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riE WaTWA rSHED. borri8 Sommittee to investigate thea gre against City Engineer the N has made its report through ~Tumcie agreement was that ug in ahemld be done at a called meet gf the council, if the ardous (.) hae bo could be finished before the the pe rie of the next regular one-and who t Sost bespatering,deluging piece city <o eiwashing it was too. Their little exult cry to the pub- ad v lie reminded us very much of the Nod v whose father told him to SbewrPash a chicken coop in the rd. The boy threw several ando full over the coop and the = iiS the laid was streaming from thinei e beowed out to his father, inliti S-gi-de--,"ee, look here pap !Mr. tgood ag job I e done." was jsat a little better job than for t M nemitn ee did with Mr. Kane. sever charged or alleged that !wr. Kane was not a competent e- unde Who said he was not a arbitect? Who cared hr e was a good architect orcit I>^Why did not the committee have Kane gel letters showing that a eity br wa a splendid bllard player - maatehless as a lecturer on pro i meorals-this latter seems 4be a pet hobby with one mem- der r of the Big Five, who, however, to show the faith that is in ton by words not work. The to ;dof his labors eem to be only bmgs, not sacks filled with el ýs geutmen of the commit r Brotheor Kane letters toF athB ing himto m ho er McKelr, Comptroner aE, Councilmen Toombs, Dan and Quiges and to imprison ewitaiOn who thinks their waynt - this would only be about nine im sagive m s.ch atrit' if V l for it and it had th power. no S what a grand coupe this o ,... habs aoomplHshed. O! i ow it dia do the mayor up. Of mseit is the cdty the tapay ste people who is the niut, tie S~- fs I aill n is, hat '"d Ia pbie?' h-l- with the peo" ple WTat right have they that .;yam eo....ause, tiw pride of the Pwhie; this specially endowed a g Pive most respect? In the o -jer Of their great wisdom; in am asublmity of their superhUman . Jarrilgare; in the magnitude of .:air super-al knowledge they. have f selosrmel an air ship, sailed Mo mMaat Olymapues, eaptured the Ood of Cii Engineers and Ar etex.s.mdre;; this Kohinoor among 4+l the btlisant gems of that p° -deon sad jmasine him as city sa eer of Shrevoport; the king ao 0ir people. 0. Columbus! tCuiiinis no longer win thy name he te clef hosoed one among 's .M r-i.of our laion; hbt its a..W.. tie 1... has been ca 4 ' th a dep - adow by the lhflJ mmo W.hai gmlow s d that of Morris, Alston, Holzman, \iim bish and Youree. You discovered a great country and presented to the Nations a hemisphere abound t ing in riches, beauties and grand eur. They have discovered an semi-obscure civil engineer and have presented to-no foisted upon the people-one of that a "oation I who had been impeached by the e city council of Fort W orth. A body-we dare say-as intelligent and well meaning as ours. Now The Progress would not be unjust to Mr. Kane, but this article Snd its tenor is the natural out d come of a whitewash so weak as the one he received. It was as thinly disguised a whitewash as politics can clothe a favorite with. SMr. Kane's defense was no defense at all. It seemed only an excuse ca e. for the committee and Rig Five & to stick to some agreement, some a compact that the public has never understood. In the beginning The SProgress thought the mayor erred when he refused to swear in the city engineer elect. He had been duly elected and we thought the city executive was rebelling against era legal authority. But since that r- adjourned meeting, when Mr. Kane was not even suspended un - der changes that should have done so; charges which bode no good l Sto our city under his administra- dr' tion as city engineer; then things ly appeared in a new light and The i rogress saw that Mayor Mc Kellar was terribly bright; that he da was doing his best Ito protect the Scity of Shreveport while the Big 1V( Five--Youree was not present however--impelled by some spirit, Hearen only knows what we sup- O Spose seemed to be determined to crush and subdue him-all in the ayinterest of one man who comes to our bosom under an official cloud. w Stand FIax Mayor McKellar! Y if Yield not an inch- By force of A numbers alone the Big Five may this control you for awhile, but the will p of the people is with you and this will eventually overthrow even the e" e Big Five. .---n----- that - A Kse a .x 3S dwe iang . I the t ýr the "erow owed ogal e was ths tai d Ire t o- a eLorasdof this kimd. 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Our weekly advertised special bargains are at the disposal of our country friends, and orders for them will be filled strictly as advertised. rWe have sent quite a large lot of samples and would be pleased to send more on application f All orders carefully filled and forwarded Spromptly. A cordial invitation to visit our establishment when in the city. Respectfully, Ren .JAolzman. COTTON BROKER, &1 0 DEAdILER SBiEas, Wool, B$esaX, Ta1o, Eu. Et. 700. 702. 704. 706 COMMERE Si.. COR. CROCKETl S ito I [g uatee to thbe yieller the met price obtalue4 in Vlcbut ,t m. ý L- on W OQrIJ sll.vetd tonmrketa Promp aretrtn'on aad Haou m rn ,hiRoeftS. I solicit the cnsignment at icee Md Y I oº r.rCOTTON & ALL GOODS INYLINZ GliooltJob flli'TotThuru