Show TRE COMPLAINT AND THE REMEDY the th ue present scarcity of water is deplorable parable for many reasons one it 1 gives occa occasion siou for much com n and a nd many unreasonable and truthful charges against public the th u growler is nearly always on ue e ek popular side it has been the latona iba the world for ages tr t find th with wa officials and to denounce dea ounce ther ai who bo are wealthy the cry of poor against the rich is a familiar lla no doubt there have been substantial reasons for th this and the wall wail of the oppressed has ascended to heaven against the mighty and the oppressor but the people who have gathered into these valleys ought not to indulge in complaints that are groundless because that is a custom nor mingle real grievances with those that are imaginary or invented for a purpose we of all people in the world should be rational and just we should not make charges against public palle men which have no foundation in fact nor rail at officials whom we have placed in position and who are striving to the best beat of their ability to do what appears best according to their judgment we believe that the city council have hade bade some mistakes on this vexed water question but we do not admit for one moment that they have done so with any improper intent we regard the water ordinance by which assessments are made according to the area of ground possessed by the hemn to be benefited benefi tedas as unjust and lil ill ad and that if executed it will work very great hardship upon a n umber number of poor people the benefits to be received from the water service bear no relation to the number of rods of ground the user holds and therefore the principle underlying the whole scheme is fallacious but the council passed that ordinance in pursuance of powers and a method indicated in the latest amendments to the city charter and supposed the plan was proper we believe that they now perceive it is not the right way in view of privileges previously granted in the distribution of water an error of judgment is very different to intentional injustice in the changes made from the use of city creek water to canal water and parleys creek wa which a large number of original owners of city creek water are now completely deprived of any water at all there was no design of evil on the contrary a more equitable distribution of the essential fluid was the purpose of the council if the natural supply had been equal to that of former years this difficulty would not now exist if the council had foreseen this terrible drouth probably alie the present arrangement bouli not net have been made shall we charge the scant snows of winter which made but a small storage in the mounta mountains ius and the lack of rainfall this summer which leaves dry the valleys to the city officers who suffer with the rett rest of us let us be reasonable get at the bottom of our troubles it iffe we can and suggest sensible remedies but let us not berate and falsely accuse our dour own brethren of that which is not chargeable against them they are as ai anxious as anybody to relieve the situation and they spend much time and labor to effect a change but there is a disturbing element in the midst of the people working up disaffection pandering to the popular disposition to growl fomenting unreasonable ing men who are doing their utmost to di discharge their duties and seeking seeding to divide the people and what abat for just to work into the hands bands of the enemy and aid in a scheme to place local control in the power of the minority latter day saints remember that you are here to do right and buld up zion in the spirit of your religion on this is the true spirit of civil and religious liberty it will inspire you to struggle for the right but will not be with you in clamors and accusations that are wrong neither will it guide you to wisdom and peace when you join in schemes intended to disrupt and subvert all that you have come here to build up and maintain do not be led into folly and evil because you are enduring some distress which to a large extent is unavoidable 1 we understand it is contemplated to give temporarily the whole city as far as possible the benefits of city creek water to sa save ve the trees and fruit it is thought that by shuttling shutting off the sprinkler lers and sand other means of water issue at night and turning we he whole available stream into a given district sufficient water can be conveyed to irrigate that district during the night the next night dight it can all be turned into another district and k so on until all have had bad the use of a good stream one night instead of a dribbling trickling rill as in some parts and complete drouth as in others we do not know that this will be fou found nd fully practicable but it I 1 is under consideration if we can tide over this extraordinarily daytime dry time other means will be put into operation for a fuller supply for another season the reservoir now dow building at the head of first south street will bean be an important aid to future supply there are other and fuller plans in contemplation the sub jeet will not be allowed to rest no official wants to rob or oppress anybody the great desire is to meet the general demand in all quarters and act within the laws and ordinances and the powers conferred thereby in this emergency prior rights secondary rights and all other rights should not be held in view to the exclusion of justice equity ind and the general welfare let us beware of selfishness sectionalism and individualism the best good of the greatest number should be the mormon desideratum if a bulf supply of water can be gadard we believe it can local claims and ward demands will or ought to be dropped because it is water we all want and not merely a victory par tic when it is over our friends any man who tries to make it appear that the officials who have been struggling with this question are the peoples peopled enemies is himself a foe to the best beat interests of the people and any man who at this juncture seeks to divide the latter day saints is a traitor to them and his religion we need unity and fidelity today more than ever and the exercise of common sense and prudence instead of so much irrational complaining pla ining and unjust accusation let us quit growling and bring forth sensible suggestions and practical plans friends is not this the more reasonable and way LAWMAKERS ARE lawbreakers THE state of colorado is in a bad way because of the legislature and at least one of the state officials having gone wrong it seems that during the last session of the lawmaking law making bod more stationery was allowed and appropriated for than seemed actually necessary and legal proceedings were had bad with a view to discovering the leakage and putting a stop to the payment acting secretary of state wyatt was served with a subpoena droes tecum requiring the production of certain books and papers relating to the case he obeyed the summons to appear but ignored the other part of the mandate whereupon he was fined ani vent sent to jau jail for ten days for contempt he is now lingering in the dark and lonely recesses of his place of detention and it is r said of him that he be did not intend to contemn the powers that be but only to give his friends time to make explanations the steal as it is IB now freely called amounts to the snug little sum of enough one would think to provide the solons with stationery pocket knives etc for the remainder of their natural lives let alone one legislative session |