Show r PROPOSED PRODIGALITY r 4 RECENTLY a red-hot red Liberal casu casually any addressed a man whose political leanings are not generally supposed to be very pronounced either way on the situation in this Ii city The latter is however a aIR owner pro property owner erty to a considerable IR- IR t extent The fhe substance of the collo collo- colloquy colloquy quy was about as follows Well Lib Lib Well I suppose you will vote with us when the election comes on in February t fi I Other Not Other Not ot unless you can give I me better reasons than any any I am now familiar with Why should should I vote with your party Lib Because Lib Because Because our success means the spending of a couple of millions upon public improvements Other Of Other Of whose money Lib that of that pausing pausing Why the the citizens citizens the taxpayers Other Of Other Of which I am one Now the fact is that if I and the balance or majority of taxpayers were to go to the present city coun coun- council council council cil and inform them that they were not spending enough of our money and we wished them to pitch i itch iu in raise the taxes and expend a great deal more they would at once accede to the request The reason they dont don't don run wild in making taxes heavy and spending the peoples people's money is because the citizens dont don't want them to do it Your party un on the other hand propose to do it whether the people desire it or not The rhe party now in power are making improvements steadily and I do not propose to vote with a part party that is goin going to get down into my pockets to a burdensome extent And so it is The great cry is for greater improvements notwithstanding notwithstanding notwithstanding ing that many are being made and andare andare andare are progressing as fast as the means of the people will admit of In the great cry of the other side about spending millions of dollars upon public improvements the fact that the money would come out of the I pockets of the people is kept in lD the shade I |