The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-05
sounding premises when he took the


office. n
1t chooses to ignore all Of Mr.. Mel
lis acts which have stamped his ad
ministration Of the sherff's office as
among the most inefficient and cor
rupt that the people of this county
have ever had
1t chooses to ignore the fact that
he removed one set of corrupt depu'
ties. only to fill their places with
another set, worse than those he had
removed.
II chooses to ignore the fact that
Mr.. Nells HAS NOT eliminated con
ferences between prisoners in TIC
county Jail and men who have be
come notorious as poluters OF me
cause of Justice in our circuit court.
1t chooses to ignore the fact that
Mr.. Nellis has shown himself to be
utterly Indifferent to his duties I'M
aer the law as the county's highest
peace officer, even when brutal
murder was committed. because, fer
sooth, there was NO EXTRA FEE for
him in experimenting the murderer.
1t chooses to ignore the fact that
Sheriff Nellis, although sworn to up'
bold the law and paid by the people
as their servant TO execute the law,
has shown himself to be, during the
last several weeks, shameless vic
ator OF the Law, reckless corrupterI
Of the peoples ballot, using as BIS
tools for the purpose lot OF COZ
scieneeless blacks, ana a few white
nincompoops with whom he has SUI
rounded himself.
While declaring it to be uncalled
for ard unnecessary, the Citizen
seeks to excuse Sheriff Nellis' a.
tempt to disfranchise nearly 200 OF
Cairo's reputable citizens, among
them some OF the Oldest residents in
the city and most highly respected
BY means of false affidayits sworn to
by his black and white henehmen, on
the ground that it was in retaliation
|of efforts by Mr.. Fraser's friends, TO
prevent him from registering negro
ex-conyicts and others, in plain viola
tion OF law.
The Citizen ignores the fact that
Sheriff Nellis stands before the PEG
lple as the nominee and protector OF
the class of citizens who furnish 20
per cent OF the criminals of the city
and county--of the dissolute, loafing
blacks of the community, the "mooch.
srs," sneak thieves, purse-sqatchers.
Irapists and fnurderers.
While claiming credit for him on
account of protecting negro Grim
| finals in jail against attack from in
| dignant citizens, it ignores the fact
that on Thursday he locked up two
lof his negro perjurers who had done
his bidding in his attempt to disfran'
| chise reputable citizens Locked
Them up to protect them, not from 2
mob, but from the officers of the Law
sent by the Board of Election Com
missioners, SO that the summonses
issued by the board could not b
served upon them: Transforming tht
county Jail into safe refuge for Grim
finals, that they might escape the pro
cesses of law.
The Citizen chooses to ignore the
fact that there is a cause for mob law
as there is for every other evil, and
THAT Sheriff Nellis, in the short time
he has held the office, has done more
THAN any of his predecessors during
their whole terms, to produce public
lcontempt for his authority, contempt
flor law as represented in his Official
Iperson, and to create conditions
which produce mobs.
If the editor of the Citizen will see
Ito it that, in so far as he has any
connection with them, the outside
| papers will get the truth about thf
defeat of Mr.. Nellis and the reasons
Therefor, he need have no fear tina
Cairo will receive uncomplimentar,
newspaper notoriety on that az
count.