The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-08
TheCarnival
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Had it not been for the garbleC
statements in the Mayors letter ap
pearing in The Sun under the date Of
October 3rd, and many omissions, we
would have let the matter as to the
carnival pass unnoticed, as we did his
article on the Sunday Law" How
ever, as resorting to the press to all
his views and to vindicate his acts,
us to be favorits pastime, we
deem reply not unnecessary.
A few predatory remarks will not
be out of place: We accord to every
one the right of private judgment
upon all moral and political questions.
And while we accord the Mayor the
right Of private judgment and the
right to register it in legal way upon
matters pertaining to the welfare of
the town, we do not, as he seems to
desire, wish to surrender our moral
judgments when they may conflict
with his. We do not consider that we
were elected to be mere puppets in
the office, to register the wish or beck
of the Mayor, but to exercise our
moral judgments upon all questions
affecting the people. There are times
when men differ, and it is well that
this is SO. Church and State have
differed and will continue to differ
upon questions of polity and policy
SO long as they exist. But in the
Government under which we live it
has always been the rule that the ma
jority control. Whether this rule is
wise or unwise, it is ineradically i'm
bedded in our national, state, county
and municipal life. The Mayor has
seen fit to reverse this rule and ar
rogate to himself all power, legisla-
tive, judicial and executive.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
the Mayor protesting, permitted the
Carnival to come within the corporate
limits of the town, and the question
as to whether it should remain here
should have been left to the author
ity which allowed it to come.
Now As To the Carnival.
We assume that the people under
stand that Roberts United Shows
were not invited into our town; but
as the saying goes, "just dropped in
to spend week" 1t was a very good |
time, as the Greene County Fair was
to take place, and there would be
large crowds of people in Greene.
VILE. This show was an illegitimate
child, and some one was called upon
for the time being to assume its pa
tcrnity. We knew that it was child
of the underworld and the question
was, whether to let it live within, or
just outside the corporate limits of
Greeneville. 1t was only choice of
evils, and there are times when such
things take place. We were in as bad
a dilemma as the boy whose father
died and left his affairs in such con-
1ition as to be prolific of litigation
which, after time, bore down on
,he youngster so grievously that he
vas led to explain: Sometimes | wish
lad had not died"
On Monday, September 23rd, when
We came down to our place of bust.
less, we discovered the Carnival was
lere, and had already unloaded part
If its outfit on the James Rush lot in
he east part Of town, just outside the
limits of Greeneville. The ,
Mr.. Freedman, came to us
md told us that his Carnival was here G
or the week; meant to stay here;
hat he had no engagements else
where; that it was an off week, and 3
hat owing to the fact it would cost
i'm $500 or $500 to have the cleo r