The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-19
LET US HOPE.

ing deal was brought up in counei
again last evening and here seem
now TO be some hope hat the err
Of the property owners betwcel
Walnut street and the south cor
poraiion line will be heard an,
they will be permitted by the cit.
council TO retain their homes. in
stead of being compelled 20 gel
them because Of the heaping mp o.
special assessments.
Last night the resolution to pr)
ceed with the work of paving thj
street from Hill street to the cor
poration line, was presented and
all attempt was made to pass il
to q second reading, under n sus
pension of the rules. OF course il
cannot be positively asserted, but
the probability is that had 1t been
passed to the second reading, il
would have been given the .lirl
reading and been adopted, had suf-
ficient votes been received. Upon
the motion to give the resolution
its second reading. councilman Self
r, who has fought tn. rtv,lg fio'i
Walnut stree. south, votal agaln,t
the motion and was joilcd bv
councilman carpenter AIr. Wilson
who has fatI"ed the paying from
the very stat, or even farther back
than that, was on his feet 10 DC
mand an explanation Groil Mr..
Carpenter. lie did no! want, any
explanation from Mr.. Setter. for
nc knew full well how Setter felt
about the matter and anew before
the roll call how he w5u;d vote.
While it was really none Of
Mr.. Wilson's business Why Mr..
Carpenter voted "No", Mr. Car
pcntcr was enough Of 4 gsntlerlan
to state plainly his reasors. IL i.
TO be hoped that Mr.. Carpenter
did not state his real reason tcr his
vote and that he had been !,roueh'
TO see the injustice which is being
done to the resident property own.
ers for the benefit OF q few specu-
latcrs, and has determined to wash
his hands of the whole affair.
Councilman Setter, while not call
ed upon for an explanation by Mr..
took occasion TO tell coun.
ell a few things. The meeting last
night might have been still more
interesting had Mr.. Carpenter
made a demand upon Mr.. Wilson
for an explanation of his vote. II
would have been quite interesting tc
hear Mr.. Wilson explain just why
he is so anxious TO pave the street
clear to the corporation line. Mr..
Carpenter overlooked this oppor.
tuniiy and the Mirror now ask,
Mr.. Wilson TO come forth and give
his reason. The public would like
to know.
Earlier in the evening, Mr..
Phillips registered n protest against
providing for so many improve.
ments which increase the bonded
indebtedness of the city. He ad.
vised cutting down on the side.
walks provided for as matter of
economy. Mr.. Phillips
is right in his stand, but it does
not seem that one of the most ef.
fective ways OF cutting down this
bonded Indebtedness would be tt
abandon the plan to pave a long
stretch of street, when all of The
resident property owners are op-
posed. MIR. Phillips is right, but
ne does not apply the remedy in ex-
lctly the right place. 1t now seems
that Mr. Carpenter has come to
realize the injustice which the pav-
ng OF South Prospect street from
Walnut 10 the corporation line Will
work. not only upon the resident
property owners but upon all of
NE tax payers of tire city. He
ins made the right stand and il
le stands by his convictions ne and
hr' Setter can block the game.
Let us hope.
FVxs