| Show in another part of to days idajo trill bo foaud a from J T making com against our city council aud suggesting a repeal of the city charter the first complaint i that a citizen lad been put to expense and iu iu jail butil ho w ns re leased by district ii strict couil alo that was abit zep j was charged with aa audel r calv tried ami jound guilty and a which defendant refused to pay and the city magistrate had but buo ouo courso to eursue under tho law As to the merits of the case wo lavonoa Lavo not space to say any thing all that need lie eaid is that one court hied and another released him if he acro not guilty as charged thu lower court an amr which would not effect the city council buu way or another without giving any opinion on CAM wo aro win anted in saying that carlies aie often guilty and so found by the lower courts aud their decisions reversed by the higher courts on mere technicalities of law evou aro thus turned loose on the community hanco tho fact of our friend being imprisoned on a charge of a ansa creanor cm eanor cuts no figure aganet the city or the second charge is that this same iskui iu order to sell by the bottlo in af by tho drink and was informed that the council had no ri ht to t bant such rebate the supposition in this case is hat ho had taken out a at a certain rate for a certain period and the council did not acol authorized to change it or if tho ordinance made no differ in the price th it would at the dic alion of the council As to the council erred in this case or not is not our concern alpi csont but oven if they did it is only an from which neither they or complainant aro free ono thing however id certain that as a into liquor dealers and municipalities du najt see things alike and tho case bofo 0 o us is not an exception in thai regard our friends arguments with regard to making a rebate to mci chants wo think are bound and wo will go still faither nal say that whilst they havo the legal right our view is that they should not sell liquor at all b the drink unless it is sold in a room having nu connection whit wh it over with that iu which people go to purchase their goods and wares who du not drink liquor and especially ladies do not caio to pur climso as a dij a copers topers bavo breath in jears bye we lavo heard much complaint of some of our best merchants on iliac account to their credit bo it said tho most popular firm of tho place has como time since the practice it is also evident tint under tho earns all should bo alike and alie presumption is that men of the high moral sian diu of our city fathers aim at strict justice to all with regard to socio for selling a boiu pop aud larro for sale and paying no all that cain bo said is il such bo tho fact that the collector has failed to discharge hia dut yand others who aio supposed to claim chiou on tho ground ot lis censo havo lenail complaint if our is aggrieved ho is tho proper to that the v is enforced or learn what is whilst it id admitted that wo mi ht leavo had moro city improvements than wu havo tho statement that wo would havo lad just aa many andoor town jut as orderly without our police regu lation is not correct thoro hac times when ao far aa was concerned thia statement could bot hao been contradicted but it is Rp to every observer that our present police force has kept tho town pretty well regulated as to it is often much easier to find fault than to ical or imaginary evil whilst there is a of our citizens and especially certain liquor dealers who would liko lik o to see our city charter repealed tho people are hardly prepared to assemble in inasa and ask alio legislature 10 take away our municipal rights it is argued by fomo tint tho coulty officials could keep things straight as well aa the chiy all that need bo said la reply to that is that they have not done so and alien wo had abo office of sheriff and combined il wis much worse than now although tharo is still room and a necessity fur in somo quart cis tt inight also be added that liquor j saloons have run and kept epou ou I 1 sundays ami other ev h carried ou for years in anor canizo sa nizo 1 towns not twenty anila our own beautiful city that somo people find it hard to pay their taxes is beyond dispute and that is anoro or loss alio ciso hoople who liti tie havo light taxes and what all pay alicy pay to themselves for alo mutual good of tho community of which they form a part and if wo iid no chiy wo would loam bat with all city fathers real r imaginary faults 3 ecat mistake iu dismissing them vo have been moia elaborate ou matters than wo would have been but for the fact that there are i few of our best citizens who take the namo view as our correspondent avery t wn of a proper size needs lucil authorities who are always i r ij with their cac s open to tho 01 1 I i their constituents and not liivi irple solely upon county of are liebla to bo absent for da a and weeks at a time |
