The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-05
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THE CAIRO BULLETIN,

hat have been hurled at you We
naturally expected them to ripen into
i.ullets. These angry mental darts
anne from those who are known as
he best citizens of Cairo. The bullet
ame from thug who was encour-
ged by their thoughts. You are
reading on dangerous ground We
know, because we have travelled over
.he same road. We found ii TO be a
mistake Whether you 10 or not. will
depend on your aptitude to recognize
wisdom when you come in contact
with it,
You are demanding that those in
aftice administer the trust imposed in
hem according to law, 1t is all right
D demand and expect that from an
enest incumbent Ii is suicidal to
/ ty and require it OF a dishonest offi,
,ial. There are too many side issues
zoo many political parties to be
uiued by, the detection OF thief in
heir ranks. We have Just learned
hat it will ruin the Democratic marty
ii Union county to convict a lis
onest official who had been elected
10 it. Political mistakes OF this kind
aust be borne IN silent patience.
Keep your ear TO the ground and YOU
sill discover that to stop the political
,ottenness yDn mention would be an
awful blow To the Republicanism of
Alexander county. The Republican
oliticians will not stand for it, They
I ave laid a trap for you. The intln-
nee which caused the present grant
ury to he impaueled sought thereby
destroy you Not that the grand
'urymen are not good men. SO much
he worse for you that they are. You
re expected TO maze good, while
very politician Of prominence is
praying that you cannot and trying 10
brow every possible obstacle in your
way.
Some politicians. you say, are with
ou, Yes, they are. They are with
| on for no other motive than some
,elfsh political gain. We were foolish
,nough TO demand that Democratic
| 'ounty officer return funds unlawful
| received from the public treasury,
those who violated the law to helm
i'm get it. rushed into print With Il
lea OF guilty on their part, and then
| md there his friends accepted it as
| complete defense. one grand jury
composed entirely Of Democrats
egiected to indict. The next one
| composed as before) passed resom.
| ions commencing bim. A Republican
rand jury probably would have IN
| lictel tfor political purposes only,
| You had as we'll take out and quit
| Eou may do great good by endeavor
ny to aid in the selection OF honest
/ ,fficiais ii you don't destroy your in
| .uence by such tomtoolery as you are
| ow INDUCING in. People have ne
/ erious objection TO the nomination Of
| n.henesi man for office in fact they
-athor hRe it, Bat after he is nom
| mattel do not be so unwise as TO at
| ack him. Iou must defeat him on
| ONE side issue. You may, play one
| action against another and destroy
i'm. but you must keep your real pur
,ose concealed. dishonest Official
has his influential political friend
tnd maybe relatives He may he the
lppointee of some man who controls
| nany votes. Then, there is the ay-
rage voter. alwa,~~ honest, who
| would feel Inundated to have mem
Der of his party whom ne had helped
TO elect, convicted OF crime. The
very charge YOU make causes him to
| swell up and duspise YOU. no not
| make him an@ye. You may sometime
be able to use him Tor good purpose
II you keep 90 good terms with him.
tie is an asset " the hands of dis
honesty If you cre his path at the
wrong angle.
You may say we are troubled with
pessin,isln, Not II all, We have run
athwart Of wisdom II whot We say Is
true / is. not pessinlistic TO say Sc.
| .aesstfnlFm consists Of seeing the
dark, untrue side, The more YOU see
| Of lthis the more optimistic we be-
come These PEOPLE you are railing
at are a part OF the raw material out
Of which God is creating perfection.
You gnash your teeth because they
are not perfect to the extent of being
honest. You are demanding perfec-
ton before we have. reached that
point. The people will not st and for
and you are rnwise to demand it..
Save your, influence and constantly
ise L in the interest of honest men
for office. Say nothing about the
thief who is his, opponent DO not eX'
poet too much from your efforts, We
have been thousands of years getting
where we are II you will look back
you may see we have come great
distance, Yet few men have ever