| Show DEFYING PUBLIC OPINION tins THE liberal city council does not lucrease iu crease in dignity as it gains in experience the scene described in the minutes of tuesday evenings evening meeting is not very creditable to some of the participants but what can be expected of a body nearly one half of which is bogus it is evident that the majority of the occupants of seats in the council intend to transfer the old fort block to the speculators who have been figuring for it for some time what the inducements are does not appear on the surface only two members took any active part in opposing the scheme they are sufficiently energetic in their opposition if not greatly burdened with wisdom and discretion they are to be commended for their evident honesty and their undeniable nerve city attorney merritt baa has added one more leaf to his official laurel wreath he took a position last night which will commend command him to people of all parties he contended for the rights of the council as a legislative body and for the rights of the public as citizens i owning property proposed to be deeded away from them without their consent we believe he is legally right we are sure he was morally courageous he performed his duty although he knew his hie position was distasteful to the body that appointed him notwithstanding the legal advice of their own attorney the majority of the liberal 1 1 council seem determined to do two things in defiance of public opinion one is the handing banding over of a public square to a private company the other its i the granting of a liquor license for use in a variety show building mr merritt has advised them against both but the committee report in each case came is favorable to the applicants and they are merely laid over for a week because they could not be passed upon in view optie objection of two members this is liberalism full fledged beaked and clawed servants of the people not much that did very well for the stump to go with free water ly ff 4 salt work for salt bait lake workmen 91 and other deceptions wherewith to catch votes these strutting officials will let the people know that they consider themselves eo bosses now they do not expect to be ever elected again they know that their political doom is sealed naiad their incapacity extravagance and abd general failure are the talk of their own party and they will do just as they please and defy public sentiment there is now nearly a week before the proposition to turn over the old fort square to a railroad company on OB paper for depot grounds and that to give a liquor license to persons in the franklin avenue show house bouse can be passed upon time enough for reflection time enough for proper protests if there is any wisdom left in the pro motors and abettors abet tors of these schemes in the city council they will think deeply before committing themselves finally to projects that are chiefly in the interest of individual lp and would not be endorsed but be indignantly repudiated pud ted by a vast majority of the general public |
