Evening journal., 1905-08-15

It'll Democratic writer's who are so
greatly exercised over the fact that
Colonel Le.tch is holding two offices
should he honest enough with their read
ERR 20 reveal their motives We are VIII
ms 70 admit mat IN general one man
shopa net hold more than one public Of
nee at enc fime VIC will go further and
say that IN view Of the present compile
GATORS we ure sorry that Col. Leiteh all
lowed hls friends to nominate and elect
hin
But now that d is done and the people
have said by their votes mat they be-
Keyed that The duties In the Government
service were such as not 10 interfere with
his duties 81 Council what is the motive
behind the blood cry Of these Democratic
caors?
Hls duties 10 Tie Government are cler.-
cal. lasting from Q 10 daily Does any
bcly hold that thoy Interfere with his
duties as President of Council which are
performed it the evening? Is he less Mt to
hold beth Positions now Than he was be-
fore the question OF the Government rules
was first raisedg We must search furth r
for TIE motive.
is d because they are SO deeply con-
cesrod about The Government service that
this protest is mades win col Le,teh
perform bis duties in the Internal Reve-
nue. Service less accepiably now That he
is required 10 devote an occasional even
ing TO councng or do they object TO the
principle inyolveds II 1t be the latter, IL
comes little bit late Tor no complaint
was made until il was discovered that
there was a rule that might be applied 10
the case
Perhaps they might defend their posi-
tlcn by claiming that rule that rs
soiemniy laid down to cover such cases
should not be waived in a single Instance
lest abuses creep in But have they stop
pea TO think what cases this rule was
made to cover, or that it is not lesal
erastment. and probably without injuriug
the public service is waived again and
agalns
Il would not be proper for man
holding State. county or municipal Of
nee .requirins great part OF his time to
also hold Government position. but this
case is so different that ii il comes under
the rule at all, only technically so. SO stn
VIC have to seek for the motive Of the
Democratic editors
It isn't possible that they wish TO de-
prive this veteran Of the civn war. who
made such sacrinces for his country Of
any iart OF his neager income which the
two oaces anord They would scarcely
rejoice IN his old age to see the Govern
ment drop him from its service. since he
is,one OF tho men responsible for our hav-
ing a government at the present time.
surely we haven't discovered the mo-
tive yet Does it lie in a wish for good
government for this cityi Hardly. for an
admit that the resignation Of cu. Ieitch
as President Of Council would mean chaos
in that body. a tangle that could not be
stralghtencd out and no responsible gov
ernmont for the municipality.
So We have gone on in search Of the
motive, and every trail is blind" save
one, and we hesitate TO invesnsata that
It cannot be that these publie-spiritec
editors have only a desire to put some
BODY in a hole. It cannot be that they wisl
10 see Col Leitch retire in order tina
they may further win the gratitude O.
their new allies by making Posues Pres
idont Of Council
Our search has been in vain; we canno
discover any reasonable or honest mo
tlve-apd surely no other could inspir
them