The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-04-12

while he could be depended upon tt
promote the welfare of the city
strongly favoring clean efficient gov
eminent along reasonable lines, h.
would not obligate himself to SIM
always tremendously in Me Too
| chorus. Mr.. Saup's opponent, Chas
Desimoni, is a young man, compare
lively. He was reared in Cairo, an,
| is property owner in the First an
Second wards. He declares that hi
would be in harmony with the mayor
whoever he might be, on all questions
that are for the best interests of the
city, and he would favor continuance
of the improvement policy,
In the Third ward Rufus Flack and
Henry Rudolph are the candidates
Mr. Flack is member of one OF
Cairos substantial business firms, a
young man of strong common sense,
who has been successful in business
and knows what it takes to be SO
He probably could be depended upon
Ito apply his business experience TO
the city affairs, as far as that might
be practicable. He believes in lib
, eral, progressive policy of govern
ment, within reasonable bounds; and
while friendly to the administration,
would not support it in policy that
aroused widespread public criticism
as some of the present members have
done. Mr.. Rudolph is the Socialist
candidate. He Is a barber by occupa-
/ ton, has resided in Cairo nearly all
/ his life and would do his best to give
practical effect to some of Socialisms
9 idealisms in government.
! In the Fourth ward Mr.. Nicholson
the pawnbroker, has walk-oYee
Jake Amos the negro opponent, has
carried out his bargain to withdraw
Mr., Nicholson is Chief Egan's candi-
date and Mayor Parsons and viii
probably vote as they want him to at
all times. He is a pleasant sort Of
fellow, Nicholson is; and though a
young man has been good uncle"
10 lot of Notwithstanding some
,of the police, who appreciate it.
In the Fifth ward there is Alder
man Nellis, who stands for re-elec-
ton and two others. Alderman Mel
lis record during his last term as
alderman has been good, generally
speaking. He has been recognized as
something of kicker and hasn't been
able to get much recognition from
THE powers that be-" although he
has stood by them in their police
troubles, which they ought to appre-
ciate, but don't. One OF Mr. Nellis
opponents is d. M. Kelly, of the firm
of Kelly Bros. 1T would be difficult
to find q better man than Mr.. Kelly.
from every point of view. Aside from
being a representative of the citys
large industrial interests, he has a
strong sense of right and the courage
of his convictions. He is said to
have been selected by the administra-
ton forces who turned down Mike
Calvin If this is so, they must have
realized that ii would take a stronger
man than Calvin to beat Nellis. Gal.
vim has been as mad as a hornet be
cause he was turned down, and has
been saying some bold things about
what he would do on election day.
But Calvin is in the saloon business,
and the police have had a way in
past years of making saloon men
behave themselves they
wouldn't do "the right thing"
In the Sixth ward the situation
SCENE to be in a middle. There are
nVe candidates on the ticket, but
only three who are likely to cut much
figure, according to those who pro-
Tess TO know. These three are Dun
can, Serbian and Fuller. Duncan has
come out as an Independent candi-
date; Serbian Is the recognized adj
mmistration candidate, and Fuller the
anti-administration candidate. Fuller
bas served in the city council several
times and during his last term was
something like Alderman Nellls, al
thorn IN the side OF the Parsons adj
mlnistration. He served his ward
wei, however, and has a goodly num-
per OF friends in the present race.
Il Is said, however, that the contest
Tuesday will be between Mr.. Duncan
and Mr.. Serbian, neither Of whom has
been in politics before. Both are re-
garded as good men. Mr.. Serbian
probably could be depended upon toll
stand BY Mayor Parsons in a.. things.