Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-10
CONTRADICTIONS.
The stase He1.e Co,.n,r.a,

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Contrary to the will of the citizens of New Haven as expressed at the ballot box by ], 200 majority in December, 1887, the alder men and Common Council have ordered the State House on the Green to be levelled with the ground; and the Mayor, to our great surprise, has signed the bill. Is this action in accord with our constitutional sys- tenn of government that she majority of the people shall rulsa It is bad precedent. If the peoples vote can be overslaughed in one case 1t can be mere subterfuge, as In this, be practiced over and over again, until the rights of citizenship are destroyed. The cit- izens by vote ordered $30,000 to be expended in repairing the State House, in accordance with the estimates of reliable experts duly appointed, and the amount is sufficient if properly ex- pended to make the State House both highly ornamental end useful. But what have the conspirators or enemies to repairing done to defeat this good plant It is said they have in the council of 1888 had packed commit tee and employed an architect to draw up ex- pensivs and elaborate plans for remodeling,
 sasng an and an council of 1889 we are told another packed committee has been appointed opposed to the repairs of the building, thus giving to the public erroneous impressions, by expert re- ports which experience shows can be made to say most anything to suit the purposes of a packed committee. This underhanded deal- ing is not honorable, and should be most strongly resisted by those who value their rights of citizenship.
 Is not the Common Council the servant of the citizens, voters of New Haven, who elected them to do their bidding! When both friends and opponents of repairs of the State House agreed to 8 vote by ballot of cur citi- zens 1t was fully understood to be the final settlement of the whole matter, and this having been the opinion of most persons friendly to repairs, we have only waited pa- tiently for the city government to act as ordered, never dreaming that any common council, however irresponsible, would dare to override the supreme will of those who entrusted them with power. The present Common Council have struck heavy blow at pure government by allowing itself to be influenced by tricky and designing men, and the citizens ought to rise in their might and demand that the law just passed should be repealed.
 I hope the most stringent measures will be adopted to right this great wrong. I would not if could stir up any fellow citizens to sudden flood of mutiny and rage for should do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong and other amiable conspirators wrong all respect able men, but mostly small taxpayers-whose motto apparently has been Carthage delen- da est.'' In the mind of the most practical citizens of New Haven and lsrgeat taxpayers; f-who have been pHblio spirited citizens withal:-the State House is too good build \ ing to be destroyed. It Is considering its excellent position for free library worth to the city of New Haven 15O, ,OOO to 200, 900 dollars for that purpose alone. Now if this building is destroyed and another erected as good as this can easily be made, will it not cost the taxpayers of New Haven BOG, 900 to 400, 900 dollars, since in the \ first place the citizens would lose property to | the above amount named and in the second ! place they must put their hands in their pockets to erect library building at about II the above named cost. How much of this ! tax would the present members of the com- mon council pay which has just voted to de- stroy ita Or how much would the oonspira- tors or Yale college pay toward 8 new library buildingi I feel confident very little. Dr. to mankind in Adams fall from grace, viz, the grace with which one man spends another mans money. It is, however, said by some that Yale col legs influence is at the bottom of this con spiracy. I would ask: Are the citizens of New Haven, who voted to repair the State House, including the 1200 majority, to be led captive at the tail of of the cart of one Elihu Yale Is 1t not fact that Yale will not pay one cent of tax even to destroy the DulAu4uSy LuucA loSs tO put up V new oue, tHo property of Yale being non-taxab1es Why does Yale college wish to destroy the State House' Is it that the sleeping apartments can be seen from church streeta They can
 bel but dimly seen, for the maple trees intervenes The old State House is classic in it's model architectural in it's pro- portions, and when repaired by judicious expenditure of $30, 900 will bs an ornament to the city; and when it is put to the proper judieious use for city purposes will not only be thing of beauty and pride but create wonder in the minds of opponents that they should ever have thought of it's destruction.
 It is better place for free library than this, any other city premises elsewhere, and feel that in what have written eche the voice of thousands of my fellow citizens,
 and in conclusion will sign myself not de-
 stroyer but CoNsERyAToR.