| Show T it AND Ilm W tl 1 H wUI be If Ir i any real ical c between tho Mayor Maor ahil Iu tho Ui tt Pity Council It In III for tor or tho thu Interest cd of th the t municipality that all oil branches of tit l ho io HI oily city government work lt 11 The Tho Mayor to l a 1 change In the Iho depart mont meat n mt which In is under tinder his hili Immediate a P The rho law him tho the power to o remove iho the Chief of o Police but bU not without the tho aid aki consent of at the tuder the tho law which has hn U u 1 routed r the Chief Chier could not bo be removed except for tor and II after lifter a fair Air examination Into any noy charges os th t ba ho against him bUn But those are pro tOt nut now In Int t force IC It the tho and amI tho the Council io they thoy can 01 make such mich us liS they thi y think heat helt for tor the public lIo Rood neither eon con do HO so alone IIO Mayor duly the City Council of ot the of at tho the Chief but did IUd not immo vano the tho whom he 1118 an M successor 1 In the The matter m woe Will referred to tho the committee on anti and with sItt one ono exception tho the committee o hnit failed fabled to agree with tho the Mayor 1101 l the tho do not know of any why tho the present Chief ahler bo be removed they tho arc afO not I Informed as us to the Iho Mayors choice fOr tor hh his It U le argued that lt the tho Mayor Is not required to 10 Rive HIve any nn for tor his notion nor to 10 name the person pet on ho appointed until there Is a n vacancy On the other hand It H II l s claimed that tho the councilmen net nat airly and nM anc Intelligently until they learn why the tho Mayor wishes wl to make maken n a 1 and what that change Is to be beTo beTo Je JeT To T ordinary gr citizens who have no per personal or sonaE interest In tho the matter mattar except that which relates to tho the public welfare It Beams callis an nit though there should be bt mu mo confidence between tho the Mayor and oath tip tl Council The Thu executive is Ie not re required by ty law 1111 to state his hIli reasons r for removing an nn Hut the tho question presents Itself he not do KO so voluntarily when wIlen tho the Council haa hns no reasons of Its itI II own for tar making n a chaneY And further r Is IH It not reason able that before the Council performs Its part Jari In the tho proposed change Its 1111 m should know lenow what that change cht Is II i to be bc U It is I not for lor tho Iho Rood gooth of 01 the public service that either branch of ot It should stand upon Ullon rigid oath and dignity or lIek eek e k to bs antI and arbitrArY decision of ot the committee to meet fl t the thi Mayor MIlOr and to be become become come rome acquainted with his side of or the tho question with n it 1 view slew to future action we Wo think WaR wac quite proper The Tho Mayor may mn not wish Ish to make public the that have 11 leti him to 10 take tal o the step that hins been taken He will probably con confer confor for fer with tho committee In m a n friendly ny so 10 that they the may mar come coma to a amu mu inn tup understanding It must be kept in view Ie that tho the Mayor has certain TIghts rIghts as aR tho the haul of 01 the th executive II e do nt and must I be permUted permitted to 10 have some choice as to h hili hiI subordinates ates At the tho time the tho righta of ot the th LItS It Council C cannot be Ignored Ig for fo they ar are Aro In title his matter coordinate with those of ot th t the 9 Mayor Ma or itie laca Icca that all the tho Council can do the IK Is to to o Ute tho dictation or adopt that which he ho with without without out understand hu or full tull Jn In his views cannot bo be canceled conC d d for tor a moment It 1 would make the cooperation cooperation tion lion of ot the tho Council entirely unnecessary or a IL mole mete matter mattur of at len less form forni luch department of the city blent lias lIBI Its own functions md should ho bu permitted to ID exorcise them thom freely and to Us bent There Is I no If It Uj our na M national or local system If It tho the and anti tho the l cannot n II projected measure mUst MCC fall and there he bo no ill feeling on dither either sido 10 when both do not riot see co aye yo to 10 eye IC We hope that a 0 such Ruoh on nit onIs II Is lit proponed Oll will bring tirIng about n it concert of ot mention action one WilY way or another nn lher either to o accede Ic 10 o tho the when It ItIs itIs Is III learned on what they ore lira based or ora a it movement to 10 if It it Is I f und that nt reasons jM bo ho why the contemplated change 1 ho bo effected In any event for tor thin tho public good there thero houd IKI be 8 mutual u dol standing anti and Rood tood will Ill between nil oh tho the departments of or tho the city |
