Show t We nre sorry to see that some of tho Councilmen are disposed to make trouble about the potty appointments In the several 1 municipal departments and to claim what Is I called recognition recogni-tion with respect to them It has even been reported that Intimations In the nature of threats have been made tho tiC t-iC this recognition were not accorded appropriations l would be cut down That is to say unless the Councilmen arc given what Is practically executive power they will hamper the publics public-s llce Are are loth to believe that such a threat Is really meant The Council has Its appropriate duties defined de-fined by law the Mayor also has his duties similarly defined These duties are of a different character In each case and do not conflict With the Mayor Is placed the power of nomination nomina-tion with the Council that of confirmation confirma-tion If an unfit or objectionable noml nation Is I made the Council should reject It but to claim the power both 10 l nominate and to confirm is contrary 1 to law and the propriety of ofllclul life To Insist upon It under threat of I Impairing thoefllclcncy of the particular j parti-cular department Involved Is a wrongS wrong-S upon the public Wo hear also that I I some of the Councilmen are In favor of making i what they call a clean up In I a political 1 sense In the police and I flijc departments That would be a 1 I I Croat blunder politically as wellnau j mistake eon the merits of the proposition I proposi-tion The Democrats lost many votes f I at the recent election because fair minded citizens dreaded jUBt such a thing In case Barnes were elected For tho Republicans now to do that would be utterly Indefensible The whole matter Is unworthy of the BUr It Is apparently canning nil the ollkials should dual with the matter In a broad enlightened spirit and stop tln wrangling wrang-ling get together In unity and do the public business in businesslike method conformable to law and to tin end that lho public as well as the party maybe may-be best served |