| Show Ill TUB I POLICE CAPTAINCY 11 Mayor Glendinning Disapproves of Abolishing I the Office MOILS SALARY ORDINANCE VETOED 1 1tn In I 111 ontit pproviA I Cit3llull XltlrigF a6 I DO 1 Coonel nu i 1 1 Major Olendlnnlng returned Diehl 4 alary ordinance to Itccordcr 1meri 1 today disapproved the chief objection being to that section abolishing the I captain ot police The Major says that In October 18td he disapproved of an I I ordinance abolishing that office and Proceeds 10 give thesaine reasons for his position taken at that time Ho rnjs that so much of the ordinance as rwluces tho salaries of elective officers meets his approval After giving tha number of men In the police depart I anent the II cItYA executive ciy xeculvo says ITo ll 1 I-To have elllctent mrvlco In any po tile department I worthy of the name It li necLBsarj rIro oiganllatlon ave I chief who hal han charge of the department dearllelt during the day und I cuptnln or other officer of superior rank In tile ergelnl In Command during the night and ut other times when the chief In I bolt flom duty Ithen6pleetsIttliftlotinml allt1ficchlet U the piesint tlmo tho chief Is I sus pinded awaltlnir trial upon charges pending ngalnst him leaving the force Inder the command 01 tile captain < so that I this olllce be abolished the com friend uf the department will devolve upon one of the sergeants with the In evitable result of Impairing the present xoleol service To this I cannot consent because the executive force Is I already numerl callj weak for I City of this size 1 and while tile pretense Is I made that the abolishment of this olllce Is I solely in tho Interest oC economy I do not share Mat opinion but on the contrary boo leve that the notion oC some members oC the Council hs ben governed In I thin mater by I mistaken zeal xr ded In tile Iniercat oC depraved poll ties and therefore detrimental to pl public Intervals 1 a reduction of the present force must lie md I rom intnd that one of the three desk ser Beanls be dispensed wllli There can Ili no good reason advanced why two desk ergII cannot perform with ease all the duties flow performed by three and I believe this I recommends I tlon will have tho concurrence of the board ot Police cnmmllonr whose judgment as to what Is necessary and proper to secure the best police ser vice In this city ought to have some 1 I welkin with the Council hl II my not Inconvenience the present Mayor to any great extent It I I sftins to him an unnecessary exhlbl 101 of mlevolnce and I Ilv nn tho I rt i tho Cun < ts abolish the poIUon ot clerk In this office merely beeu tile Couitcll differs with the Irent executive I to matters In Volvlng omclal discretion In addition to Ih a work required of a clerk In the flavors olllce that functionary Is I also al-so required by ordinance perform or I pay another to perform the duties of clejk of the board of public works All this work has been done since February Febru-ary 1S90 for 10 per month certainly not a high wage Hut whatever the Council may deem wise In this behalf will not of Itself call for the Interposi tion of a veto I In the dotng month ot this ndln I IslraUon I fsna I subject for congratu at Inn that the number of people Is I exceedingly ex-ceedingly mal who will believe It pos 11 to connno Another municipal 1 llalur a In gal Lake City endowed iollido Ire n degree as your honorable Imdj wllh what has been aptl termed nplr the dlipnsllliin eif Inferior minds to xII every petty mole nnd into I chief within the elide of their limited lmited abilities Very respectfully I JAMES GLIINDINNIN0 Mayor |
