The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-18

ibitrary measures to Prevent the vot
lcra from expressing themselves 4
the selection OF candidate.
The esteemed Evening Glitter
wastes its efforts whom II reads The
Bulletin a lesson from The primer 81
marty politics The Bullctin Is well
aware that II is only through parry
action that any given principles OF
| government can be made effective in
| the framing. adoption and adminis'
tration Of laws. The Bulletin Is a'so
aware that during the last twenty
years or longer there has been small
chance for the success Of any Demo
cratic candidate In this congressional
,listrict-due in part at least. to the
repeated gerrymanderng of the dis
trict to meet, or rather to defeat any
change in public sentiment
In this state Of things, patent u all
who care tn sec the truth, The nullo-
Tin feels that it may. without sac
rifcing its Democratic principles and
character, assert itself as the adyo-
cate of the Interests of Cairo in the
selection OF candidate TO succeed
the late Congressman Smith. In
,loing this it exercises not privilege
merely, but right fact Il per
forms defy And this duty becomes
especially imperative in view of the
evident determination of few men
who presume to dictate the action Of
the Republican party In this county, |
to sacrifice the interests of this city !
end county rather than yield to what |
they know to be the will Of the PEG. |
pie. For some reason or reasons not |
to the world the machine |
have a profound dislike for
Mayor Parsons, and knowing that he
has a strong following among the
rank and file of the party. these
bosses have determined that the rank
ande file-the boys In the trenches,
the hewers Of wood and drawers of
water" for the party-shall not be
It the polls. Hence they have decided
hat there shall be no primary cleo
ion aud that the candidate shall be
boss-made candidate. one who will
uit the bosses, serve the bosses, de-
end the bosses. in all their schemes
md plottings and connivings to hold.
0 jugglc with and to huckster the
fices as it may best suit their own
ersunal aims and interests
To serve these interests and to de-
Fat Mayor Parsons. they have re- ;
oived to cast the interests of this
to the winds. Their talk II
I other good men In this city and |
nuntyf is mere pretense. They
ave already opened negotiations
18th men in other counties in the
istrict to whom they would barter |
he support of the Republican voters
{ this county. In consideration for
ecognition and favors which they de-
land as a price of such delivery II |,
a shameless piece of business In Is
hich the vote of the Republican {
nters of this county Is pledged by a i
w men who claim to carry 1t about | /
18th them in their pockets. and the {
Lrong chance of this community to In
ain recognition In the wider field OF
oliticaI activity, is offered in trade
J so much junk at rag Dealers
,unter.
The esteemed Citizen is quite mis-
.ken. The bulletin is not angry
he Bulletin merely expresses the
Ist resentment which it knows must
2 felt BY many of its readers, at the
arfidy Of the men who presume to-
Peak and act for them. refusing them
rem the poor privilege that even
,nyicted felon may demand--the
.ivileg2 OF being heard before sen
nee is passed.
The esteemed Citizen boasts sheer
gly that they" fmeaning the
,sses) "can get along nicely without
e assistance of The Bulletin" mol
,ubt about 1t. But they" are more
AN likely to learn, at a critical
me. that some moses" which they"
Id counted are not there.