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Show COMMISSION FORM OF STATE J GOVERNMENT FOR UTAH The commission form of government govern-ment is to be applied to states Such Is the suggestion of Collier's Weekly When Utah adopts this system. ln- ti stead of a governor, a legislature and I state officers directing affairs of the state, three men may rule the state I Xl and make its laws ,- ' That would not be an objectionable I nV change !f the triumvirate is subject to recall and the enactments must be M submitted to the people when certain M objections are made known In other if words, if the powers of the three men are limited by the operation of the v Initiative, referendum and recall n The commission form of govern ment, centering extraordinary powers in the hands of a few men Is an iro- I provement on the old system of dlvid-I dlvid-I cd responsibility, when the people are allowed to constantly inquire Into the stewardship of their servants, with power lo prevent ebuse of authority and to dismiss the unworthy. Rome had Its Julius Caesar, Pom-! Pom-! pcy and Crafsus. Utah would not be willing to turn over the authority of the three branches of state govern-! govern-! raent to a similar group without retaining re-taining at least the restraints of the recall |