The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-31
WHAT DO THEY MEAN ?

The council have decreed that com pe,itiyc bids shall be called for Co pub h,h the election ordinance. To us this eonduc, |, ucNpGcablc m view ot the fact that the Daily Alaskan has been designated as the official city paper ha, been awarded the contract for do-
 ing ,hc legal printing and has publish cd several ordinances m compliance thcrcWith The contract with the Alas kan q, ,uu iu existence and according Go it, expressed terms We are entitled to have thc new ordinance Co run.
 li pcrchaucc an opportunity now presents itself for the city Co profit by che necessities oi some other publish CT that |, no reason for the officials to break a solemn compact
 Ii Sk1gWay Is SO hard up. so to speak. d its treasury Is depleted ,o such au cN,cu, ihat it cannot pay i,s first obligations and Is forced Co aS- sumc thc humi6atiug attitude of seek ing hand out none will go further tbau che Daily Alaskan Co help it m che Jimcu'y lt however, this action ., but a gallery play at the approach oi election by a lot oi cheap politi- clans. who want Co get back into office. and We ,hiuk !, Is only such, eNecrable would be none too mild a term Co char actcrzc !, with.
 Thi, economy plea just before cleo tiou !, a, old a, American politics and a, ineffective as the kisses oi the south wind in accomplishing the purposes for which r Is a'way, brought forward. namely. to get back into office. This council ha, been measured by its past action, and ro transparent play like the one Monday evening will contribute one iota Go thy peoples estimation of it
 We believe a city should pay reas- ouaby tor whatever it gets. the same as am individual Is expected Co do; furthermore we believe iu it living up Go it, obligation, just the same a, any one else h1, to. We notice ii anyone. purchase, ware, oi these self con,ti. tutcd watchdog, oi the treasury m pri-| yatc h.c he has Co pay the regulation price li he ha, . thirst and wants beer or whisky Go qucuch it. ii he ISI vain and want, his likeness on paste board. ' he Is hungry and want, gro- ccr,e,, ii he |, hard up and want, mon cy just lee him c4l upon anyone oi. our m,rchlntIe couuciImen and hc will ascertain tbc truth oi this assertion mighty quics But when these men get seated ,u ,he council chamber with lighted cigars and feet cooked up on table, an |, changed They become thc most eNper, authorities on econ omy they imagine they stand between the treasury and a horde oi raider, and their hoher-than-thou ar Is sicken,ng. na,eauuug Co behold What a daugcrou, thing a httle brief au. thouyy |, anyway
 We want Co say Co these oyer-zeal. ou, virtuou,. economic. non-approach- able couuciImcn. that the subteriuge will deceive uo one; that the fraud is entirely ,oo gauzy; that their conduct is objectionable. dctcs,able. damnable, m che eye, oi che people :,hat your incumbcuce Is now happily near an end, and in conclusion that the Daily Alas kan will be very apt Co publish the election ordinance. Instead oi parad- | ing the ciy's poverty Oor it exists only in your minds. for the municipal. ny is amply able Co pay iJs just ohli- gatious) like au abandoned woman aaun,s her shame. why do you not act iu,ts
 lf the trc7rr. Is m a traightened condition and .hariy has Co be solic itrd lee !, be done ou Jhe quiet The securing oi tlc printing will not make thi, plp,r, and thc losing O. it will no; break .t and it emergency requires we wiil pru, ,hc document for nothing but we prefer that honor and justice bc the method oi procedure and that contracts faithfully entered into be lived up to.