The Recent Vote On The Water-works

question has made it apparent tliat two or three persons do not constitute this entire community. Furthermore it has been a most just and scathing rebuke to that little ooterie of disgruntled wise men, of which Zina P. King is the ackuowledged head, and Dean & Co. the somewhat ambitious tail. The plan pursued by this combination is as follows: When the last-named gentlemen have worked themselves up the proper state of rage and indignation over the oatrace that is to be committed upon the city and its iuhabitants bylhe "jobbers," "tncksters," "demngogues" and "mountebanks," as they term the water-works comniittee and the common council, then it is that the "fine italian" hand of Zina P. is called into service and he proceeds to arrange and formúlate the scattered and incoherent ideas of the gentlemen who deal in sugar and kerosine oil. When properly revised and coirected this food is distributed to the hungry public Last Saturday the pregnant Zina dehver-.d himself of a circular in which he endeavored to give some sort of form to the sentiment of the gentleman who had been very desiroua to be water commissioner, and who had proposed his own name for that place. In the circular the council were charged with being "triksters" and "jobbers," and with endeavoring to injure the city by introducing water acoording to a plan which did not meet with the approval of Zina P . and his foliovers, Dean & Co . Printed copies ot this production were assiduously distributed throughout the city on Saturday last and was carefully read and considered by most of the tax-payera and voters, who, on Mouday, went to the polls and by nearly a unanimous vote sanctioned the plan proposed by their representatives - the members of the common council. The effect that this circular produced upon the mimls of the people of this city was somewhat unexpected to the authors thereof . The idea had been prevailing among the constituents of this remarkable document that the people conld not posibly have any other channels of thought ejcept those that they had marked out for them. It is barely poBsible that the vote on Monday may have made these gentlemen at least a little thoughtful on this subject. Can there not be an honest difference of opinión among men as to the wisdom of public measures, without having the advocates of this or that mensure charged with being enemies of the city, 'tricksters" and "public jobb'rs." Messrs. Dean ife Co , are very estimable gentlemen, and as a general thing, excellent citizens. They have by the most rigid economy and heroic self-denial accamulate handsome fortunes, wliich ihey will never squander in private extruvagance or public clianty. Their great weakness is tlieir lack of patience with those who differ with them, and their utter inability to see any honest purpose in those who do nut coincide with their views on public questions. If they would have more tolerance, more consideration aud more charity for the opiuions of others; if they would use lsss billingsgate when refering to the common council, and above all, if they would get out from under the control and domination of Zina P. King, they would not subject themselves to such a crushing humiliation as the vote of last Mouday has been to them.