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Show A n.M (11 Ml I ItlMtllkS. The aprctaolo presented to this pa tleut ommuulty two or throo tlmca ft weea by thu gaieoue aud Ulumluated body known oa the City Council la uuo to make thoughtful men I lie their lljx In humlllallou and fooli crack their throata ulih unrestrained laughter, tiurely, undfgnlflrd chlldlahneaa nnd piddling Incapacity could no further go than In tho lengtba achieved during tho iit few woka by what wo aro unfortunate enough to have for ruunlt Ipsl Itglalature. The wont feature of the case la the recent ucthlly of mouth on tho pirt of thoso msmtura whoso notorious unlltnisa for the position haa heretofore vacapod irltlclam brcauiu they weru dilute! enough to keep quiet. Of lain they have followed the lad exntnplo of sarruIllyattbythclrcollt'aa,ui,wlthlhe result that thu sessions are given up (o a dreary mass of valid and at tlniua Ill-natured (rattle, from whloh tue roott diligent starch scarcely succeed In extraotlng ft grain of soiuu. If thla lie called contsmi t of court, or rather of council, on our part, wo shall try to bear with rtalgnatloii the enally tor at last expressing wlut we have long Immii forced to feel. Yetthe Xntit Is auru the ruombira of the council are not bal mtu, some ot them are really ahb , and not one Is lildlfl'cteiit to the city 't welfare. They doubtlesa want to do what Is right, and probably think they have done, the beat thoy CiU. If this la the one, we apotaglao her and now, for It la manifestly mani-festly unfair to blamo pe)pla for what they don't know. At the tamo time we aubmll whether the gentlemen do not thomselvea think they liavo alriady wasted time enough lu all consclencu to revise flvo acta of ordlnancta, and whether they think It a part of their official dutlen to spend hour after hour wrangling like, a lot of boys over u trivial question as to a clerk's letttr and Its disposal, whether they think they are earning tho tilru compensi tlon which aptclal sieslona bring them; whether they are satis, fled with tho figure they cut before their constituents and the world ; whether lu fact they do not think It would be a me&auroof etonomy and In the lnUnst of publlo dignity all round to discontinue tho meetings altogether and let municipal allalra run them, selves. Tim r all not bardtopleaiw ordinarily, hut It admits thatjustnow It thinks almnt any kind of a cuauge would be for the better. Hcncu It rises aud In a modest way asks for a cbango |
