Show I trUE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL Once more the Mayor and the City Council are at loggerheads The people peo-ple of Salt Lake City are becoming very tired over these repeated disagreements disagree-ments They think it is undignified on the part of the Mayor and equally soon so-on the part of the City Council to engage en-gage in crimination and recrimination over the affairs which come before them in their respective capacities We do not care just now to go into the merits of the present dispute between his honor and the body with which he is at variance That is not the point to which we desire to direct attention But we regard it as unseemly not to say disgraceful that there are continual con-tinual evidences of illfeeling in the disagreements that attract so much public attention That we regard as entirely wrong and unnecessary That the Mayor and the City Council may take opposite views in reference to any public question honestly and each with a sincere regard for the public pub-lic good we do not for a moment dispute but that should be devoid of irascibility and there should be no exhibition ex-hibition of illfeeling in the matter It looks to the public as though there was a degree of spite pervading the repeated tilts between the Mayor and Council This is unpleasant to witness and is certainly not conducive to public pub-lic respect When the Mayor and the City Council fail to see eye to eye on any public matter why can they not get together and in a kindly spirit and with a desire to reach the best conclusions con-clusions talk the matter over and settle set-tle their differences in private There ought to be at least that much harmony har-mony between the two branches of the city government We believe the Mayor to be honest in his views and intentions and that in asserting his rights as he understands under-stands them as the Mayor of this city it is not from personal motives that he takes the position in hostility to the Council which he frequently assumes We believe also that the majority of the Council seek the welfare of the public rather than any private aims or ambitions But we cannot close our eyes to the evidences of personal antagonism an-tagonism which crop out every now and then in the intercourse between these two branches of the public service ser-vice viceWe We think the segregation of these I two branches was a mistake It would be better for the Mayor to be part of the Council to preside over its deliberations delib-erations to become familiar by his presence during their sittings with all the particulars and arguments that relate to any question brought before that body than by the separation which has taken place that the Mayor should stand aloof as a separate and distinct branch of the body corporate That seems to set his office at variance with theirs At any rate some steps should be taken to promote a better feeling between the Mayor and the City Council or their continual jangles are likely to create unmitigated public disgust |