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Show Li:i US tUMl.ll. The l"l-bacW, ns some are ellsposed to call I', which took tlaco yesterday lu tho ojipsr refluer negotiations by two iromluent and rupuUble citizens msklug n formal demand that theS-tt.OJO voti-U to the smeller by the Clly Couuilt be returnel to the treasury if pall out, uul that It bo retained re-tained If not pall out, will hnrlly be looked upon In that light whin all things aiu lonsldered, not oven by Mr. Ureuu hlusslf wu thin!:. Hu Is pro-poslug pro-poslug and in full, as wu understand, reparlng to Invest half a million dolUrs In a loot enterprise. As n butlurianiiiihe mutt rsallxs tbut the securest sile jusrd nhloli can eurrouud Invested mpltal lu uuy community is a proiwr rogsrd for lw and good order. Anything savorlug of anarchy, mlarulu or even a departure depar-ture from correct builuois prluclplee, if assuming the apiearance ot orgaults-tlou orgaults-tlou through tho approval or failure to dissent on the nnrt uf the neonlu thorn selves, Is a elanger signal; it means that such people aru to lax to be en-ru en-ru sttd w Ith largo sums of money that If tbe I respect of fialntug a great enterprise will tempt thumtocousent to ader aituru from law and prlnc!p!o,why might they not thereafter bo tempted to take. iHjstesslon ol tbo euterirlse by thu samn lutnna that Ihey em- loyed to help to bring it Into ixleteuco by disregarding tho law and tho rights of others? It It not only true that the action of thu Clly Umuolllii that bshalf voa oontrary to law an I precedent, tut It It alto true III tt they were fully advised that such as thu luu. So they hnvu not uveu the futile excuse uf Iguoiincu lo I'lead lu Juitillcitlou. If It was unlawful un-lawful It Is proer for nuy person affected to prevent tho money being paid out, or having been paid out lo demand its return, and the means for accomplishing this are always al-ways at hand. They ould not ho ut baud If nuy other courso weru 1 roper, for tho disposition to old tho lopier project ttgunerat, as hss been shown. Hut what thu ilty tolout mlitakenly Intended ns a benefit tn the community communi-ty has already proved Itself soitthlug of a detriment. Departing from the law and the rules In ordor to accom. 1 Ileli a special purpose might not bo su vicious III Itself did It not break down thu (barrier which ttsud between the people and those who may at bjiuo Hum seek ti plunder thuni, thus eitibllshliit-a precedent by meant of which uuy other departuru from law could bu comumoiitaj. As a mutter of fact the good or bad oljeots aimed at by tho departure are perfectly incidental qualities; It It the overturu-log overturu-log ol principle, tho att)nj asldu of sa eguards, that louttltute thu subject dealt Willi Tho local lawmakers aro ouly tho agents of thoto who elected them; In no sense uro Ihey rubra or ovun preceptor-. At agouta they are ojntlnaj to certtlii limits, thcto belii defined lu io lie ossst and understood lu others. They have no right to exact trlbutu from Ihelr prlnaliitli lu aid of miy nun'j or nny sot of men's private or pert mil transactions trans-actions sivu for neslcd services duly contractol for and properly porlorrnud. riiey liavu no right to umbailt on n pleuiure trip, no matter how It msy bo named or how skillfully It may bo made to appear that some pibllo end will bu subserved thereby, nud maUu their em. ployers pay n tent of thu expense, When they do these thlnijs they violate lavs, and any well regulated communlly It uot dltpotcd to oountcuunos such violations. We have dlroct proof of this lu the llrst opportunity which the oplo had to express lliumtelves publicly pub-licly and generally rojardlng tho degree de-gree of confllemo which they entertain enter-tain aa lo tbelr servants In uuother but neighboring field. We refer lo the 10 u-a dofes-t of thee un'y bond Issue, the laipajers lo mt ii lo le toxfd tt pirposes which at the hssl are shady, and they look wl li Ulslrust upon those who ask them to submit to It. In saying that csufllouco generlly has been wcitkenol, tbe healthful public sentiment which ou&ht to prevail pre-vail Is linp-.lr.fd, an 1 mischief threatens threat-ens to spring up In every corner we bJt cxprru the poulsr feellnsianl tho city's uyjoo appro rlatlon ti the coper bonus has not helped matters a hit. Wo tay now, as we have laid all the tiruo, let tho money neeJel for thu soieller, other than wi.at has properly been raised, bo also raited by proi cr meant, or not at all. The protectors ot thu enlcrprlso Ihirmolvts will feel much belter and imrn secure when such plauand no other shall prevail. |