Show MAYORS the question f action on the ordinance for naming renaming re the street was brought up in response to maor kiebala KieB fla suggestion to alie city la friday evening councillor is sported to have said that since alie mayor had no vote and consequently could not chango the result by ii presence lie blaisdell Ula isdell was in favor of pro with ho ordinance and adopting it aa art hunted the gentleman was afterwards overruled by a niad rity of his and the question was left for future con dide ration the remarks as anay be regarded aa bolh in manner and matter to the cites chief magistrate and as will meet with little favor tha fact remains that aa to the power of eliat officer in questions assuming form hie aoun were correct the mayor as presiding officer of the connul does not have a vote except in case of a tie and id not even considered in good taste ta speaking epe aking upon a motion before the bouse until he calls some member ft alie chair and the meeting froni the bloor in a general aenne lie may be said to lave neither voice nor vote in this respert resembling territorial delegates on the floor of consena Con rena ia an anomalous and we think feature of our municipal fabric alie mayor is the claset of the city llis namo heads the ticket presented to the electors he is the first to the bond and alee alio llio oath of office he more than any other roan is responsible to the municipality in fact the credit of any public act or of any entire administration is credited to him on the other hand he alone is cli arged with the odium aU ending all mistakes it ia not alderman X or councillor nho is by the inhabitants in any matter of public interest the people aldays refer M the occurrence as taking place when mayor A or mayor B was in office we claim that this is unjust to the man who bits u the maforo chair lie ia frequently blamed fur initiates which lie has no hand ia perpetrating mistakes indeed which liis pd 1 legitimate powers those of were insufficient to prevent in view of the responsibility attaching to his office the mayor should have as every chief executive officer has the right of veto not the absolute veto which would enable one man to defeat the will of all his as doci attis in office but such a it an ia accorded the president governors and mayors of cities in other parts of aba utah legislative inachin try jg peculiarly contradictory in thia our governor lie only one with ab elluta veto power yet our cities are almost the only ones choso whoso mayors the is un Acne rican and restrictive of constitutional liberty the other is unreasonable and out of all harmony with constitutional forms at some future session of the J egis lature this question of the rights of a mayor receive careful it is but natural to expect that discussion of the t lead ta a simple result an in the municipal form by n aich the head would at leant have as many privileges AS the most obscure hiemier of the body |