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Show WILL SHAKE HANDS. Moran Will Extend the Olive Branch TO THE EXECUTIVE OF THE CITY The Latest and Most Popular Move of the Champion of Labor Contentions Conten-tions Wast Cease When the Interests Inter-ests of the City and Its Working-men Working-men Are Involved As the Mountain Moun-tain Will Xot Come to Mahomet, that Individual Must Make His Way to the Mountain. At to-night's session of the city council an effort will be made to heal the differences which have existed between certain members and Mayor Baskin. The unprofitable squabble squab-ble has been productive of nothing but heartburnings, heart-burnings, and hundreds of working incu have been kept out of employment awaiting a settlement of the existing grievances. This state of affairs has not redounded to the credit of those responsible for it and all, irrespective ir-respective of political affiliations, can now rejoice that it is about to be brought to an end. Alderman Moran, labor's representative in the council, declared today to a Times representative rep-resentative that so far as he was personally concerned, he was willing that the white flag of peace 6hould have a position of honor in the council chamber, and that he. for one, will meet the mayor more than half way in any scheme to push forward to completion com-pletion the laying of water mains, construction construc-tion of sewers and sidewalks aud paving the streets, and better the condition of the laboring la-boring men of the community. Winter Is coming on, he says, and the city, whose treasure vaults are filled with money received from the people who have been assessed as-sessed for the improvements, should take care of its laboring population. He is willing wil-ling to agree to any fair and square proposition proposi-tion which may be made iu tbe line of improvement, im-provement, and will, if necessary, lead the fight. The eight-hour law has also not been forgotten for-gotten by him, for its provisions are incorporated incor-porated in all the sewer ordinances, as well as in the paving specifications, and the laborer who works for the city will have the assurance that for a fair day's pay only a fair day's labor will be required. The aldermau has again proved to the people peo-ple that the title, labor's champion, has not been misapplied. |