Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-02
WIN RUN IT HIMSELF.
.,.. Clark Will Conduct the Office to Which
"H He Was Elected
,0ufosxs THE COUNCIL IN A MESSAGE


| -, he would enueaNoi !"
'h, ,.,o,slv and properly the business
ava office OF the Mayor, as tnat mat
ID heen entrusted to his hands
s.r the law. He also Indicated 10
up' council the advisablity of eNpe-
tnF s,,y business from that direc-
ton. oo,crr In tbc
,,',ors action. This motion covered
,,,ta message and passed, though
us evident that two or three VINO
vas a. dtd not comprehend the
IN, of the motion.
The chief items, of the other business
asacted were the presentation Oh
u-" ,,,,on designed to reduce the salary
oh,at of police to Sc per month; the
I'D hutrher's license reduction
potution asking the Council 10
action on the Mayors appoint
'1N - fra chief and thus make good
a., eyprcssed intention to expedite city
blslhes' nJ me loose way of runninR
a. Inc West side Rapid transit
" MAYORS MESSAGE.
The message of the Mayor was us
ioows
To the Honorable the City counei' Oh
Sail Lake city; - &c
c 90, on the evening OIL
Wednesday, February ~, lS9S, you
sdonted the following preampie anu
resolution, to-wlt' c....,u 90 ca,t
,.ta CIV having passed an ordinance
Ian an,,no and organizing the police de-
.'nr,,nant Of Salt Lake City; and,
Whereas. The department being AT
A., nresent time In a chaotic and dis
us condition and must remain
sa mill such time as the honorable
Mayor Of said city shall see fit to make
annointmenis for such as are proViueu
az in said ordinance; and,
!" .rtihs-sas There are now drawing
.,,ar, from the city treasury two Of
s.ars moi provided for In said ordi-
nance and believing that the interests
~ mo ,axpayers of this city are being
,aonaralzed by the present condition OF
said department.
therefore, BE 1t resolved, Dy me
City Council of Satl Lake City, thal ms
hc,or. the Mayor. be, and is hereby re.
snactfuiy requested to place the said
malice department in condition for
aSiclent service by appointing the OIL
cars and members Of said department
"a uroylded for by ordinance, without
further delay. and assist this Council
in every possible way In giving the
4 citizens and taxpayers business adj
ministrati0n"
beg TO say to you that ! have given
the foregoing the respectful considera-
ton which Il deserves. and direct youi
attention to the fact. that the unsat-
isfactory conditions existing In oui
police department which you deplore
and which are a source of regret tt
all good citizens. were not created by
neither are they continued by any act
Of commission or omission on the part
Of the Mayor of the city.
The PROVISIONS of the State law rela.
tive 10 our police and fire departments
are not clear, and lawyers disagree a.
TO how they should be construed. Thre,
views are taken. and are advocated
with tenaelty by those who upholt
them.
Flrst-It is commended that the police
and fire departments went out OF ex.
stence and the terms OF office of al
the policemen and firemen expired OF
the first day of January, 1898, and thai
to make legal police and fire depart.
ments, II became necessary to pass ar
ordinance recreating the same. / un.
derstand that this Is the view taker
by the Council.
Seeond-lt is claimed by others that
the law continues the officers and mem
hers Of these departments in office unit
their successors shall be appointed and
qualified,
Thlrd-Tt Is claimed that the law con.
unues the officers and members OF
SAD departments in office during good
behavior.
have been unable to satisfy myself
as to which construction is the correct
one and the matter has been source
VI embarrassment to me In performing
my official duties
Being DESTROYS Of securing as chiet
o. police a man Of experience. tried
fidelity and capacity, and to continue
y once all policemen now on the force
whose fitness and capacity were clear
and az the same time avoid legal com.
plcapons sure TO arise in the event
mat new man were named, ap-
goln'ed' subject to your approval Ar
.hur Pratt. as chief of police, he being
ofpolice ''e '''s
Exercising your prerogntiye. Won 20.
,ussu 70 approve my appointment and
wv rejected the same. 1t appears Ia
oe The general understanding in the
immunity that the opposition to Chief
,ts a, was not based upon the ground
s sds ne was not man OF capacity and
el integrity, but that he was OBJ.
. ,yv,eu 70 upon political grounds: how
NJ untennhle the basis of the oprosi.
~ 70 MS appointment may have baen.
INNer unprotected the act of reject.
ms nomination SOLELY for noI,ticot
sous u You rejected him upon thos,
n,ouhas, II undoubtedly was your n,iy.
y rsse 70 do so. | think. however Thai
I ,,s W. agree that business admin.
tlS,,. cannot be secured. II the
~ ., Nheh man voted Is To be the
man a. vi nus htness. true business
,,,,a aish because they do not yote me
~ne ucket which he does '"'
~. IN after You rejected my onnotr.
ts.s,. thlef Pratt. he began nro.
IN, Is. IN inc courts which will oh.
t5,,.r,,o nur -lidance an authoritative
poNsa en OF the law so Ear as the
es,ras lIe denartments are CON
Obtain ,ho I'm satisfied that until VIZ
hslra tnat construction. that sour
shor,s policy requires that n,attn,s
msnts n9t be complicated by anpoint,
Is ro,, -! me contention OF Chief pra :,
VIII bni1 Wy men now on the Force
I shn,,is uuring good heha vIor npd !.
Prr.i appoint new man and chit.
our sr,,.i,n succeed in his suit the-
We wnnix would he oustod and
double ssl,.h aVe more litigation and
IN the end. ""eht nave to be paid
acton, y assure you that in nv oa,c,,,
since,r. am Influenced by notb,nr IN in
for mo purpose 10 DO The hos, ~
hurden,s sonle Of the CITY. Tboy Wv, ar,
depressed h.m taxation, and thew nrs
and M hsrs ,ne prevalent hard tinee
cal adyan,snior any personal or noli,i.
believe ths,v should influence us,
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