Show WILL THE COUNCIL i BE BULLDOZED I Wo Yo o are arca n a good p and deal dral interested rt te In the n of at the tho cI y council tonight ht Will J 1 the thc members of or that body supposed to bo he selected d from ir the Very Ier most most capable pen- pen pie pic plein In n Fait BaIt Lake permit the Tribune uno to push them aside asle and and n perform perform the thc selection n of oC a a a ma mayor or That That is tho the q 1 question The law Jaw provides as s has been said fald that when avi a v vi vacancy ticy happens nB in the office of or mayor the tho council shall elect a mayor maor The law certainly l do does s not say ay n th the Tribune Uto shrill shall h ll select el ct the mayor mayol The men who made th thela the la l laws w vis for Utah did tild not contemplate any an such surrender of or ord d rs of oC tho the people And nd it t is Js quite 1 Tt certain that under circumstances like the present the legislature Intended that the council should elect a mayor from riom among Its own wn memberS members Th The i ery first t of or tho the tho s statute providing for the f filling Q of c. c nuch ch a vacancy says ars Thc Iho lh chief C of ot a n cit city shall be he tho the ma mayor or and during his temporary ab ah f nce ence or disability tho the city coun Qun cil en shall h ll elect eject O ONE g OF OW ITS OW OWN MEMBERS rE I 1 RS to tn n act fris as mayor mayor PI pro pio torn who during such uch absence or disability Usability shall IY pofi pO feS ens the powers of or mayor major Very Y r clearly It was th the Intention lon of or the lawmakers that in such case as as' as the pre present the councilmen should name o one 1 of or their own owr number for the place The The thins thing Is reasonable Here There are pre thre three quarters of or orthe the term completed I The Thc work worl 1 in hand is familiar to c every m member br of the council No 0 man alive all on the outside o is ls In position to take taho the direction awa away from t them H Ho He ma may overturn everything e thing g the they h have done lIe He may not not agree c with councilmen as as to some details and andIn Inthe In the o of his power as mayor mayor and without the ther r advantage e of the information rm all tall the me members possess direct r which will be he destructive of their plans and andl harmful l to the city r Following that section quoted above tho statute provides provides pro pro- ld vides 9 r f I Ir tr f y 1 er whenever a a. vacancy shall happen in ln the office of or mayor the he city council shall elect a mayor who shall possess nil the all the rl rights and anel p powers power of or mayor until the next municipal il election and until his successor sor is JI elected and 1 lf If d does s not repeat repent what has had Just been directed directed and nd I ni kc It it obligatory on the councilmen to s select le t ono of ot their number But Jt is clear that clear that Is tho Intention r i Y T I r t r 1 T I d i 1 M ML I JJ i h L in i n y L' L 11 v t L 1 1 y I because o the cOOl conditions are pr precisely cl l alike and the fame tame rul rule ruin should govern The Tribune arrogating to Itself sup superior power has hat commanded councilmen to l' l ct a mayor who Is not a n. member of the council to fill the vacancy In that th the Tribune has flung in the faces races of or councilmen the plain insult insult- You are unfit for tor tho the office of mayor That la Is what it means And that is what the councilmen will wll have to Indorse Indor-ic if lt they obey the tho command of oC the Tribune and abjectly go outside their own number for a man fi fito fit to preside over th them confessing m confessing there Is no ono one of at their number capable for tor the work worle And wo we arc are all tho the moro more Interested In the action of tho the council tonight because use we wo have heard hN a a. good 1001 dna dral about dictation in elections and outside Interference In political affairs We want to see I if the councilmen propose propose pro pro- pose poso to be dictated to For wo we do not believe it is an any better to bo be under the dictation of ot the Tribune than under any nn other dictation The Tho principle J Is the tho objectionable objectionable objectionable thing thing the the taking away w from rom councilmen n of ot their rights and their privileges and tho the usurping of those powers by b an Irresponsible discredited and wholly unreliable unreliable liable newspaper That t Is what every one in it Salt Lake Lale is watching Will wm councilmen permit themselves to ho bo bulldozed d |