| Show TIm lm tH Sl WO Vc are AIO ll lo to know this Uio i ro leat al of It tho No the th revival of ot the tho old contention which t n o 0 t each other t tho Mormon nna of or la 10 endorsed by hy the tho majority of or our without regard to their reli rell religious or political Them nio a few te i arson In whoso breasts tho oM bitter spirit of ot Is still native who delight In tan fan tho small Hamo which wa In rekindled dIed at lit the tho latest t sitting of ot tho City Council It l Is of ot no use u o to or it h of ot to tb attempt by hl pleading to It appear u In any way Justin l l There Thoro Is n division of or opinion among members of oC tha Iho City CIt Council M lo to tho notion of lit tho Iho Mayor In his endeavor VOl to remove from oilier t the tho Chief of ot Police O without presenting tho numo of ot the tho per person son lion whom ho bo wishes to na nil his hili As tho Now News has half Heretofore l explained tho City ell Council rl with the tho Mayor MIor In tho removal or appointing of ot the head of t a department Every Evory member mom bar bart of t the tho has tho tIO right to his opinion ion na ne well ns IS Jo to his volo voto There la Is nothing in oath of ot onico or 01 the du 1111 duties ties of oC his hilt which requires him to fo agree with tho Mayor In mar of ot mutters U H makes no whether ho belong to tho name lame or 11 another po 10 nt Ho la Is not bound by party ties to 10 Jump JUnJI when tho Mayor ulli ulIs tho string X name members talk on dip th floor of t tho lie council ono would bo Ilc led Ie to tl suppose that their thell lIen Idea of ot duty In tho of a t or an un ap appointment by tho Chief t Executive simply 0 fl echo lilt hll It Il should bo be understood that every member of ot tho Council la III supposed to represent r the tho city Interests d the tho wishes of ot the body of ot the people not simply the tho opinions of ot one 1 nil Iv however lofty may ma be his motives sincere may bo be his vow It Is III no re 10 reflection on tho personality of ot tho Mayor When members Of or tho council dissent IlI from Ills bla conclusions It Jt Is III their right to do BO they should bo b upheld uI hel In It by their colleagues colleague even though they ley differ with them in debate Tho musses oC ot the tho people will support them In this light and the attempt tto to discredit them th m my t y Insinuations about their Is la utterly conde no matter from what source It proceeds It Is 18 not n new thing for tor either Re no Republicans publicans or to take action rt nt variance with some measure mea ure pro proposed proposed posed by their own party To ro charge them with Ith something wrong Wron and dis disreputable reputable on that account Is no argument ment t th thC soundness of ot their position but Is n low only of 01 pronounced censure C Tho om officer cor whom the to remove Is n He lIe does I not serve the tho public however as nil a n politician but as ns the head of C a department which Is un understood to bo Independent of oC Influences s It would not matter If ho hob belonged b to another political party That should cut no figure In the tho ques question tion of his or hl retention He Heis is III to bo be a I Mormon The Tho question of at his religious belief bellet or status Is also ex to the tho dispute Why Wh should the who do not believe bellevo In the tho for tor his removal b bl charged wilh supporting him because he is n Mormon when whon thero Is III nt least equal evidence to show that lill K opponents arc determined to curt ou t him because he Is III a n Mormon Murmon 1 Some and not nol well posted 1 objector suggests that hat although tho blet has hns hla hili Intention to nominate to 1111 the rhe places of the officers oI C ts removed would the Intent to put Mormons in the chief places on the force torce because the tha new nel appointees have to take tak pouts O IB on the low Ct 1st grade That la II leaping nt at conclusion sion aUr tho same rash manner In the whole contention It doo do not follow by b any moons means that Mormon poll 11 the tho places next to the thur in III authority That Is conjecture Thure Is no nl good ground for It The very suspicion thus ox th the animus behind It It Is II Insinuated tM that the oh ob Mormon and Gen Oen Gentle tie tle Were vero In the mind of tho Chief tl 1 his Intention of ot naming flaming to nil the thea a on the t Seeing that th terms wre In the tho CIt un tl by b persons perona In his re rei i oval tram from and antl have he been IJar t M led d In the same spirit In the tho pross how could ouM they tall fall to have BO Impressed him In what hat other way could he have net met the charge that ho he woe was removing three O G to make WilY way for tor thrle than by making a 0 choice cholo of to till fill their I It Jt l I vry ff at to or people who mo alo 1 to make accusations mid to n bugaboo for tor tho of ot striving r to intimidate wook We hOl o antI and that en ell endeavors deavors wll 1111 bo futile If It n City Coun man Inan Is to li vu no he might in a will well In out of tho th body If JC ho h Is III to tu bo when he tl stands on that which b be to bo o right by thu th that he hI IB I Ills hili party for tor the of with pari or that Im hit Iq by Dome nOlI re 10 pull how hol Is l ho to 11 not act on hl hIli of Is right or bo lie pro protected tho Insults and Ibon anil III r of v ry lowdown lo oll td or l who to ll Mm him Wo our opinion that of ot that Hint kind should be down upon by thu l ll nt of oC the and Hint in a course ho hll should bo ho by hr every II ent of o th the body II The Mormon ml I no proper In Ilio Iho ert of ot the lit IOU non They fh not 1 lit in the which has In n lid contention It print or In Ww h to lt our previous that Hit Ih charge ri made In the th City Council that this moUt wan b lug lugt t the Ih of the Is utterly Tha 1110 Church authorities not to 10 move in II HUM matter One way or another Thy havo left ho Ulo between the tho Mayor mill the Die council cou oll lo 10 those thoM upon UI whom tho red rl It In I not ft I of ot Mormon and amI nt all 1111 nna ho who endeavor o 0 present the Iho nub INI In light ID III no friend to 1110 but Is a dl element In Inho ho Iho Bute It I III to he Iho of ill 1111 our Jur citizens to resent r H nt those Insinuations and to o Atop for tor Rood ho thu Introduction of Much ole ele elements ments Into our public affair a And AnI further t It should bo understood that long I lira ago In thin city cl mm Willi pronounced In of ot eliminating from party politics the police and the board of ot public other of oC the tho city d Iy government That IB Is ho Iho desire of or tho people with but few fow exceptions today It Il not hilt n 11 party or may run b be If ho In III Inn n 1 suitable man fur n public position hd h should bo In everything that thatIs Is III tight right and proper At tho time It may to Le reasonably expected When party politics havo ruled In tha tho selection lion tion of or ho tho chief city authorities that tho I of ot departments when whon lake lalle place wilt will bo of ot tha tho same Bome political While conceding that point join I ve we utterly tho Idea Illen that a n should bo considered In any nay a II qualification or disqualification for tor any uny elect Ivo or |
