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Show oo IS OGDEN TO HAVE ANOTHER ' CITY ELECTION? When T. Samuel Browning, mayor-elect, mayor-elect, Chris Flygare and Miles L. Jones, city commissioners, met a day this weok to consider the organization organiza-tion of tho city board under the Incoming In-coming administration, Commissioner Jones informed Mr. Browning that there would be no changes in the police po-lice or fire departments, and Mr. Browning, turning to Mr. Flygare, asked the commissioner If he were not content to control his prosent departments, depart-ments, and- Mr. Flygare answered yes. Therefore, the conclusion is reached that Mr. Jones, with the vote of Mr. Flygare, is to be made head of the department of safety and Mayor-elect Browning is to be relegated to the waterworks department. When Chief of Police Thomas E. Browning was preparing his suitcase for the trip to the national meeting of police chiefs, an inquisitive reporter, report-er, verging on the Impertinent, said: ."Chief, what are you going to do after the first ot the year?" "I'll be hero in this position, doing my best to fill the office of chief. Do you think the commissioners, two of whom are to make up the majority of the new board, would be sending mo to the convention, if they had not decided de-cided that I am to remain?" Tho reply was accepted as an expression ex-pression of over-confidence, but within with-in the past two days it has become-evident become-evident that Chief Browning's answer was a forecast of what actually had occurred and would be made public at the proper time. But Mayor-elect Browning is yet to be heard from. Ho said today ho did not Intend to be humiliated without resentment, and at thei nformal meeting meet-ing this weok he openly stated that there would be trouble. So Ogden is to be treated to a lively demonstration, on or before 12 o'clock meridian, Monday, January 7, 1918. If Commissioners Flygare and Jones persist in distributing the plums, Thomas E. Browning will continue to bo chief of police, and George A. Graves will remain fire chief, unless Well, today or tomorrow there will be a turning "over of law books, the statutes of Utah will bo consulted, and, wo are told, there may bo another election held In Ogden within GO days. Sec. 21 of an act providing for the initiative and referendum In'state and municipal legislation, reads: "Powers of voters in towns and cities cit-ies Subject to the provisions of this act, legal voters of any city or town, In such numbers as herein required, may Initiate any desired legislation and cause the same to be submitted to the law-making body or to a vote of the people of said city or town for approval or rejection, or may require any law or ordinance passed by the law-making body of said city or town to be submitted to the voters thereof before such law or ordinance shall take effect." Less than 500 voters, by signing a petition, can force an election. |