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Show THE MAYOR ANDTHE PAVING- It is to be hoped that there is no ground for the rumor that Mayor Baskin will defeat the paving contract with his executive veto. It would seem that if ever the duty of a public official were clearly marked out for him it is in this case. The merits of the paving question have been settled before the people and in the light of day. PublLC opinion opin-ion has expressed itself as overwhelmingly overwhelm-ingly in favor of paving this year, and as emphatically in favor of a home company and home material. Opposed and delayed at every point, the cause of home industry has overcome all obstacles ob-stacles and reached the mayor's desk, because it bad behind it the irresistible force of public opinion. To defeat it now by a veto, after this full expression expres-sion of publio opinion, would be to assume a grave responsibility and, we believe, to affront the people. The mayor should be guided by clearly-expressed public opinion, by the final action of the board of publio works, and by the deliberate decision of the city council. What the people want the people should have. |