Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-02
inE LIGHTING ORDINANCE.


tfno NEWS were o. the opinion that
ilseli ami the Mayor pot. essaI all thu
knowledge and WELDON there is 30
THE matter Of electric liyh. for the
city streets, II might follow the illur.
,rious example that has been offered
several times duHng tho past veca'
and tell the fifteen city cIuucilmcn
what they tuual do 10 be sav,d lrom
everlasting oblivion. OF c0ursn, such
proceeding would prefupposn that
tho aforesaid nIecn c5uncilmcn, three
from each precinct, d not know amy.
Thing about the subject at all, and that
tboy are both deaf 10 the fuggcstious
and dead 10 the 8 hIcuoe o. incif
constituents, with hundreds Of whom
they meet and cluvefBs every Jay Of
their lives, 10 would rrcsupposo that
thpae men are ci.b.r yeuul OF woodot,
md that u % were not Tor ono
man, one attorney and two or three
scflbcs. the city oftto 5lin,s was like
Iytobsimroscd upon and pluuier'd
10 the very quick. 10 would pres'p'
psse various other uon.supp1taoIe
tpiurs, aud hence would he both 90
unreliable and O foolish proceeding
The NEWS therefore feels 10 eApfcll
confidence that the Council tonight 30
passing upon the Mayors veto q Tho
lighting contract viii bring 10 'hc
subject all the wisdom AMI honesty I've
members possess aud have been a0lo
to Mcguire. They oush, 20 srow that
their people want ,h,ss streets lighted
much more than they want Apeiulnnl,
prrsoual tquabblo with Interior and
unworthy motives anlmaiing him
or them who may have prcclpiiaiei IT,
They ought to know that while ss'o0
pet lamp 10 considerable sum
Too much, porhapg, II compared WITH
what some other cilies pay and with
what, under certain favorable ooudl'
tlons not now existing, this city would
have 10 paY-it was paid without any
marked protest or complaint oi Ca
tor,lon during the tom Of the previous
contract. They ought 20 know nnd
everybody else does know, that II the
old contractors had been willing TO
supply tho light at the same figure
they osuli have had almost without
the asking and certainly with great
readiness on tho part Of the city, a
new contract for any d1sltSble or roi.
sonablo term. They ought 10 know,
therefore, that the objection 10 the
present contract, which sccufea the
lights at the price namod-the main
and we may ray tho only objection
since all the others seem to have been
dropped entirely-thnI the torn Of
two years 10 too long, It ough, TO he
out one year, lie Inconsistent and
childish.
Assuming that they do know oil
these things and n great many besides
that need not here be- mentioned, the
NEgs has no other detiTe than 10 adj
wise them TO act In a digninei, coura'
kNNhft hlAANAt hlAhANA-a1 - "NAN -
remember their oathB Of chico aud
their duty to their constituents. IL 10
u condition, not theory, that they
have to deal with; the hard fact q
darkness, not the multiplied will'0'.lho'
wisp enveloped In "iisn and provisos.
They may not, doubtless will not, be
able 10 solve tho question exactly %
they and all Of 10 would wish Il
solved; bu, they can DO tho next best
thing--accepl the most favorable terms
offered and clOs0 up the contract at
once. The people have shown that
they would willingly submit to
Inconvenience rather than DO i'm
posed upon by eItotlion; but this
must not bs construed NJ desire 10
split hAirs over Technically oTqulb-
bio like n mlsor over siarthing. They
are patriotic hut not patsimonious;
they are patient to the exlent that pa
thence 10 virtue, bu. when Initiated
by official pique and obitinacy they
are not pack Of dumb, helpless fools.
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