COUNCIL AND COUNCILLORSPAST AND PRESENT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 95, 24 April 1915, Page 8

COUNCIL AND COUNCILLORSPAST AND PRESENT.

[To The Editor Stratford Post.] Sir,—i beg to draw attention to a glaring inaccuracy in your leading allude iu yesterday’s issue. } oil s«.\ “'! he old Council did not appear to have the lull confidence id the ratepayers. This latter tact became apparent in the rejection ol the Couneii’s proposals at the polls.” The only proposal submitted by the old Council to the ratepayers was the loan lor the municipal building, which was carried by au overwhelming majority. Probably you have contused with the retiring Council the proposals to borrow about t It),000 tor various works submitted by the previous Council. I do not wish to embark on a discussion involving the question ot the measure ol coniidenee reposed hy the ratepayers in the retiring Council and ol its merits and demerits. “The evil that men do lives after them, the good is often' ] interred with their bones. So Jet it be with Caesar.”—l am, etc., J. B. RICH ARDS. Stratford, 21th April, 1915. [iu hie Editor Stratford Cost. I Sir,—Von open your leading’article in last night’s issue of your paper by saying “one is always prepared lor surprises” when referring to the difficulty of obtaining nominations lor the Council. Von also go on to say, “And as constituted the old Council did not appear to have the full confidence of the ratepayers,” this latter fact being apparent in the rejections of the Council’s proposals at the polls. Now, perhaps, you will be surprised again when 1 tell you that the only loan proposal submitted to the ratepayers during the out-going Council’s term of office was that for the Municipal Chambers, and that was carried by a. huge majority, •hub 1 cannot think, Sir, that you have any desire to hold that Council responsible for the failure of the famous CIO,OUO loan that was submitted to the ratepayers previous to their election two vears ago.—l am, etc., J. MASTERS. Stratford, April 24th. . (Wo have to thank Mr Richards for his great discovery. We agree with his suggestion that the question of confidence had better be left alone. So far as Mr Masters’ communication is concerned, we certainly do not hold him responsible for something which happened when he was not a member of the Council.—Ed. “Stratford Post.”)