The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-13
MANY FOR FRASER
VOTERS or SECOND AND THIRD
WARDS GATHERED AT AR.
MoRY HALL LAST NIGHT
Addresses Made BY Hon. Reed Green,
States Attorney Wilson and
Others-Election Of Nellis
Would Hurt County.

There was another large and en-
lthustiastic gathering of Fraser voters
last night, at the Armory Ii was
'called for the purpose of starting the
movement for organization in the
Second and Third wards of Cairo,
THE meeting was called to order by
| Capt. w NJ. Williams Addresses
|were made by Hon. Reed Green,
Estates Attorney Wilson, James Nee
han. Capt. Greaney, 0. P. Hurd. Geo,
u. Walker, and Mr. Fraser.
| Mr., Green said he had met many
voters from the county during the
present week, who had come to at
| tend court and was impressed with
the fact that while the voters of Cairo
were strongly for Mr. Fraser as
2gainst Mr.. Nells, the feeling that
way was even stronger in the coun-
ltry precincts The voters generally
| believed that the election of Mr. Mel
| lis would mean the domination in the
lefty and county of an undesirable ele-
lment in the community which would
result in great harm. There were
many good hard working negroes in
Cairo who We're entitled TO tine rights
|of citizenship and to protection in
|tneir persons and property aud law
full occupations The protest was
made against the loafing. crapshoot.
ing negro who pro luced nothing and
contributed nothing 10 the up-builG
ing of the community. These must
not be given a ruling hand in the
citys affairs Mr.. Nellis was. above
AN things else a representative of
negro element in this city no candi-
date for Office had ever before stood
so conspicnously before the people in
that light, nbne had raised the race
issue 50 clearly before the people.
There had been two Republican can
didates for the nomination at the mi- |
mary; the one, Mr. Roche, seeking
the nomination from the party as a /
whole; the other, Mr. Nellis. depend |
ing wholly upon the negro voters of
the parity. and he had won The peo-
pie OF this city and county could not
afford to eoncede that When a man
wished to be elected TO office here
all he had TO do was to ask the worst
element among the negro voters for
their support. Mr. Green urged
voters who had not yet registered to
do so on the 18th inst. and then to
see that all their neighbors we're
registered and after that to see that
all of them voted on election day.
Mr.. Wilson said it was a mistake |
to assume that the weIl-behavea
working negroes Of the city and
county were all Mir Nellis Many |
Of them were for Mr. Fraser, because
they realized that the white people |
generally were for him and they felt !
more secure with Fraser as sheriff on
that account realizing that the white
people, VINO had so much at stake In
the community could not afford TO be
for lawlessness, or unjust toward
any class of citizens. Mr. Wilson
said the negroes were needed here
TO do the work of the city and Of the
city's industrial establishments, and
they should be and would be protect
ed when they behaved themselves. He
spoke of the election of irresponsible
men OF both races to positions as
coconstabes and justices of the peace
as a great evil saying these officers
were too generally overlooked by vot-
ers as Of little importance, but when
fillel by incompetent and unscrupuIos
men, much harm resulted, which |
manifested itself particularly in wor-
Gying men employed at the factories.
Mr.. Wilson urged all voters to be on
the alert; the city voters needed the
voters of the county precincts to win:
organization should be effected in
every precinct; no time should be
wasted in huurah meetings and speech
would take personal work
by friends Of Mr.. Fraser and he
would urge every voter to make per.
sonal requests to other voters nov
and on election day every man who
goes to the polls TO vote should be
approached and in gentIemanly
manner asked to vote for Mr. Fra
ser
Mr., Hurd, commenting on the sug
gestion that there should be no mud
singing said there was no need of
doing this so far as Mr.. Nellis was
concerned. Mr. Nellis had done this
for himself He believed the pros.
perity OF the city demanded the cleo.
ton OF Mr. Fraser
The other gentlemen spoke very
briefly in the same general tenor.