Show from th dally carrh I 1 tabernacle SQUABS mayor kibbel went into office i ich on bin lips 1 I endeavor to administer tho of my without and alao without discrimination in alia matter ot public I 1 shall try to be as just in success as I 1 should leave been berene in defeat what he ban for ho was supposed aa the leading officer of the city to speak for bis associates yet himself and colleagues lave scarcely held their seats ions to get theiu thoroughly warmed before be leaves ji the clifair of presiding officer aud from the floor ilovea a resolution which shows both partisanship and and la which we can see no semblance of alie justice which in casoff the speakers success was only to be equaled by his serenity in case of defeat he wishes the committee on laws to report an ordinance to tho effect that the block on the taber nacle stands be for the purposes of a public square no wonder lie found it necessary to leave the mayors chair to offer such a suggestion any of the fifteen aldermen and councillors would naturally hesitate before the odium of such an ait our readers remember the expressions of leading citizens of all classes when it was proposed for the receiver to take possession of this square onder the edmunds tucker law the indignation was wide spread and shared by people of all denominations we quoted at the time the opinion of one prominent liberal who said such an act would meet with his unstinted condemnation and that of every just and honest man no matter what his religious belief or diabolic might be some there were who thought that other classes ot property said to belong to the church mi with better appearance of justice be confiscated by the government but lo 10 seize the public meeting houses of a religious sect and take possession of the land upon which they stood was a length beyond that which the most bigoted felt eliat their endorsement could reach wherein is the proposal of mayor kiebel lees unjust than that of the general government the use to tho property would subsequently bo pul luay be different but the people to bo despoiled are io both cases the same tabernacle square was many years ago devoted to the purposes which it has up to the present lima upon it stand houses of worship belonging to the mormon people and the foundation of an imposing tabernacle for this same purpose only waits the coming of an auspicious time to go forward to completion has it been reserved tor the city itself under the new administration to do that which when attempted by the of the united states ft as deemed so outrageous I 1 BO the party which calls itself liberal needs to banse its name ilow would such a proposition be regarded if directed against property belonging to tho catholics the methodists the presbyterians rians or the follow ers of any other thin is one of the cases where there should be nothing in a name the question is not whether the victims of the spoliation are few or many poor or rich hated or popular it should be whether it is just whether it is honest whether it can meet the approval of good men everywhere by that measure we are hilling to let this ordinance proposed proponed by the mayor be judged |