The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-19

if not done away with by judicious
work of police department under
the careful supervision OF the mayor
land | say now that | will use my best
EFFORTS to bring about a changed coE-
EDITION in the respects above alluded
TO"
A very considerable number Of poo
PIE IN Cairo have found fault Win
Mr.. Parsons administration because
of looseness in the enforcement Of
police regulations They have had a
right TO complain There ought to
be a tightening Of the reigns of gov
.emment in the police department.
THE people of Cairo do not want
their city cannot afforlfo have it ap-
pear-that the sbiftlcss element the
sloppy" element, the lawless element
is the controlling element In the com
munity. 1t may be admitted that this
"looseness" is not peculiar TO the
Parsons administration. that it ha,
been worse under other administra
tions, especially under Mr., Winters
administration brt the sentiment OF
the people has changed, a new spirit
las been awakened; the desire TO"
physical cleanliness has manifested
itself in the unanimous consent given
in council aud court to the vast sys
tenn Of street improvements the do.
sire for moral Improvement is inseI
arabic from this and has been OK
pressed emphatlcally and repeatedly
at nearly all of the many public or
semi-publc gatherings that have been
held in the city The people bavr
right to expect that their city gov
ernment shall keep pace with The
spirit of progress shall lead il, in
fact. But what is there in Mr.. Win.
tiers platform that offers any definite
guarantee on this score? Read it over
carefully, you citizens who feel that
you have just cause for discomfort.
What is it more than the promise OF
reform by a penitent? What more
than the purr OF kitten In anticipa-
ton of caress or bowl OF milk?
What are the paragraphs above
quoted, more than . careful putting
together of words which as stated
yesterday may mean much or moth
ing at ALL according to the whim of
the man tor whom they were written
ard who puts them forth over his sig
nature as bait to catch the uHwary2
After explaining that there should
hc no "tyrannical Interference ON the
part of the city government. especial
ly with respect to laws which Boy
reason of their strictuess may cause
undue oppression" and declaring him
self against arbitrary and technical
strictness and severity. Mr. Winter
ventures to say yet / am satisfied
great deal should be done" etc.
There are a number of conditions
now existing which MAY be romo.
died. etc. Il viii use my best efforts
to bring about Il CHANGED coNOl-
TOM, etc
There is nothing definite or posi-
tive in these utteranccs. there is no
trace of manliness. With his pas
record as mayor the only criterion by
which to Judge his future record. ID
he should he again elected. Nj wiz
tors declarations or professions
must be something more than a
'stTaddlc'. if he would convince US
that bis penitenee is real and his d..
sire TO redeem the city and himself e.
something more than a momentarv
.hallucination
The people who want better moral
&c editions in Cairo have aske, for
bread; MIR Winter offers them a
gold brick with the corners So
badly battered that it will not be-
easy TO catch suckers.