Show REMOVE REIO TIlE THE TEMPTATION t It Is very clear that the present city administration can not resist the tho temptation temp temp- 5 tation atlon to use UMe tho the police pollee department in politics and It will bo be best to remove that temptation from them The 55 5 5 police department of or a city has police business to do and when well done lone S that work constitutes quite enough for fol a ay any apy y man or 01 set oct of or men i The TIlo experience of this city In the past p t months makes mal os It Jt clear that the tho poll police e department should no nov v 0 longer bo be left where It can be cm- cm for fl illegal es-al es purposes It has been grossly abased in an attempt to Improperly influence voters to co coerce coerce co- co erce cc them Into voting even e when they theyS S not entitled to vote and always vote voto oi for the party part in city control It It was wab lon wrong ue use of or the tho police and S did a aast vast ast discredit to the party mana managers managers man man- a agers r responsible for it and the party part that that sought to profit by It t m I That sort bort of work should never ne be bo repeated And that It ma may not the thee legislature e of oC Utah should remove remo the thet theS S t temptation There should be a board of or- police and lire fire control provided for foi By y the tho ho state appointed by the gov IOV rno and r responsible spon to the people of or the whole state This Is b the capital city and It tt has hac an especial reason for forgO forso forso so gO conducting itself Helf a as ag not to rolled reflect such bUch shame as IB hI expressed In Inthe th the C case te The Tribune is In error when it says tile the Blate constitution forbids such euch action aon In fact the Tribune should S r remember 5 that this VCr very state hasl has l had ad such such sucha a bo board not board not rd-not not quite perfect in its plan and that it stood the fire lire ot courts It Il was fault faulty In that It permitted the tho mayor to appoint an anthe and the tho r result was a n constant conflict between between be be- tween the tho mayor and other officials Because of or Its faulty construction tho the law Jaw was more costly than It need be r a and was waa repealed But its constitutionality i S 'S never wa was attacked Now ow if It that law Jaw so 50 palpably lm- lm perfect p was vas not n t in violation of the constitution where is the u us p conI contending contending con con- I tending that a law Jaw drawn on the model B of or Eastern cities would be In vlola- vlola S L re of or tho the constitution The experience cx- cx Utah has hart hal will wilt prevent the repetition o of errors here and the I record of oC other states will be helpful In drafting a law la In every cry way satis- satis factor factory But Dut above e all things s the police pollee force o of this city must bo be taken out of the hands of or the politicians It must be bo made answerable on only to a a. bi partisan board appointed b by the governor go and left leCt free to attend to the police duties of Salt Lake and absolutely prohibited from taking any part In politics Aside from this political l phase 01 of the case the board should b be provided for rol b by the state as a forward step stepIn In municipal advancement All over tho the country state legislatures have provided pro for boards of or metropolitan police with police commissioners appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed In the several eral cities by the governor of the tho state tate They are aro paid by tho the cities and the local boards provide the tho rules and regulations by which they are guided But the boards arc are responsible to the governor and If Ir the they are derelict in their duties dulles or orIf orIf orIf If the they employ the police In Improper activities or if the they abuse their power in an any way the commissioners arc are re removed removed re- re moved summarily Governor Hanly of or Indiana was wag able ablo to clean up the corr corT rupt condition of Indiana cities b by no useful to other othel means and it was Governor Durbin before him Probably Probably Probably ably twenty states of or the Union have state laws placing o of the police pollee departments of cities In the hands of or governors They have stood the test of or the courts so often and so effectively el that it Is foIl folly to pretend that the state Is transgressing fundamental fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental law Jaw In such an nn enactment Give Utah a w board hoard of police and fire commissioners commissioner and ta take e the pollee police out of politics |