The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-26
ALL PREPARED TO
FILE PETITIONS
IN WALLS court
More Signatures Obtained to Peti.
ton Asking Election Than
Law Requires.
MONDAY WILL BE THE DAY
Prominent Cairo Gentlemen in Inter.
s views Express Favorable
Opinions.
MONDAY WILL BE THE DAT

t"ouuas tue pctitohS piayiuS tuut
the question OF commission form
OF gov sernmcnt be submitted to the
voters OF Cairo at an election will
be presented to Judge Wall, In the
absence of Judge Dewey.
The petitions yesterday afternoon
had been signed by a number far in
excess OF the laws requirements.
The statutes governing the calling
of the election for this purpose says
that the county judge shall order an
election within sixty days and not
'ess than ten days after the peti-
tions have been filed.
In orde. to save expense attendant
Ipon a special election in the city Il
may be that Judge Wall will mako
his order for this election SO 1t vii.
DO held on Tuesday. February 25.
when the voters are TO act on the
100000 bond issue.
Each OF these questions will be
,oted upon separately and not in
my way tied together or made
,art OF each other
There Is no question but what the
'ond issue will carry by an over
ghelning majority. probably i loss
han 100 votes being cast against
he issue and as the advocates OF dhe
commission form OF government are
heartily in favor OF the bond matter
hero Is no necessity for fogging
'ither issue by injecting their re-
Pectlye merits into the sampaign.
The advocates have, since they
lain that the commission form OF
government Is an ideal one. con :
luded TO make the campaign one
4 education. believing that an ap-
'eal to reason, instead of prejudice,
will best subserse the interests OF
business municipal government as
xempllfied In the commission form.
With this idea In view 1000 or
1000 copies OF the law, its operation
ind application to the commission
orm of municipal government will
,e printed and distributed in every
lome in Cairo. I
These pamphlets will thus be
laced In every voters hands. maxi
ng Of him militant and perfect
init in a grand organization
The more one reads and studies
he law and Its application, the
.reater grows the students admira-
ion for its principles, as there is
10 Joker" concealed anywhere.
In. addition, there win be brought
Cairo several speakers from Illi-
'ois cities who have adopted the
commission form of government with
extremely gratifying results
These speakers have written vol
nteering their services in the in
| crest OF progressiveness and good
| government as embodied in the COM
| mission form.
These speakers will expound athe
NV thoroughly, explain Its working
nd great benefits acoruing thege-
| rom
The Bulletin herewith publishes
he result Of a few interviews held
esterday afternoon with several
prominent Cairo gentlemen who
ave attached their names 10 the
petitions.
These interviews are authoritite
nd permission was granted TO re-
produce them.
The Bulletin has many more, hut
aek OF space prevents giving pub
city this morning, but they will
GLOW in rapid succession.
I, c, Clendenen. superintendent
't schools, said:
II certainly believe the commits
ion form OF government would be
ood thing for Cairo. Its main
eature. in fact the strongest argu-
,ent In its favor is that it fxes re-
possibility. The present system
ioes not Mr. ClendeneR said that
The commission form now being
xercised in the government OF
ity of Illinois had recently uh-
arthed graft scandal that had sx-
sted under the old system and that
.ad started in the regime ofsa
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