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Why They Are Suppressed

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Parent Issue
Day
10
Month
January
Year
1902
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

 

WHY THEY ARE

SUPPRESSED

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Don't Want to Give the City's 

Case Away

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TO WATER WORKS CO.

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Mayor Copeland Wants His

Attorney's Report Kept

Under Strict Cover

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Mayor Copeland stated to us Wed-

nesday that he has no objections what-

ever to the report of Blggs & Sher-

man being officially printed.

"Of course," said he, "there is a lot

of technical matter in the reports that

is probably superfluous, but there is

nothing there but what the people have

a right to know if they wish. and I

have nothing to say against the publi-

cation if the council orders it done.

"But," he continued. "I do not think

that the reports of the attorneys on the

water works question should be pub-

lished. There are some matters in the

reports that would state the city's side

of the case and the publication would

give the water works company an ex-

act line on all our contention. It is not

done In other cases. If you had a suit

against a corporation you would allow

your attorney's positions on fine tech-

nical points to be given over to the

other side so that the corporation

could have an opportunity to combat

them. It is not the way law suits are

fought and for this season I deem it

best not to publish them."