The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-16
VOTERS EXHIBIT
| GOOD JUDGMENT
! ). N CHOOSING men
!, Who viii Steer the Cairo ship Of
| State Under New Form Of
i Government.
Jan ELECTION ON ITS MERITS
No Wounds to Heal or Scars to Be
Etfaced- People With New
Administration. ls
3 ~
Mayor 4
WALTER H. WOOD.
Commissioner
0. P. HURD, CHAS. FEUCHTER.
N. J. H0WLEY, D. M. KELLY.

Always equal to any emergency
land rising to the occasion in time
Iof peace or war. the people OF Cairo
have demonstrated In the past their
liability 10 successfully cope with sit-
uations, and yesterday was no excep-
ltion to the rue.
In the. selection OF mayor and
flour commissioners upon the inaug-
Iuration of the Commission Form or
Municipal Government, the voters
lof Cairo yesterday were called upon
to exercise grit care and discre-
|tion in the selection of representa-
lives Of ability who were thoroughly
in accord with the new city execu-
tive.
That Walter f. Wood enjoyed a
monopoly In the mayofalty race was
but y Just tribute 70 his sterling
|Iexecutive ability, but 1t was in the
lclsstion sllAd eleyAtion to yifiee of
faar men g commissioners who
would surround him as d cabinet
That the voters we're required to dis
pay extraordinary good judgment.
as the field was strong one with
many representative men OF charac-
Ter and ability
How well the voters displayed I'M
nsually good judgment is evidenced
In the election OF Messrs. Hurd.
HowIey, Feuehter and Kelly as COM
missioners.
That these men We're selected, in
some cases, by small majorities DEM
onstrates that the difference Of opin-
ion as regards merit and ability
was but sight. There are no sore
spots, no wounds to heal no sears to
Iefface and no breaches to be bridged
lover as the result of the campaign as
bitterness was lacking.
The election was quiet anc orde-ly
and lacking in former spectacular
placing of premiums upon votes. this
absence OF 'bookmaking' being due
TO the strict law governing elections
under the Commission Form Of Mu-
|nicipal Government and the. desire to
hold an election fairly and squarely
upon its merits.
| Cairo and the new administration
/ Is confronted by many complex and
ldifficult physical and financial prob
lens upon the inauguration OF this
new progressive form OF government
Ia government founded upon strict
business principles.
II Is In the application of strict
business principles to the affairs OF
the City OF Cairo which offers a
ready solution TO the maeisff0m of
financial and physical difficulties
THAT will saTe il from Being dashed
upon the rocks.
In the effort to administer the ar
fairs OF the city of Cairo under
many trying difficulties. the new
administration viii be accorded
warm sympathy and an ananimity
Of public acclaim, as il represents in
its entirety the very best executive
timber that can be found in Cairo
men who for the insignificant salary
attached to the offices will sacrifice
much of their valuable time which
heretofore they have given to their
private business affairs in, order that
they devote 1t to the best interests
of the City OF Cairo.
The Bnl ,etin. In common with the
people of Cairo. believes In. them.
knows they can and VIII eonscien.
tlously and successfully solve the
problems that now confront the city
and those which may arise in the
future In all matters The Bulletin
is heart and soul with the new gov
ernment, pledeing honest support
and cooperation as II has no axe to
grind. seeking no favors. except that
Cairo and her people may prosper
and grow.
Bon voyage. gentlemen. with tho