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Show THE MAYOR'S REPORT AND SENTENCE. SEN-TENCE. The report made by the mayor last night to the common council, together with the unconditional removal, for cause, of three members of the police, causes quite a stir. The public has good reason to feel interested in the character of the city's officials, for its reputation at home aDd abroad has suffered long enough from reports of shortcomings on the part of its representatives. The whole city places entire confidence In the honesty, determination, nerve and ability of Mayor Baskix, to probe to the bottom every legitimate legiti-mate charge against offenders and to defend the reputation of the city against the attacks of men of whatever standing in the community. commu-nity. On board & powerful seaworthy ship one wakes up at midnight, hears the pulsations of the tireless heart of steel, the tinklings of directing bells as guided be the watchful pilot at the helm they convey necessary directions di-rections to the engineers beneath the water line, and thankfully, listening to the lullaby of roaring winds and rushing waters, sinks to sleep impressed with the perfect security of his surroundings. So, in a great city, where crime and drunkeness hold high carnival under cover of darkness, peaceable citizens listening to the-steady tread of sober and vigilant guardians guard-ians of tho night, know that back of all array of persons and forces there sits the man of steel, with his sinewy hand on every connecting wire, his well-nigh well-nigh omnipresent eye on every subordinate, and his stainless heart and reputation alive and sensitive to the great city's hurt; he feeli secure within the charmed circle of municipal power wielded by the clean hands, indomitable will and determinate purpose of a just man clothed with authority. |