The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-31
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ef1uQ0N WAS tne padke Vi re-
utfietiys saloon ordinances. Drosid-
inS for thousand dollar license. no
scssehs snd sunday closing. These
ordlnsaces wers referred to the Deo-
pie on petition under me new law
and were defeated By large MAORI
fies,. indicating that springfe q is
decidedly wet town. While there
was considerable feeling aroused at
the time. the matter is apparently
settled for some time to come. and
most of our people secm saticiied TO
abide by the result.
The recall was made use of in an
attempt TO remove one of our offi-
eiaIa, Mr.. J. W. spaulding Commits
sioner Of Public Property. It was
pretty well established that this
movement was inspired by personal
interests and through partisan spite. |
and because of its lack of merit it |
made little Roadway and was finally |
abandoned
Compared with the old system.
the Commission Form IS very great
improvement from the standpoint of
pubiic interest and IT wou seem
that no city in the State could make
a mistake in adopting it.
kindly let me hear from you from
time TO time as to the progress being
made, as / know il you- people de-
eide to change, they Will never think
OF going back to the old system. |
With best OF wishes for your sue
cess, beg to remain.
Very respectfully,
J. 4. DREssENpoRFER.
city clerk. I
The Bulletin herewith pub ishes
the results OF four interviews he d
yesterday with prominent Cairo eiti-
gems relative TO their views on the
Commission Form OF Government |
and its local application now:
Attorney Reed Grcen:--'f have
read the laws concerning the Com
mission Form OF Government and
believe the new way o. administer
Former Senator uReed Green -"t
have read the laws concerning the
Commission Form Of Government and
believe the new way Of administer
ing municipalities is good one.
have no hesitaney in saying that /
think The Commission Fo-n would
be. a*good thing Tor Cairo, and
would like to see il given trail
here. I
Or Samuel Dodds: From what
y / Know Or the Commission Form or
Government, it looks to me like It
would prove benehcIal to Cairo. II
compare II with the good roads move
inent The abolition Of $500 road
COMMISSIONER III favor Of body OF
81 eet. capable men would give US
better roads in this state and their
work would have better and quicker !
results Likewise, the administers
ton Of 4 city under the commission
form"
Druggist G. r Crabtree; IT be-
Iieve the city could be conducted |
along more economic lines under the
commission Form than under the
present system. and there would be
a decided saving Of money and hal-
anee in the treasury. In my mind
the levee bonds would be more
eagerly sought after By bonding
houses under the Commission Form.
because oil the security that would
be feit IN the future progress Of the
city.
Judge A. Comings .I have di-
reeted my energies. in the past few
weeks towards enligntening the
voters upon the Commission Form
and what it won d do for Cairo. I'll
was one Of the first to urge II FOR
this city. | am not stirredIto this /.
direction because OF personal feel /
ings, nor because OF politics, ais some
seem to think, but because of the |
dement's that won d accrue to the |
city, in Which ! have spent the |
greater portion Of my life, The |
strictly business principles Of the
city's government under tht new
system appeal to me, and it is from
such standpoint mainly that liz
would like to see the Commission
Form put to a test IN Cairo Il