The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-02

range from NdSHiuStoh.
six of the aldermen chosen are
friends of Mayor Parsons and re-
celved his support during the can
|vass. 1t seems to us that the mayor
gained big victory
! I'VE will utter word in regard to
Mr.. Meehan, defeated candidate and
friend of Mayor Parsons, Mr. Meehan
was born in Cairo; of Irish descent; a
merchant an intelligent gentleman;
not far from 30 years OF age, He
knows what Cairo is and what sort OF
government the city should have.
He has served as alderman several
terms. AS alderman he recently voted
J, to raise the saloon licenses from $500
| to 81 600 per annum. This act defeat
/ ed him at the recent election. In the
! first ward. represented by Mr.. Nee
han, are congregated one-third-prob-
ably more--of all the saloons In Cairo,
Every saloon keeper in the ward
fought him to the bitter end. as did
the Citizens League. Lined up
against him were Saloonkeepers Ed
Maley and Dick Taylor, whom The
Bulletin has denounced scores Of
times as Keepers of the lowest dives
in the city. Maley of the white and
Taylor of the black. In The Bulletins
columns the canvass was strange
sight. Two daily papers-both pro,
Tossing virtue illimitable, the Citizens
League organized for the publication
of Cairo, hobnobbing with the most
vicious element ia the city, and for
what2 Simply to defeat friend OF
Mayor Parsons,
in Meehan's ward there are two
voting precincts. The LIST precinct
the residence districtgave Meehan
a majority The second precinct
where the saloons are grouped, gave
Neff majority.
Along this line the Herald will have
more to say the coming weeks Wei
deem the above sufficient for the pres
cnt, supplemental as 1t is by an ar
ticle from the Mound City Tribune, |
However we will state that the ar
ticle below contains statements that |
We do not know to be facts, conse- |
quently we do not endorse 1t, merely |
reprinting what responsible editor |
long citizens Of Cairo, has to say Of |
conditions in Cairo"
That the Herald refuses to vouch |
for some of the statements" made In /
The Tribune story is to its credit as |
lar as it goes; but since its own |
statements IN the foregoing editorial |
are FIR the most part equally false.
ts disclaimer for tic Tribune state |
ments might as we'll have been left |
lnuttered And before the contem-
poFary's statement that it received
Its inspiration only from The BuIle- |
tins columns can he accepted az true
1t will have to explain why ii ntters
SO many falsehoods. which were net
printed In The Bulletin and which
can not even claim the poor merit of
deductions. or Of having been read
between the lines" For instance:
No word that appeared In The Bul.
letin during the campaign @could give
any reader the impression that Mr.. |
saup who was defeated in the Second |
ward BY only votes, was an enemy
Of Mayor Parsons. Where did the |
Herald get that impression? If IT |
says the fact that The Bulletin and |
Citizens League endorsed him led II |
70 believe so. why did it not also con
clude that GTeaney, Cannon, Walsh,
Ferguson and Burke were enemies
Of Mayor Parsons for these had the |
same endorsements? Who. let us ask |
again, informed the Herald that MIR |
Saup was Mayor Parsons enemy"
The Bulletin did oppose the election
Of Mr.. Susanka in the Seventh ward |
and did all it could In clean way,
q elect Mr.. Greaneyi his opponent !
who was elected. No word in these
columns indicated that Mr.. susanka
was favored by Capt. Thistlewood at
ons range from Washington" II IL
was SO, The Bulletin had no hint OF /
Z, Where did the Herald get its in /
ipiration on this point?
Who inspired the Herald to declare
that all the saloon men in the First I
ward opposed the mayors candidate. |
Meehan, and were for Neff? Who |
sent 1t word that the residence pre-
cinct was carried by Meehan failing
to state that his majority was three |
yotes) and that the saloon precinct OF |
the ward was carried by Neff? Moth |
ing in The Bulletin could have led II |
to make this statement, which. In It's
main point is ridiculously untrue
Keepers Of orderly saloons. and bust.
ness men generally, were for Neff. 1t
is true, because they had felt the
ruinous competition of the dive
keeper and the heavy hand OF the
CRATER with whom Meehan and Par
sons have stood cheek by jowl.n
Who inspired the Herald to give
utterance to the statement that Sa