The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-02
Not Lawyer But Possesses Suifi.
cient Education to Under
stand English.
lwoN'T STAND FOR BLUFF
Has Evidently Been Reading Law
and Knows How to Properly
Interpret It.

keeper. am conceited enough to
think am just what my name linz
o les.
] am no lawyer but can read and
intcrpret the English Languages fair-
y we'll, far better than some lazv-
yers that | know of, who are accus-
toned to the use OF unnecessary
yersiflage in Illuminating court
.ooms with the light OF their great
wisdom.
The statement Of an alleged "CftI-
zen" in Saturday evenings pubiiea-
tion may be swallowed whole by
some people. but al those with
whom have talked. laugh at tile
,ndeavors OF this wouid-be erudite
Citizen" whom really believe "a
oe some pettifogging lawyer with
10 legal eg on which he can stand
In this case and therefore omIts
much OF the law governing the mat
ter. either through ignorance or
with malice afdrethought"
s"Citizen" tells those who took the
rouble to wade through his effort.
that we can't Legally hold primary
IN March IL and write the names
Of candidates on the ballot eithc- ~
he primary or at the general m:s-
1ieipal election on April l5
The 10 lowing excerpt from Sec
l6 will settle the question efYec-
lively in the minds OF those who
understand the English language:
| PROVIDED, that nothing
contained in this Act shall be
construed as preventing an
9 ectcr, either at the PRIMARY
| ELECT1ON or GEN EIlAL or
SPECIAL. MUNICIPAL ELTEts-
T10N. held under this Act.
from writing in the names OF
the candidate or candidates OF
| his choice in a BLANK space
on said ticket, and making
cross opposite thereto In ae-
cordance Mith the election Law
In force i'll said city or village" "
Now any school child knows tho
rule in grammar that two mega
| ives in a sentence destroy each
'ther and are generally equivalent
o an affirmative
| OF course | am we'll aware that
| ',iles of grammar are not accepted
| Is law In court. but In this in
| tanec the absence of the two mega
ives emphasizes the one negative.
NOTHING shal prevent etc.
Therefore, reading through the
| eetion to the end, the only construc-
ton that intelligentiy can be placed
| IN ii is that the elector can write in
| The name OF the candidate or eandi-
| dates of his choice in a blank space
on said ticket either at the primary
or general or speciai election held
| lnder this act.
At the primary--da you catch
this?
Blank space on said ticket. !
There's another one for Citizen"
% grasp, II he can.
Now what. he will. perhaps. argue
constitutes the ballot
"A ballot with printed names OK
| candidates Is the answer
No such thing.
The legal ballot IS one issued BY
the election commissioners and bear
ing on the back the official sigma
ture OF the clerk
DO you get that, Citizen"
How could an elector write on tho
ballot the name or names OF the
candidate or candidates Of his choice
in a blank space" unless there
we're blank spaces provided for him
ON that ballot.
Reading the Eng ish in this Sec
tion and several others which pro-
vide and say that primaries SHALL
be held, land no other names shalt
be placed upon the general ballot al
the general municipal election ex-
cept those se'eeted In the manner
! HEREINAFTER PRESCfsaBED.'
| That hereinafter prescribed Is EN-
bodied in the excerpt OF See. Is and
the voters of Cairo cannot be denied
their rights, notwithstanding all the
bluff of prohibition movement.
ieopardizing bonds and litigatioa.
We have had to hearRen to and read
in the co umns of .he press relative
Ito this matter.
Thanking you Mr. Bulletin fur
1.-THE opportunity of expressing NY
opinion on the matter. ! am
N, @. DAMpHQ0I4.