The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-21
Additional Signatures Attached TO
Pet ton Asking for Holding
Special Election. n
NEXT MONDAY IS THE DAY
Member Of Present Finance Commit,
tee Cites figures in Support Of
Cheaper Government. SIS

Many additional signatures were
secured yesterday TO the petitions
request ng Judge Dewey to call a
pecial election TO determine whether
or not Cairo shal. adopt the COM
mission form Of government.
1t is believed that more than SUIT
ficient signatures OF legal voters has
already been obtained, but the pett-
tons viii not be. presented until
next Monday in order that everybody
fayoring submitting the question ty
vote. may have an opportunity to
affix their signatures to this import
ant petition.
There seems to he an impression
in some quarters that the petition
cannot be acted upon until Judge
Dewey returns from his vacation
which would be too late 10 bring the
matter up before the April election
but this has been provided for by
Judge Dewey, he. having according
to law, delegated tne Judge of an adj
Joining county with authority to
old court in his absence and act up
,n petitions. The selection falls
upon Judge W. A. Wall OF Pulaski
county, who will act upon tho petit
tiun
In ease Judge Wall IL eallod away
lrtllis alas+tas has been welltakcns carr
VI by The legislator who framed VIZ
law in 1910 and amended it'in 1911
There arc many eommendable fea-
lures Of the law governing the an
p.ication of the commission form OF
government which have not been
mentioned by the advocates Of the
measure. This has been taken ad.
vantage OF by the opponents, who are
not conyersant either with the pro
visions of the law and argue against
tt on the ground of additional ex-
sense for salaries.
These opponents in dccrying the
commission form lay much stress
upon the cost in the amount OF sala-
ries pad the mayor and four com
missioners, which would amount,
paying the highest permitted In
tiles the size of Cairo, TO $4,S00
Under the eomIniss on form OF GOV
,rnment the commissioners must Sc
lect bank or banks in which all de
,osits of municipal monies shall be
made, the bank or banks to pay not
less than I pereent annual interest
,n the monthly deposits A gentle
nan, member OF the finance commit
tee of the present city council says
that there Is not day but what
Cairo has ON deposit in the Cairo
banks anywhere from 100000 to
s150.o00 those amounts being raised
from receipts and specia funds.
This gentleman claims that the
latter figure Is nearer correct than
the first, as II is rarely that the ba''
snce ever gets as low as $l0o,o0o
Now, assa-ts this gentleman. II
Cairo had this money placed on
percent interest it would net the city
an annual revenue of s4,s00.
The members of the city council
of Cairo are paid annually sl,24S
per year for attending meetings
Adding this amount to the $L00t
salary paid Mapor Parsons incurred
In operating the city's Legislative
and executive head under the pres
snt form of "misgoyernment' the
total will reach s2,24S.
The receipts from the interest
paid the city amounts to $4,5O0 auc
the expenses for the mayor and fol
four commissioners makes $i.Soo
leaving 5000 that the city wi have
to meet in conducting its business
az against the SECS which it costs
at present. making nice difference
of Si,94S in favor Of the commission
| form of government, "a figger Is q
flyer and it won't lie, no matter
how much you pad it,, concluded
this firm advocate of the commission
form of government for Cairo.