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Show tho laws for the community; that ' under the present form the sort ot men elected aro those who ore In a large percentage of cases the least competent They held that the commission com-mission form of government fixes responsibilities; re-sponsibilities; make greater Interest In public affalrB and puts a better class of men In office. The negatlvo held that the commla-Hlon commla-Hlon form did not make tne laws more efficient; that it made clUe more liable to party rings and that It did not place-the' responsibility in one man. Thy held that the present rorm Is better since it gives Bectlonal representation, rep-resentation, which the commission form doec not. Tho Judges were Superintendent D. H. Chrlsten&on; former Governor Heber M. Wells, and George P. Hol-man. Hol-man. The chairman wac Senator W. N. Williams. THE DECISION GIVEN TO UTAH DEBATERS Local Collego Orators Defeat Team From University of Oregon. Sun Lake, March 30 In what was perhaps the closest contested debate that has ever been held In Utah the University of Utah defeated the L'ni-erslty L'ni-erslty of Oregon at the Salt Lake theater Monday night by a vote of two to one. The question under debate was. "Resolved: That the Commla-Bion Commla-Bion Form of Government Is More Do-tdrable Do-tdrable Than the Prevailing Konn or American City Government." The negative side of the question was defended by Richard W. Young, Jr., and Earnest Burgess for Utah and the affirmative by E.arl Kllpatrick and Thomas Towusend. ror Oregon. The affirmative side held that under the present lorm d city government there was no check on those who make |