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all, they Were absolutely correct. They were talien dov‘vn 'erd for word on‘ the amt endtly as they were delivered, and p‘ubllehed ex- actly undelivered and taken dOWn. Np ”109p ,hole there. ' ‘ ‘ Did you ever see a man. when some one has laying down the truth to himylook as though he wished the floor where he was standing would We overheard a member of- the city council explaining some recent proceedings of that body, and thought he suggested that perhaps the rope. rdid not get the remarks contest. ‘ e wish- to say once for That staunch and sterling patriot, George Hessler, sent us word Sun- day ‘last that he Was going to grind us two bettles of horseradish to help us brin‘g out the ans every week just as sharp, and bright, and racy, and pointed as the .last onesvhave been. Thanks for the radish, neigh- bor. If the paper “spoils” when the weather changes, let us know it. “m ”Minimum It chin “In. all, speak of the proposed filter bed, and every one of them is opposed to it. ‘ We have heard scarce of citizens of Id] classes, mired capitalists, business men, working men, one and 7 7 ‘ IVES- mnl A "'"Wfi .mhgr l‘nhunhod duty m hank: at High land Put. uL. ind thueth. 111.. by me A Counter 0! Nam Show luminance. TmNo-nHWPu-k. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 23."- rum sue Pea van. OFFICII: ago, and yet Alderman Grant tried to make it appear in a recent meet- ing_ that he favored the petition‘pre seated Feb. 7th, 1898. We shall not permit the alderman to creep out through that small place in that way. It is truehe did, as he said, second the motion to grant the petition. but why didn’t the alderman tell the Whole truth and not simply part of it, of which ten times is equivalent to a falsehood. Alter having sec ended it and his colleague instantly took the floor. and said it was a pretty late day for the alderman from the third ward to tryto delay the matter of St. Johns avenue, Al- derman. Granmith breathless ex citement immediately asserted that he did not second the-motion with the expectation that there would be any delay and promptly voted with indecent haste to lay the petition on the table. 'l‘ell the whole truth,- Alderman. it you are going to tell It in nomewhet curious that Alder- men Grunt ehould he so extremely fearful that there will be a little de~ lay of the property owners on St. John avenue and the committee ep- pointed by the council formulating and agreeing upon the kind of im- provement. He seems very anxious for fear _eomehow it will elect the decision of the supreme court: There is only one way to account for it, and that is he expects the supreme court to decide adverse to the city. Let us reassure the alderman that the property owners so far as we know without exception are perfectly willing to go on and pave the streets even if the supreme court does de- aide in their favor. They have always wanted to pave it and noth ing but the antagonism and stub bornness of certain councilman pre- vented it from being paved a year open and let him drop out of eight? That's~ the way one of our city of ficiala looked laat week Wedneaday night when Frank D. Everett stood right up before him and told him the plain nnvarniehed truth and what upright citizens thought of him and acme of hie aoaocietce. Mr. Everett did his duty as a man and a citizen having the .intereeta of our city in hie heart. SHERIDAN now NEWS-LETTEK law. Re is supposed to exercise gobd, common sense. and a mayor ought not to be two years a council~ man and nine months a mayor not to- haVe discovered that it takes a ma- jority of all the members elected 1n the city council to pass an ordinance or prOpOsition creating any liability against the city; but, if in thirty- three months of city practice he had not learned that m‘lfieh, certainly the city attorney ought promptly to have informed him and not allow a ecu-V tract to be signed by the mayor that would be found illegal, in the mat- ter of printing or any other matter. -‘But‘this is by no means‘the only in? stance 1n whidh the present city at torn‘ey has in Our opinion shown the necessity of “reading up.’ Some peoplehh‘ve expressed nur- prise that five of that codimhie‘e should recommend a filter. We ire not' surprised at all; they could not well do other’wlse. They are gentle- men, anthaving invited the shte a sinecnre or what it is for. On neeverel occaéions the , pres- ent city attorney has allowed things to be done in the council that certliinly he ought to have known were not legal. When the vote on Alderman Grant’s resolutionâ€"to giro the'public printing to; the Wau- kegn'n Sunâ€"~proved a tie, where. was the city attorney th‘fit he did not promptly inform the mayor that he could not vote'on that question? Wlint ire we paying 8 Salary of $500'l’or“? It is true'the mayoris not supposed‘to he theroughly versed in law. He is eunooeell tn Mai-05m Duties of the Cit) Allurr We have bet- ~n led (m m H r lid!» to wonder whether the city attorney is for ornau a dinécuré ' 'or what it on, pIOpeny oimer Iliad with the ntr withe- and riglm ; .nd further”): n v too, the com: council arv . nize the “1 property (m r alderman fr not make hill Ind so block let us wall-nu beuof our belief] knot .is ready to go 9 street when their Ms urn- ro-rugnized. 'u uu M‘Vt‘ral occa- lether the office of for ornaméht or Mtorne (‘H n the