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Show Disregard Will of the People. After dillydallying "louK 'or i"Bt about a month slnco tho mnss meeting nt whloh it wns" unanimously voted thnt tbo olty counall should send 8200 to tho sutforors from tho Snn Francisco dlenster, tbo Oounoll two or three days eg'o fowardod ndrnftfor tho sum of 8150. Tho majority of Codar people supposed that tho 8200 authorized by tho citizens in muss meeting hud boon immediately for warded, but It dovolops that it was somo tlmo before any ootion whatever was taken in tho matter, nnd then Councilor Corry w8 outspokeu oguiuBt the proposition, end argued In favor of disregarding tho expressed wishes of the people iu tho mattor; other members wero in favor of con-tributlng, con-tributlng, but wero afraid it could not be legally done. Tho mayor thought tho amount was too great, nnd tho question B dfJ'Ped wlU1, out ever renehloff Toto FiaM tho mutter nag revved and terminated just recently, after tho most pressing need for assistance was past, iu the forwarding of 8150 as abovo stated. To tboso of us who havo boasted t& the people of other settlements how Codar City arose to tho oxigenoles of tho situation and promptly responded with n donation of $200, this latter admission Is gall and wormwood. Duo notice wns given of tbo mass mooting, nud if anybody was opposed to tho proposition to contribute to tho sutforors, it wns their business to bo there. Inasmuch as ovoryouo present voted in favor of tho proposition, proposi-tion, it was amplo mithorsty for tho couuoil to forward tho amount. It is tho man of decision, who ia capable of raising and dealing with a question whilo it is in season, that wo admire. Thoro nro many things like this one, which loso their (fer-vesceuco (fer-vesceuco and go Hat by being so long deferred. Then just why tho oity oounoil should out down tho donation, utfer having an expression of tho pooplo on tbo matter, is something wo full to understand. Thero is an old axiom to tbo effect that nfllcinis should be tho servants of the people, uot thoir masters. Thero are a great many peoplo in Cedar, who, liko us, will bo chagrined cha-grined ou learning of tho action of tbo oity council in this mattor. |