The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-02-05
HURD POSSESSES
PAIR OF blue
HYPNOTIC EYES"
Public Merry Over Statement Com
missioner Exercises "Un.
due Influence"
GUNSH0E SQUAD MEET WITH
VERY INDIFFERENT SUCCESS
Public Rid:cules Recall Measure Be-
Ievins Frameyc Solely Ac-
taated By Malice.

Shafts OF mprrimcnt levelled at
Commisaloner Hurd Werq launcheii
yesterday and n generally hit the,
matk,aPo comn4s,oner aqkpowleds-
ing thr soft impea' hmcnt tina he.
was guilty Of having an Evil Op-
tic" The aforesaid allegation having
been made asainStohhnH in the RE
ftA-LL P-E-TrIrEfI-o-N printed
Tuesday and unsuccessfully ciEcu-
lated by gumshoc squad yesterday
in an cndeayor to secure signatures.
Many of the ,1 commissioners
friends, who prior to yesterday, had
never paid any attention to the color
of his eyes got busy and enquired
the color and were surprised to ma
that they We're blue-just like the
color Ci ink used in printing tn.
petition. These friends could not
believe that anything but black could
| be classed as a hypnotic eye an1
| they are now wondering why they
had not seen before that he posses
sed an undue influence over other
members of the council" as alleged
| by the trainers of the petition.
Contrary to tho rule observed
when signatures were sought fer
the petition asking for an election
for the commission form of govern
ment, not one of the fifty recall
blanks which had been printed could
he found notwithstanding an effor.
was made to locate one-they were
being surreptitiously circulated but
without success.
Probably this sneak method is
being observed so as to hide the
identity of the few who may be in
duced Though personal reasons 10
sign, these overlooking the fact that
the law provides as follows:
(d) A petition signed BY
electors entitled to voto for
successor to the incumbent
sought to ne recalled or re-
moved, equal in number to at
least iifty-five per centum of
the entire vote for all candi-
| dates for tho office of mayor at
the last preceding general mu-
nicipal election demanding an
election of a successor of the
person sought to be removed or
| recalled shall be filed with the
| city or village clerk, which pc
tition shall contain a general
statement, in not more than two
hundred words, Of the ground
for which the removal or recall
is sought: Provided, that in
cities and villages having a
board of election commissioners.
such petition shall be filed with
the clerk of such board.
!
(dl Such sheets shall be fast
encd together at the upper edge
in one document filed as a whole
and when filed shall not be
withdrawn or added to or al
tered in any manner by any
person. No signature shall be
revoked except by a revocation
filed in writing with the clerk
with whom the petition is re-
quired to be filed and before the
filing of such petition. UPON
REQUEST OF ANY PERSON,
THE CLERK SHALL FURNISH
A CERTIFIED COPY OF SUCH
PETITION AND NAMES
THERETO, UPON THE PAY
MENT OF SUCH TFRSON n
THE CLERK OF A FEE OF
ONE DOLLAR FOR EACH 100
NAMES THERETO.
COMMISSIONER liuTu WHEN TeuueSt-
ed to make a statement relative TO
the petition declined to say anything
beyond that he was public servant
and the matter was up to the peo-
pie. furthermore, he would cou-
tinue TO perform his duties as fear
lessly and conscientiously az he had
done IN the past. He said that he
would not and could not be divert
ed by this threat from the perform
ance of those duties. He took the
matter as huge joke, as also did
the general public on account of the
lack Of substance behind the petit
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