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Show HOME RULE ' SUSTAINED Supreme Court Upholds Law Affecting Cit j Affairs Af-fairs at Denver. DENVER, Colo., Feb.' 27. The Supreme Su-preme court today sustained the Rush home rule constitutional amendment, adopted at the November election, and granted a writ of mandamus requiring City Treasurer Sours of Denver to surrender sur-render his office to County Treasurer Elder. Justices Gabbert and Steele concurred con-curred In this opinion. Chief Justice Campbell dissented. The bill creates the city and county of Denver out of the territory of the city of Denver and half a dozen surrounding towns. . One effect of the decision will be to postpone the Denver city election, which would have been held under the old law in April next, until after the adoption of a new charter. |