The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-09


one of the most orderly ever hefd III
| Cairo, barring one or two Incidents;
| yet it was one of the most sensa-
tional in its result that was ever Held
/, in the city or county. 1t appears that
! party lines and party issues We're
| east to the winds and the people
We're moved by common impulse to
4 vote as they pleased and according to
| what they believed Sto be right with
Preference to matters that lay closest
to them. Hence, although several
Democrats We're successful by over.
wheming majorities, II can not le
| claimed as a Democratic victory, but
rather as popular protest against
evils Of machine Gule-a protest par
t.cularly against an attempt to force
unworthy candidates upon them. Per.
haps the strongest factor in the popu-
lar uprising were the candidates for
sheriff and what they stood for MIR.
Nellis, prominently the candidate of
the negro voters of the county, and
endorsed by the Republican party or
aanization, aud Mr, Fraser who Rto0si
as definitely the candidate of the
white people. And yet It is known
that o goodly number of negroes
voted for Mr.. Erased, feeling that the
city ad county would be better gov
erned by him and the people be rep
resented than by MIR. Nellis and his
partisans.
The vote cast on the candidates
for sheriff was probably as large as
any and was 3,l09 being about $50
short OF the registered vote. The
shortage was distributed all over the
city. Yet every effort was made by
both sides to bring out the woe
Friends of Mr.. Fraser seemed to be
especially we'll organized and active
They had automobiles engaged AMI
lists of voters which they checked upI
as the voting proceeded; and sent
after men who had not appeared
Mr. Nellis friends were equally Welt
pfepmted, but their voters, being so
largely negro, were DOT SO easily 10.
Gated, and they prbably lost larger
per centage of tha $50 missing voters
than did Mr., Fraser's workers.
One unpleasant incident occurred
in the vicinity Of T'hirty-fourth and
Sycamore street Two negroes were
driving along In a buggy and yelling
fer Nellis Two white ladies we're on
the sidewalk and one of them cried
Hurrah for Fraser!" Whereuponl
the negro in the buggy cursed her
and called both ladies' vile names
The ladies' were frightened and went
into store near by to get out OF i
the way. They told their story and
the proprietor OF the store went out |
after the negroes. He told a crowd |
of white men what had occurred and
they gave chase, gaining on the ne
groes In the buggy One of the occu.
ppanfs Of the buggy jumped out and
ran, the other was caught by Officer
Miller who, when the crowd came m |
them to stop, saying that
he would take care of the man. The
officer took the negro to police head. |
quarters.
The judges and clerks of election
that the news OF first i'm |
portance to the people was the re |
suit on sheriff and they counted this
nrst While 1t was generally be.
Iieved that Mr.. Fraser had carried
The city, few We're prepared for the
landslide which was indicated by the
returns as they came from several
The news of Mr.. Frasers
zig majority and of the certainty of
his election was on the streets early
In the evening, and was received
with shouts Of Joy In all parts OF the
city. The great mass OF peonle onI
iome of the streets soon gathered
nto procession, which hunted up Il,
Mr. Fraser and marched him around
md through the court house. From I
here they marched to Mayor Par I
IONS residence where they broke |
orth In cheers, and then came down I
own, stopping at various places to !
i've vent to their enthusiasm, includ-
ng the Citizen office and The Bulle.
in office
No news could be had from the
ounty precincts; and only partial re
urns from the other counties In this
listrict Cant Thisflnunnd,s rnninr. IL