure their
strength with that Of the mayor left
the opposition considerably de-
moralized and there were strenuous
efforts TO I'll the place with some
one. Alderman Fuller was mentioned
for he place. and il was thought he
would enter the contest, as his nomi-
nation papers for Alderman were not
on file. But il appears that he too
thought it best not 10 enter the arena
and at a lac hour last night filed his
papers for reelection to the city coun-
ell from the Sixth ward.
Then the la hope Of the opposition
was centered in T. A. Heal the
negro preacher orator polit clan.
jus tice OF the peace and agitatOr. II s
papers had been gotten out and cir.
-ulated. and the requisite numter Of
signatures were obtained The papeis
were sent to the city clerk TO be regu
larry filed, but the clerk in looking
ever them found that they were not
properly sworn to. The Gle x noti-
/ fed hose interested in the papers of
the defect and Heads son came after
hem 10 take them and have the de-
feet corrected. But when rhe clock
struck the hour Of 70 the papers had
rot been returned 20 the city clerks
hands and so Mayor George Parsons
has no Official opposition for he
office OF mayor.
Some uncel taintv also had eyisteI
urtil a late hour last night as 10 tie
contest in the First ward. As was
stated in yesterdays Bulletin there
was a movement on foo 10 bring
about the withdrawal Of FL Maley in
favor Of G. Y Neff but this arrsnge
ment seems TO have fallen through.
Last night a meeting was held By
some Of the members Of the Bar
Itenders union who have grievance
! AGAINST Alderman { ullin an wh0 10
not favor Maiey. They brought pres
snie to bear upon Mr.. NeT to induce
him o come on with Their eadarss-