Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-04-18

EDS HERALD:
We notice from a report of the proceed
ings of the City Council, published in
your last issue, that there is a state of
things now existing in that body total
ly unlocked for or expected by the sub
stantiaI men of our town. The Mayors
appointments were all good men, emf
nently fit to be made; none better in the
community; all safe, careful, prudent
men; men of business, whose every in
terests are identified with the town. The
Mayor, in suggesting these names for
confirmation by the Council, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of j.
B. KoontZ, has demonstrated his mature
good judgment and common sense, and
shows that he holds the interests of the
| town paramount to any petty spite, and
should, as we have no doubt he will, be
sustained by all good moral citizens
What the objection TO these men could be
in the minds of those wise Councilmen,
we cannot divine. One of them was heard
to remark, ''That they were all too strict;
that they would have everybody go to
Church on Sunday, if they had the pow
ality, honesty and Christianity become an
objection to man holding office. We
| think, if those three astute wiseacres
would attend the ministration of the Cos
| pei, and heed some of the teachings and
instructions there given, they would be
| far better men and would make much
better law-givers than they now are. But
we opine that their real objection was
quite a different one; the Mayors ap-
pointments were of men too good to suit
them; they we'll knew that if they had
such men as he named to deal with they
could not use them to repeal the 8 O'Clock
ordinance, nor in any other measure to
| further the interests of the whisky men,
which now curse our town; they want a
man of their own ilk to fill the place; a
man who will. vote with them to throw
open the whisky saloons and gambling
places at all hours, that their sons may go
in and out at pleasure, and thus form hab-
its which will hang to them through life
and lead them to inevitable destruction
and a drunkard's doom.
Now, what are the common impulses OF
all honest Christian men in matters OF
this kind? Reason answers: to place all
the legal restrictions possible around such
death-dealing institutions, and if posi-
BILE, legislate them out of the land, and
thus remove the temptation beyond the
reach of those who would otherwise fall
The Mayor has the undoubted right, un.
der the law to make the appointment, with
the advice and consent of the Council, as
much as the president of the United States
has the right to name his cabinet officers
and the Mayor should maintain that righ
and continue to name the man, and i
the Council refuse to confirm his appoint
ment, and force him to call an election t.
choose the man, then let the responsible
ty of the expense which an election will
bring upon the town rest where it prop
erly belongs, with those three factiou
Councilmen; and, if this course has to b
resorted to, let each party show their col
ors clearly; let there be no covert deal
ing. The Observation-Disclosures are thor
oughly aroused on this subject; all h
law-abiding men have to do in this con
test is to name their candidate (his posi-
: ton being we'll defined on all the ques
tions at issuel, and we have no dout
that every businessman, taxpayer an
law-and-order-man in the town will b
found on the street early on the mornin
of that election day, with determinatio
plainly written on his countenance to d
his whole duty; assisting by his presence
his voice and his ballot to sweep such ser
timent from our midst as is sought to
put into this Council, to obtain the cor
troll; and, with such determination o
! the part of the hard-working, honest me
who pay the taxes and furnish the none
3 to carry ON the government of the tow
, there can be no reasonable doubt as to IL
. result. Honesty must prevail, and tt
i opposing element forced to take a baC
i seat. JUSTICE.