The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-10
'POT IS BOILING
IN ALEXANDER
COUNTY POLITICS
Many Candidates for the Nomina.
tion on Party Tickets Already
in the Fled.
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY
TICKET YET TO COME
Jesse E. Miller, County Clerk. MAJ
Be Republican Candidate for
Nomination eff Sheriff

September ninth is long way
off. yet the number ut candidates
| for the variols Crtices in the cir;
| cf the people nf Alexander count
arc numoa Gus. The election Sep
smher 9 is for the purpose oi
sriectinp the candidates for each Of
the politi,a' parties The regular
elec ton will take place the first
| Tuesday in November.
Thus far only candidates Of the
democratic and Republican parties
| have come fore he lime light.
The Progressive party proposes to
| furnish a full ticket for the Novem =
brr election and the selection Of tn .
standard bearers will not he made
until after the big meeting which
is 20 be held at the court house
Saturday night. when Madili Ne
Cormick vii! be here and work up
enthusiasm for the party OF Roose
welt.
Tht Republicans will have many
candidates in the !laid for the non,i
alton. There is James ltocllr the
early bird" he is after the sheriff s
office again. he served four years,
waited four years and then tried il
again, out was defeated. He was the
first To ccme out for the nomination
for the approaching primary. An
| other candidate from the country
district is Israel Cauble of Elco,
He is one of the prominent merch.
ats of the upper end of the Co@lity
and will give Mr.. Rochle a rub for
the country vote.
At present the only city man an
avowed candidate if Capt w. P.
Treaney. chief deputy sheriff un,!er
Fraser the Democratic incumbent
He says he will be an iadcpendaut
candidate. ~"S~
Since the death of Capt. hp:.itt
Il is said there is strong probability
that the present county clerk,
Jesse r. Miller. brother of Sidney,
will make the race. IL is said that
the county clerk it being repeated
ly urged by his friends to be a can
didate. With Mr.. Miller in tho
field there would be three Republi-
cans after the nomination.
The Democrats have only one can
Gidate for sheriff, Edward A. Burke
and the party leaders all seem to
be satisfied with him and will prob
ably try to keep him free of oppo-
lsition so that he can devote his
whole time.
There will be plenty of aspirants Is
for the office OF county judge, as
Il is understood that Judge Dewey
has expressed his desire not to run
FIR the office again, although he
has not positively stated he would
not. OF The Republicans candidate
for this office who have announced
or stated their intention to do so
later are Leslie L. Wilbourn OF
Olive Branch, Alvin C. Margravc,
for many years clerk at the postof-
flee and who now has an office in the
Halliday Estate building: Walter B.
Warder, son of the former Senator
Wardcr is said to be considering the
proposition. The Democratic oand!
date is Grover Cleveland Koehler d
Thebes, whose father, Fred Koehler
tormerlyy resided in Cairo.
For county clerk John A. Hodge
clerk at the Illinois Central freight
depot is Democratic candidate. a.
is p. G. Shaver of Faville. No Re
1 publican has announced.
For assessor and treasurer Henri
Wilson of Delta, who was appointed
to fill the vacancy caused by th'
death of Capt. Lippitt, is the
Democratic candidate. The Repub
iicans seeking the nominations ar
Henry Brown OF TLebes ]. ]. Web
ster of Cairo. Fred d. Nellis ha'
d, been mentioned frequently as
prospective candidate by many o
his friends but has not definitel
decided the question. He held tn
office for three years previous 10 hi
appointment as sheriff.
Il Four aspirants for the nomina
: ticn for county superintendent o
" schools havn already announced
They are Mrs. Fanny p. Hacker
Democrat. the present incumbent