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Show j j S l THE WATCl COMPROMISE. H iihli H T -r I The Jla5'" '" "al11 tu ,me "ljJ ''""" Bj ' )1; tu thn fcottlement of the (anil in j BJ 'fM, lion a-i nrrlM 1 nt bitween th I BJ I, k Cnuiuil und Un omal mnipunh i J HI t 'I to c-1 that aa th city ua two-thi 1 , . , , . . I t i c t i I in ' M u f h tc, , r In oth v.nrls lb it Ih part icisblp is unf.ilil piopoitloned ngnlnrt the city. Ns ft bu'lness proposition propo-sition the Mayor is right but iheri In moie than business In this matte and though ns n business proposition tht Mayor would be entirely Justified ard quite within Ma ilghia If he vetoed the agreement atlll 'hlnk Ha would he jurtined also In signing It For, the piople of this city and county stand together, their Interests are Identical, it Is bad for the i Ity and a great damnuo to Itn business v hen th' crops of the county fall The city la not only thereby deprived of a great trade, but la obliged to 'nrry lartte lines of credit for innsldenble periods of time, A lisa of I75O0OO to the fat men, aa was suffered last year, In i hard blow on them, and It Is also imid rn the elty. Even though the city pas out more than It could rightly be asked to pay, end gets hss, doea It not benefit In the long run, In the pros-pi pros-pi i Ity and good will of tho surrounding surround-ing people" So we put the two propn. eltlons together, and a that the Mtyor tan Justify himself and be Justified Jus-tified by tne community either a He will of lotirsr- he guided by his lust llghti nnd we believe that (he people will support him In the reasons he will gh" |