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Show lT NIURT'S COUNCIL. That was an unseemly wrangle which Councilman Hai.l provoked last night in tho council meeting. He had a perfect per-fect right to hold to his own opinions regarding the sale of the old Fort block, if they were honest, but ho had no right to impugn, least of all in the impudent im-pudent manner ho did, tho motives of Mr. Ba o. It is true, ho retracted his words and apologized for them, but not until Mr. Bacon, who was present, felt constrained to tell Mr. II all his statements state-ments were unqualifiedly false aud that lie knew it. It is worthy of note, moreover, that Mr. Hall conceded con-ceded he was on ihe unpopular side when he opposed the sale of the old Fort square. With a littlo more force and truth he might have added that the vast majority of our citizens consider con-sider h'm to be a dangerous obstructionist obstruc-tionist in the march of progress of Salt Lake. And the city attorney, instead of pouring pour-ing oil upon tho troubled waters, added fury to the storm by assuming that he was the city council when ho is really only its hired man. He had no right to brand Mr. Bacon's remarks as indecent when the council had invited them and they were strictly gentlemanly and to the point. The fact that not ono of the members would oiler the resolution proposed by Mr. Mkuhitt to keep anyone from making a speech on tho floor shows how the councilmen viewed the respective performances per-formances of tho city attorney and Mr. Bacon. As for the Fort block proposition itself we believe it will pass without further delay at the next meeting. The committee to which it was referred recommended rec-ommended favorable action and nothing noth-ing except the rules of the council providing pro-viding that tho report of a committee shall be laid over for one week ou the request of any two members, prevented the immediate adoption thereof. |