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Show - " " S, r"s, " f . - v - s- ' ' . Tio GalTeston Ida' of the goyarn-ment goyarn-ment of a municipality Vill r gsUlv llihed in Salt' Iaks City In Jaaoaryv 1898, according to the prawn lMica-tloss lMica-tloss of the work of the XXoum and the Senate. A. Caucus of the -Salt Lake county members tu held 'yesterday, and It was agreed that aU should atand by the bUL . : . There Is little doubt but that the country members will stand "with' the Salt Lake delegation. They bare bee,a shown the plan, and many hare already al-ready declared themselTes la fsror of the MIL The bill is now being pushed through; the Senate by Btaner X. Smith. lie has secured almoit a unanlmona rote In the Senate on the proposition. In the-House, the-House, Speaker Joaeph will work hard to boost the bill through. City Without a Mayor. The bill intends to do away with the City CouneiL Mayor and various other officers of this, eitji The only other person with any authority about the flsn of (roTernment in detail. The rnstes, ,ne - declared, would appoint all other, ofleers of the eity, make eon-traeta, eon-traeta, and do any. other-work for the eity -that might .b seeeaaary.' la speaking of the bill, Smith said: - 4,The object of -the measure is to Centralize the -municipal goremmant, and throw, the' reanonaibility in a definite defi-nite place, where it ean be located by the people.- The hope is that, the, peo-, pie will gTsijp the, opportunity to place good and efficient men in office. , The salary attached is a sufficient inducement, induce-ment, anM it is up to the people to make the goyeroment good or bad as they see fit. I believe in the -people, ana 'believe that if they are given half a ehaace, as. they Would be if my measure mea-sure passes, , they will do the right thing. " 'The scheme advocated in my bills has worked exceedingly well in Washington, Wash-ington, Memphis ana Galveston. Of course I understand that it is a rather sudden and radical move, but any one who has studied the question will believe be-lieve that '-it will be for the ultimate good of. the city and will remit in making mak-ing our government a model for other citlfa.to follow." city hall, outside of the trustees, will be. a City Auditor, who is elected at the aeame time as the commissioners. In esse of a vacancy, the trustees are to agree upon some one within' thirty days, otherwise the Auditor can act as a third trustee. The salaries of the commissioners are to be $5000 a year, while the salary sal-ary of the Auditor is to be $2400. Walton Boosts BilL Senator Wcslex K. VTalton is enthusiastic. enthu-siastic. "Municipal government should be centralized, and divorced from politics as much as possible." he said, "and I believe that thia scheme will be more effective towards that end than anything any-thing else that could be done. I am glad the salaries of the trustees are Hied at $5000 a year, for this will in-pure in-pure securing good men, and will also insure better and more faithful work, for a man with a big salary will not be so inclined to graft and play favorites, because he knows that the people will rise against him and h will be out of a job at the next election." Senator Hulaniski of Ogden. although favoring the measure, wanted to assure as-sure himself that it did not apply to Ogden before he gave his consent. "We don't need anv change in Ogden," Og-den," he said. "bnt"if the Salt Lake delegation wants to change the government gov-ernment here, I won't object to the bill in the least. As a matter of fact, I think it an excellent one.'' Smith Explains Measure. ' At the meeting held yesterday. Senator Sena-tor Bonner X. Smith explained the |