Show so it appears from debates in la council that the great expenditure of the money on seventh street between I 1 and J street is without jhb knowledge or authority of the council the committee on streets and alleys assumed the right to order the work doce that appears to ua to be a good illustration of democratic golem ment this committie like a state before the civil war claims to ba independent cf any central government it can go on making improvements according to democracy with out any order from the council proper within the last two weeks we have to an example of democracy m new york slate which may have some bearing on the subject under president issued an order relating to baar abline the health commissioner 10 baw york state claimed that he wae independent of any federal control and he would abide bythe presidents order or not abide by it just aa he pleased in the course of a few days the bought a piece of ground for quarantine and dr iho health commissioner gave orders that cabin should be landed therea if wd mistake the ground for quarantine was in kings county at any raap the county ob r claimed to be to the local authorities author ties and he refused to let the passengers land ahe local authorities stood by aim in this and claimed they had full jurisdictions in their county so for as quarantine regulations were concerned it was not until governor threatened to have the state malitia sent to kings county that the passengers were permitted to land ow let us revert to the committee suppose it tabe one step farther as they did in new york then cash man of the committee might claim independent authority and order public work done in his own ward on his own responsibility do you see where democratic theory then leads it you follow the matter up society would be disorganized and anarchy prevail such as existed in the terrible french revolution of 1792 the people ruled supreme in those times it was democracy unadulterated and the world has never seen a more terrible state of society |