Show A SACRED COUNCILOR THE THE PUBLIC COUNCILOR must be bea 1 a great man in Germany judging from recent returns from Mecklenburg I ISome Some weeks since nince a few boon com corn companions companIons gathered at a banquet in Mecklenburg The steins stems and other utensils passed assed freely and In a mellow menow mood one of the recited a satirical poem which reflected on on a public councilor An editor happened to be present Editors and reporters somehow hap happen happen pen to be present a great deal of oftener tener than policemen Anyway the poem tickled this editor immensely He se secured secured secured cured a copy of It and when the next issue of his paper appeared there was v as the poem in cold type The councilor was grievously shocked So were his friends and retaliatory measures were at once instituted The Theauthor author of ot the poem was ar arrested arrested arrested rested and hurled into a deep dark dungeon there to languish by a courts decree for a period of thirty thir i days The unfortunate newspaper man was like likewise likewIse likewise wise arrested He Re was spared the hu humiliation of a jail sentence but was fined 75 15 which h for a newspaper man was almost as bad Then the man who had recited the poem was w s hauled up He was let off with a fine of 1250 Later an effort was made by the public prosecutor to run down every banqueter who laughed or even even smiled at the poem Unfortunately for the councilors peace of mind however this effort was unsuccessful No ban banqueter banqueter banqueter who laughed could be found Indeed most of them looked loo ed as though they had forgotten how to laugh And so the matter has lias been allowed tp to rest 4 All of this brings us to t the ques question question question tion of ot how much the city council councilmen councilmen councilmen men of ot Salt Sa t Lake would give to se secure t secure e cure the th enactment of some s me law which would would authorize u proceedings similar to those taken in the Mecklenburg case And think what a wearY dreary old world this would be If it we were ver not privileged to laugh unrestrained at atthe atthe atthe the doings of or our city father alleged poetically and otherwise ot |