Show U STREET FIUXCUISE 11 lUTE TJIE street railroad fraucbisL question J engaging a cnnsiderable d Sr eofTnbllcIatteniion nn the course of Joe City Council on the tutject f being cJo ely watched Borne liolablo features appeared in the proceedings cf last evening f < MOfl of the Council A resolution tion a introduced t the effect that no franchlo i > Lould 0 her Bfter granted t any trett railroad corporation or company that did not contain a provision requiring the grantees t pay to the city a proportion propor-tion of the grots receiits reiulting from the enterprise This resolution resolu-tion might have npfearev ton ifteut had Lit ll ed ne originally presented This ra < i not done however a Councilman W FJamea oCcred amend Faml ofen Jiu Zmend merit by which the famo principle regarding the embargo on a portion of the grv 3 recel t of railroad com jinlei would 0 apjillud t ezictln frauchtea hi the resolution traucL Strange L say te tion pa bed as aneuded Mr Fem bruiefl motion a very proptr one to rccumlJcTnud refer was lot The resolution ehotrs regrettable ignorance of one of the plainest principles of the national coustitu Uou that no C pottjaaio law ir valiJ There is another element ol invalidity in Itthe resolution u > lend impairs the obligation ol contracts ilie existing franchiat a in the nature of contracts made cltrct wae ltweeu tbu municipality and the parties t whom they were accorded I 1 the height absurdity to lire rumethat one of the parties to acon tract con without the consent if 1 the other inject a new obligation obli-gation Had the Council riot chosen to ignore the city attorney but referred the matter to him and acted upon what would doubtless have beeu his recommendation they would have obviated the jwln fuUpecticle which their i iiorauce of the commont t pri lples of sense and law rauees them to present The holders existing fraurhlscs will donbtlcbs not late any conider able quantity of sleep over the re o luther as it amount tj no mere than 1 much wind A condition incorporated In the ranchiero could not be enforced having no legal existence Mr W HI Spafljrd a mprnVr of the Council istlrrrclly interecttt in the Rapid Transit Company anon an-on that account very pn > j ry refrains re-frains from taking any active par when the franchise euljeet h under consideration In viesi 1 of the existing diijuto retiree different companies regarding which nf tem hal occupy certain tlrueti I would have shown better Judgment Judg-ment had Mr Tjl Keltey anothei member of the Council ludd clout tram any active participation iu the contest beyond hk official cairo city He has not Pen lit to do tills as his name appears with that of a numb other on a petition t theCIty Council In favor of oueot the parties t the conientloc He thuj presents the Incongruous f ctacle of a petitioner In the cape ullyofaprival citizen t liiin elf a an official cf the city t grant certain prlvitigui to the JEapld Transit Company |