| Show l I TIm 1 i AND MW ru THI CI r Tho h he controversy In the City Council Coun Couns s vcr rarer Ir tho the affairs of th the poUt pollee depart and If 10 I likely to be lie become 1 come more more mure complicated d until un unIt It I j 11 ll t I c I matt main question Involved W la settled fettled hy lIy tho courts courtl Strong opinions are ane en ton e tl anti anil expressed ed on 00 either side 1141 sk f end nd n a groat deal doul of ot unnecessary f ff to lilt 1 f InK In Is Ig exhibited There to Increase the t tI L no r by direct I attacks anti nna of ot tto tho notions and motives of either party Per to tho the dispute Our OUI morning aw a ar r greatly exercised over the vote tote ote of ot tho th tl rt i i ii it majority n of ut the tho council on Monday Mond MontI i t atoning against a n resolution Intro Introduced t by Councilman Thomas They Th Indignant l le it at bo be highly are arc or Ul affect to Je tho failure of ot the tho resolution nail le de d dI e tho the action of ot tho the majority In III IIII I with withe I language One calls It U ctt ru e It reason In sense law or dec decency ncy a n dishonest t portion lIo lUon utterly l 4 ble bIt In law and subversive of lit tho the ma most moat 0 Ordinary ry principle of at administrative t and public morality The other do 10 d It as ns pigheaded stubborn I no nt nose anti declares that no principle I whatever wan involved In It It Now Nu lot lei them bo ho reasonable and aid fair If It pos poe possible IO sible ethic and look at nt the matter with nn on a of ot tho the wise caS en Hero flare It Is f fIn In 11 brief brier When the tile payroll of ot tho the police depart t nent ment was presented to tho council It I Iwas was vas signed by George A Sheets as nil a aI I of or Police The Tho majority of or the th council declined to recognize the tho gen gentleman as nil the head of oC the department holding that he ho had not been confirmed by a n majority of or tho the City Council as ns a required by II law late and anti the rules of oC that tha body Hut nut an nn order was ns issued requiring ing lag the Captain of ot Police as ne the tho act tut Ilir head of the tho department Il to certify to t the tM payroll when It would be Je duly dul ncr pu d approved and paid The or dir hr waa Be tat not acted upon Dut But n II I l I it it h lion wan was Introduced In the council counell lea lat lear r Monday the City Auditor to waive the o 0 K on the police doI do de department ft I payrolls fur Cur March MaMi and after himself IC from flom other sourest sources I I as tea to what ouch each man Is entitled to to lc 14 draw his warrant to each cacti man In th the tho thoI N I department below the rank of oC Chief of or ort of Police for the money to which he In la en ent 4 t j t titled tilled for the tho month of at March IBM 1901 The proposition was eras opposed on Oil the i ground that the law requites the tho PRY pay payrolls 11 rolls tolls to bo be approved by the head hend of ot thede the department de and tho the City Auditor lm hat hRS hatan an on opinion from the tho City Attorney to that effect nut lint this thin doM does not n neon em to bo be noticed by the supporters of the tho resolution The members of the Ihl colin coun council I cil cli who voted to follow the law In w an nil to U Uthe the payment of or the police pollee are bitterly assailed lor doing HO tin and the j spectacle of ot hardworking policemen t i 1 i starving families because of at the amazing stubbornness of ot those haill hard hail hardhearted l 4 hearted and on pigheaded e councilmen I Is III held up for public reprobation relIO Now Nw let lel us u look at ot the tIle law that governs govern In ibis contention The This following ran was paa pill passed d by hy the City nty Council JIO Jin J m o D I 1893 1993 nod and duly signed by the Mayer Major June 19 I j IV l I It ordained by ly the Ih nty t Ily Council of snit H It Lake Uke City That the chief or orI Ju Ii I I t of e eCh cli dei here her f verify under ath nth nil ail payrolls and statements I the payment of cr money u tu to tt the th nf of f such uch i ig or MM in tits nl and that no nol la roll l or in ut hall liall be accepted a n d upon or Cor HIM inui until verified as asnI a nI a I IM N rv M In the till ft fan fl of or that ordinance how could the th i adopt the tho Thomas Thonia r And Aile why wb tumid hJul tin who ho hll were Wert governed i J I br its Ih provisions b I and nd Ind fr t f r their lawful larul n on nn In view of ot th the TF u ned d by i I tie of the thc supporter f the illegal m gal rf rl res was u It II Ing that the nu ry r au ral whether the tilt proportion v ni ns n to 10 catch MI e kera If It It had i cn adt adopted tH t In te th thO s f fe ne e of the th ordinal ae I p have hUe cited It would have bavo ha Ix lx n ii Id dd j ant the auditor would uhl it end t tune been sale afo ur I m n 11 issuing his him Wan an nit int nor the treasurer In pu Paying Ing out th the nn nf of oure It H l III that th the I 1 Who hm 1111 nir earned larneLl their theirl l ny IKS 1111 e gho 1101 l be br KM k j 1 I out nut of their Just Nit justI I tie Its fur for Hut ih hardship will willI I I b I poly only on I l t tI me liar nl wants want to d dJIn de JIn the mn of ih th i Ir salaries larIN Am Any I nt f the kin km I made mad tn In the hit It II plated is I tt only fa III but ab u t i tJ lid J ral rata th Ih t I whether i hole t f tic Ih lution we 8 r I all e a t I play J I Jt h t ht In t lot lilt Its its n 1 a 11 U UI i t 4 I 1 furl fre the It la III cum n I rued his I ur If nt Im m md d the e r thI Ih 1 1 y 1 tilt to toC Cp ir fr cr C a I IL h nr on nn t 1 I Ij tl nt j It I k nil Ut 1 r rile r 1 r th cnn n It I t 1 1 VI In JI 1 1 t I t ord Cd a 11 r rr the purrs r rf r rf r f ih out ut tn ten marn 1 n t f h In 1 rf r f I Th c 0 n 1 r rI w I 1 11 ii v 11 h 1 r not hi It I 1 I 1 i pi p S R tn d 1 on 1 tIby The Ch r i n in mb rs wh who lio voted ot J It U not 1111 on r eland by J IIII the law but by nr y and loti decency Whether they th lire are mistaken or tint not as asto n nto asto to the validity of or the lilt Chiefs appoint appointment ment they ther were certainly right as AI to the wrong roil of ot the resolution II 11 After retuning to tile the cor eor of or the theory that five Ove or or seven leon out of or fifteen constitute the City nty Council in the of ot an all appointee to office the majority of at that thai body hody would be Inconsistent It If they swerved train from their position on a ilde elde Ide issue White While the legality of pf the ap appointment of or the Chief of oC Police Is III In doubt how could they consistently reo reI onlie his hll authority to 10 certify to the payroll They agreed to accept hi the uI of t the Police Pollee Captain caplAin ln am as tho head of oC the department pending a Q judicial of ot the question If It no recognised head had certifies to 10 that I K llOA payroll the Ilia wages vage of ot the men cannot lawfully III i IM INt paid Whose Whale fault tault U is I that 1 Not the tho City Councils which must limit not act If at nt all 11 as lie the tile law I w provides The difficulty after all 11 centers on the simple question of at the confirmation of ot the Chief That It la II agreed by all par partie lr tiel tie will have to be he decided by Jy ilia courts court C Let Get It be lk b taken there then thon as t soon as a possible and add meanwhile let the tilt complications that thaI may grow row out mu of at the dispute he viewed on their own merits meris and aa the law provides At As A the Herald I concludes There need be no bitter bitterness bitterness ness In such luch an action It U should be b a friendly proceeding with the simple ob Db object jest J ct of ut ascertaining e whether or not It Il ItIs ItI IlIs Is I possible by b a majority vote ote of tit n quorum of or the tile council to confirm an executive appointment That la II all |
