New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-03-19
ABREAM OF FATE.

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Sometime between darkness and day
light the. literary editor of the council,
sleepless on his couch Of inconsistency,
rose and cursing the misfortune that
compelled him to tu1n on light not
made by bis own consent, siezed pen
and in the fever of an untried inspira-
ton wrote, and when that was written,
wrote again and once again he wrote.
and when he had torn his hair and cursed
the fate that made HIM heir to such mis-
fortune he slept and dreamed that he
had startled the world with master
piece of English; and all the people
looked and wondered that such small
brain could conceive it all and they
asked each other show much did it cost
to get it publishedg'' But fortunately
he woke and found among the pieces
strewn about the table that all he had
written was sit is false and untrue"
Great explanation that. Great head
that conceived it. Did one man do all
that? Yes, and when he had finished he
called in his assistants and when they
had all got through with 1t, it looked
like the report of the tax commission.
There is not single refutation in the
whole thlng-simply a lot Of denials
that any ordinary man could have writ
ten.
What constitutes the city2 Not the
six men who sit in judgment upon its
affairs and when they don't want their
actions known ask that publicity of it
be suppressed. When God said "Let
there be light" he didn't mean that the
council of any city should take the
bread from the mouths of it's citizens to
build magnificent electric light plant.
He meant that they should have 1ntelli.
gence, what is commonly known as
"horse sense" And the city council
knows as!well as it knows anything that
it did wrong in not accepting the pro-
position of the Electric Light Company
to sell out at practically any price the
city should put upon its plant, thereby
saving more than half the cost of new
one and avoiding the necessity of bond
ing the city for any amount. About all
the literary editor OF the council said in
his wonderful thesis IS contained in the
following:
1t is true that the present bonded in
debtedness of this city is $4,000, but
we point with pride to the various pub
lie Improvements in this city, it's graded
streets, sewer system and water works
plant, the latter costing over $4,000
alone. There are very few cities if any,
having population of nearly 5000 in
habitants like ours, which can show such
small bonded Indebtedness in proper
ton to the public Improvements enjoyed
by It's inhabitants.
Some people are never satisfied unless
they have mortgage hanging over them
that they and their children and their
children's children will be unable to
wipe out. $4,000 is debt enough with
out doubling it.
If the people were getting a completed
electric light plant for $4,000 there
would be no complaint butthey are not.
They are getting only few street lights.
The beauty of the city must be further
destroyed by an additional lot of poles
and wires. If no further bonds ale
issued there must be tremendous drain
on the general fund; that will mean that
the street work will be cut down; those
men who have been earning support for
their families IN that way will have to
look to other sources for their employ
ment. Where will they goa To the
men whom the council has SLAPPED in
the face. Talk about injury. No injury