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Show I JIT US OLD M'rllM-Vi. Tub attempt of the Mayor to call odium upon the City Councllmeii who were the means of eipo"l"H "'" m'' deeds of Some of 111 police, while ofienslvo to decent cltltetit ft all cluiti, la of court endorsed by Ihe Hall Lake TVioime. Tlitrl'. hlpl1 ruts the word of tuch rersonasO. W. Powers ngalost that of Utiltrd Btatcs titnatori and oilier men of national na-tional npulc, and throwa mud at the latter to vindicate the former, might t eipeelcd toenail gentlemen at homo who trlu to Unlit the misdeeds of ofll. cinof IU own i art. The doings of the offlclals entrusted with the rare of Ihe city hate been kuownforaorae lime. Their rcanda-loua rcanda-loua conduct has len whltiarod arouad, and among a certain class haa been food for mirth. Ii It likely that anything more would have come of Itlfthecouncllmin who received pus Hive lurorniallon of those orli had not determined to bring them to Ilshlt Why ahould the .Mayor condemn their action, and eihlblt so much auger oer the oiooture which compelled him to remove the oflendlnic offlcrrt? "Interfered with hla r.reroatlves, did they? Why did he not mclae them, than and, relieve thera of tho neceMlly of action? If lie ardently desired the (.airily of the city, lie would hare thanked tliueu Council, men loilcail of catling blame uron llutthe 7noun goes much further. In lie common ll and mean and iltry way, It reeks to ut a ".Mor-rusn"coliron ".Mor-rusn"coliron the trsntaclloii. Two of thoao Councilman were "Mormon Aldermen," It says, and proceeds to put upon them what blame II elioosis to manufacturr. It charges that they If J' "were trying by Imitating tho methods R, f'l of Ihe Chief of Police to damn him Br' t and escape unicathed themselves." I ' If there Ii anything counecleJ with I ' this unsavory affair that la meaner and B I more contemptible than thla Irlbunt H I cITurl to beirnlrcb those gentlemen, we fall to perrelvo It. The evidence It clear that their object w n tolely to detect de-tect the evil doings of uieu In the nulla nu-lla service, and the vile Jnsltiualltms aud assertions of the 7Woiine aru aim-ply aim-ply characterise of thatahret. "Had they gone as Aldermen ahould have gone, had they gone and seen and gone away, their conduct would ' have been above reproach," ao It ssys. Well, how dnea that agree with the charge that In doing anything about Hthey were"treuohlngon lbuMa)or'e prerogative?" Aa to "Aldermen," there are no audi cfllccrs In the city, either "Mormon" or "Hen. 1 tile." Three Councllmeu, aa the ev. dence ahowa, went to detect crime. Home of them raaylhave been unwise lu their method; that la fur tho Council to determine. Hut thai they went where Ihuy did for tho puriwaee Intimated by the Tribune, la a con. I cluilou liotjiiitlfted by anything that haa appeared In evidence aud la virtually vir-tually contradicted In lla own colurana. HpesMtigof the committee e pointed to Inquire luto the mailer It says, In . another fart of the paper: I "The opinion uf thla roinmliteo from tntervlewa with a majority of It members mem-bers Is Hist Iho -Mayor's ctlllcl'iii of the councllinen who were enRsged in the ao-tailed ao-tailed In) eallgsllon of the pr tlco t-ultiinll-Ice, Has unwarranted. Ihla tcolilstobo the opinion of a majority ul the Member A of tho Council outaldo the committee, and wbsloicr course the report may take, that psrt of tho Mayor's message will in all probability not be concurred In by the Council." If the "Liberal" organ wmils to provoke comment on tho.lberal"ad- tnlnlalratlonof affairs hi Hilarity ever aim e tho steal ot lb(W, Itcau do toby Bl thus picking out two of the Council- B Hien who have served the jiublla by Bm , bringing to light Iniquity thai even (Kj the TWoone cannot condone, and try. M Ing to throw allme at them 1 cauau W they are ".Mormwis." |
