Show THE COUNCIL AND PIONEER BLOCK AA wag expected the city council at session of mareb march ad decided to dik dia pa of pioneer block to a railroad cor by this action they have pled upon three distinct conditions eada one of which standing stand log lom ought to have acted as a prevent tho transaction transact iun the reasons which were ignored by the members aud alleged members mem becs of the council wel were rel 1 popular bonti then t proprietary prie tary right of the people who are the owners of th realty involved in the question 3 8 the Is w as ably presented by the official legal adviser of the corporation po with auy any other municipal legislative body oo on earth we presume that these considerations would have had weight wt with th the men who are ruining salt lake city politically morally and financially they do not appear to have the heft of a feather we do not hesitate to state that ifsich a parody on government as ae la Is enacted to in salt lake were to prevail throughout the whole of this country municipal state and generala generalao Gene rala revolution would at once be precipitated there would not be left in the nation a shred of popular rule anymore any more than thea aber Is ie within the domain of the russian czar in what direction can one consistently look for the reason f for 0 r such C h a course as the council is pursuing A speaker atone at one of the law and order meetings meeting held a few weeks since to demand of the city officials that the ardi nancele nan cete enforced by th them e m made a striking statement pointing to the cause of the lamentable situation the gentleman referred to was mr gregg a pronounced 11 liberal libera who said that the cause of all the trouble was that there was not a member of the council who had not been approach the outside and informed that t were was no use talking to the contrary we emust must have MO and so BO 01 this accounted for the situation felpi deplored ored by ivery every thoughtful thought fid citizen councilman pickard and others will carry the question into tle the courts this is right the subject is one of much importance not only to individuals but to the people at large and the progress of the leial legal dispute wil be watched with the keenest interest but what about the time pending what will the rule and ruin party do between now and the final tion the mayor has already announced that it may be necessary to sell the warm springs pr property pra perty to obtain money he having promise she ebe people in his bia annual report that expenses would be still more largely increased win that property he be disposed 7 of and to in the hands af mich aach an administration is i liberty wany or any other corpora corporation tiou property safe safa A liberal organ the times stated gated last friday that the sale of pioneer alck was necessary to save the of the city and to meet obligations that were family secrets it way may be that 9 family secrets will require theRa leof dof other property of the people under some hypocritical plea pies |