Show THOSE LONG SESSIONS it if the be city council would figure to got get through its if business at an earlier hour than to is the present custom a number of the members of that body would feel better and there would be less IBM opportunity to co criticize the conn oil adversely when there Is IB really no serious cause for faultfinding there are some borne unpleasant situations connected with councilman lc responsibilities ties in which undeserved clem clam often forms forma an important imper part ar and it is quite noticeable th that a t in some of the newspaper 12 to reporters lend themselves to this bu by enlarging upon the work ol 01 some and suppressing information iDlor mation concerning concern ug the official sots acts of others though no reputable newspaper representative would knowingly pursue such a course yet it oan can be said bald of the halt dalt lake city council that it reaps injury from allowing some of its members to talk too much to no DO good purpose while others are altogether too oyster ilke in stair dumbness when it cornea comes to important questions frequently there is occasion for considerable explanation and dis cession over matters that come before the municipal controlling coo trolling body and it would be wrong to apply any thing ming like gag rule thereto but re gently a low lew members of the city council here have taken much more time lime than they should have done in gags jokes bluffs plays for popular favor quibbles over rule sand in other ways are entirely to the ale dispatch patch of business it would be a graceful act for the gen clemen and would not restrict either their usefulness or popularity to show an increase of respect for the right of ellow members tj 9 say of dignified and aad essential character in its tuesday evening session the council finished its business in fairly good shape so far as the closing result was wan concerned A prospect of prolonged and angry discussion on the haines confirmation was out cut off by a timely point of order which was enforced by we council the effect of this was to emphasize the aises iao the that there bad been no confirmation of 0 a chairman of board of public works ter for the he simple town reason that a majority of the council had not done that business birl new as an the law lair directs the mayor withdrew the nomination and substituted another which seems to have gone one about the way of the first through being tabled so BO that now there may be another opportunity to find bad some one acceptable to the people whose whole represents tives the councilmen are in aeh seek matters matlen other matters matten were the granting of ef a franchise by a decided majority to the pioneer electric Ele otrio company by which a now new competitor is i allowed to enter the he field on a bualle basia the taking of ef steps to prevent dumping refuse on lot late a proceeding that ought to have been stopped lonz long ago the ordering of several everal city sprinkling carts carte the he pr sensation of a new a of ef water rates which will be belled balled with delight by the people if those rates are reduced to a figure commensurate with the times an assurance au ranee that hat the oily city need net be worried into ay any ture tore lighting contract for fear of any failure to got get street lights at a rows able rate and other matters matten chiek taken as aa a whole make a pretty good evening s business bai lne barring ba the onto slog loo to out the proceedings a JIM shorter |