Show rum the april TIIE STREET HAMES no amount of argument ran now be expected to affect the ordinance for renaming the streeta of onilea city with one disa entinK voice the council on friday evening adopted tt bolna bolus we hae thus obtained cheaply a farfetched far fetched supply of patriotism to our hearts content and whatever credit attaches ti BO signal a of it ojen will doubtless henceforth receive in full measure thia of riving new names to alie principal streets and south haa had altogether peculiar features tho old names ere rood enough bome of them treasured in the public esteem they have been la use for many years there waa no chance fur contusion no outrage upon feeling no inappropriateness in leaving as they were it h true eliat tho streets further eastward were not so plainly and conveniently designated ho while a change in some wan considered the opportunity was of sweeping away all acid the inott popular ones it lias even been stated by doroe aho vho are pleased with the measure that alie only reason they approve it is leta uso it does away with the names of franklin and young we repeat that the opposition to grant and lincoln instead ot these two had no basia in lack jt admiration for thoyce heroes of alie countes coun tys darkest hour we aaen that no lauk 0 true figured as alie cause of opposition to the sweeping change if loe of country must needs be chown by repeating the names of patriot jirec aliis territory haa proved itself as well it not better alian any of its surrounding common wealtha weal thi in the names of counties cities and towns by far the larger part of american lilies commemorate in their street names leading citizens of their own community or state it is so in san francisco chicago phila elp liia new york and hundreds of othere shefre places find no occasion to parade their patriotism in any such way neither we there ia a good deal of claptrap clap trap about all this talk of patriotism and we are pleased to see that the bloem lera of the council made but little IRA of it system and convenience leavo been used as the main reasons and in most respects they were ably presented aa for alie contemptible knave who bays alie names of arch traitors to the american bovein ment are now replaced it is enough to say that if he were decent enough to talk to he donld doubtless ba compelled to take back or swallow his lies As it is people only notice that lie becomes every day moro disgusting |