The Greenville times., 1902-08-30

gence we shall revert To the origi-
nal subject. This infallible body
of five or six says to the large
number of petitioners I'VE are
right, you are wrong. We pos
sess all the clear brains and you
do not; 10 * at us, we, the city
council OF Greenville, in our
mighty power and dignity assem-
bled, do hereby certify, by our dis
approval of your petition, that
you are unworthy of recognition,
and should not desecrate our au-
gust and sacred persons by your
contaminating presence; depart,
we miserable miscreants. how dare
you disturb us in the even tenor
of our ways! We are the powers
that be; the lords created by your
votes! You ale the creators of
us, but like satan of old, we rebel,
and refuse to obey the will of our
creators. We are infallible, you
are peccable; we are the city ia
theirs, and you Ire the children of
disappointment; you probably
have maze enemies by assisting
us to Office, hut what care we,
you are the loser by doing so, and
you must abide the consequences.
Now, let US compare the rela
tive standing of these SIX council
men, financially, as against the
large number Of petitioners. The
board of aldermen, in round num-
bers, represent by their individu-
al properties, about one hundred
Thousand dollars; the petitioners
represent at least one million dol
lars. From the overwhelming
difference that exists between the
wealth OF the councilmen and the
petitioners, the question arises,
why did they refuse to grant the
petitioners their reqnest2 1 Are
q i8 H. X l. n =
they benefitters by holding their
positions, or is the position ssuch
a novelty to them that they fear
an election would oust them from
office? Is it vanity that actuates
them to resist the will of the peo-
p!e in order to he looked up to as
honored members of the council
and have their names emblazoned
in large type in some newspaper
when they travel to distant cities,
or is it a mean perversion Of dispo-
sition and nature, soured by i'll
will and bad feeling toward their
fellowmen? Whatever is the
cause, they tenaciously hang on to
The office, that some of them will
never again occupy. And their
departure from Office will not en-
gender any regrets from the citi-
zens, nor will it induce any tears
--as they shall vacate unwept, un-
honored and unsung, and let us
hope they shall sink SO deep into
the quagmire of oblivion that
there will not be bubble left to
mark the spot where they disap-
peared, and the only monument
that they will be remembered by
is their trampling upon the just
rights of people, and poor at
tempt to handle municipal affairs
successfully,
1t has been known of might
conquering right, but as they are
neither might nor right, the peo-
pie shall assert themselves, and
ere many moons roll by, shall po-
htely ask them to vacate.
A writer of some eminence once
said, when referring to the differ
ent names applied by the different
nations to the various cognomens
which distinguish their various |
styles of classic names, that in
France they call them ''trouba-
dours," or minstrels, by turn.
The Scandinavians called them
"Scalds."
The Scotchmen call t b e m
Burns.
We regret exceedingly that !
such fine distinction cannot be ap |
Piled to- our city fathers, but in
order not to overlook their praises
any more than the French, the
Scandinavians or the Scotch, we
AXE the liberty of dedicating the
following beautiful (9) stanza to
heir praise:
In Greenvilles great city, politicians are
witty,
Observing every event that passes;
But, to our great surprise, as we open
eyes,
We find majority of them are--mulesl