Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-13
Is the COUNCIL NCORRIGlDLEl

n THE COUNCIL INCORRI6lBLLl
II is not tho policy OF intent Of this
paper to crltioiss a man or combination
Of men repeatedly unless the situation
issuch a. not merely TO justify but de-
mand It In unmlstakablo terms aud
with force that admits OF no denial
Even then the purpose ia to be rs
gentle ~, all things considered, we
reasonably can. This IL predatory,
not the subject proper.
There IL our City Council. From
the very fact that they are Legislators
and custodians who arc nearest to us
Of all Of their class In this
broad land, we are compelled TO
keep an eye single TO their
doings, with the other eye similarly
monopolIzed by their undoings. In
pursuing this line OF watchfulness the
procedure ut the regular and special
meetlngs Of the solons must figure as
an indispensable. incident; In fact, II lie
the way they conduct themselves
while leglslating or pretending 10
legislate that eventuatea the burdens or
blessings OF locally public character
by which we are confronted from
time to time, and when tho score shows
90 great an array OF numerals repre-.
sonting the former class OF work and
such paucity OF anything but clphers
standing for the latter, all the excuse
needed for speaking right out and 10.
pestedly is supplied In that one show.
ing.
Notwithstanding the criticism, mild
and severe, of, and the denunol-
alton occasionally visited upon
the City Council; In spite
OF tho protestations and remon.
STANCES Of those principally Interested,
we note with a feeling akin TO sadness
and not remote from woariness that the
solon, behave rs badly now Ms ever
they did. There Is not sufficient power
In English rhetoric or emphasis ia lit
erary methods 10 state the case any
more strongly or exhaustivoly. We
might overlook the penchant for kim
dcrgarten performances n such dis
plays OF legislative emasculatlon were
not accompanied by the altogether In
compatible appearance OF u pugilistic
convention. Out Of these two, chAot; and
out OF chaos but one definite aud Ger.
tain rosuit-expenseto and humiliation
Of people whose long and patlen I
suffering II nothing elso should entitle
them 10 better treatment.
The session Of last night was, ifsuoh n
thing were possible, a little worse In some
respects than any of its predecessor
elimination and recrlmination, chatter
amounting 10 yaguenoss and resulting
in vaouily, no rules OF order whatever
observed, aud the whole performance
resembling basement theatrical
entertainment In which tho actors
had forgotten their parts and were glad
OF it--oomOs somewhere near n desorip-
ton OF the dolngs part OF the time,
While there may be nothing specially
vicious In It all, aud the members may
be all the while struggling against au
exuberance which IL too much fol
them, IL Is still a long way from what
their constituents expected OF then
when they were chosen, and agAins
which such people have the inalien
able right 10 enter an emphatic protest
Gentlemen, during the few weeks o
service remaining TO you, suppose yOl
undertake and II possible carry GU
some legislation looking TO thu
general weltRre-thls by advancing
good measures and overcoming
or modifying 80 far as may DO some
bad ones2 This, too, with such cir,
cumstance OF decorum, dignity and
observance Of rules Rs viii enable US
all properly to bestow upon you fol
once during your official lives that
well worn but none the less gratifying
tribute-"well done, good aud faithful
servants" The music waited by the
wandering minstrel among .he vines
ana blossoms TO the bowers Of his lady
fair were dull, iuaipil aud wesrisOme
compared with the generous molo y
which Ihoso words liy,y spoken Impair,
10 nlm VINO by h,spublio aclsaud utter
auoes Is made recipe I VI them
And they viii not be withheld II cyel
the occasion arises when, without to,
much Of a ntrain upon the prlprleties
they can be extended. The NEWS uuC
It's widr circle OF readers stand ready
williug-anxilus - place the chpple
upon wor.ny brow. Step forward
gentlemen! We care not an you al
atop a. once,
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