Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-29
should TULSANS
ELECT IN APRIL?
THAT ONE QUESTION AGAIN GETS
AN AGITATION,
CHARTER RULES prevail
Confiictlon of State and city Election
Laws Are Viswed Differently
by Legal Talent.

During the past few days there has
been much agitation OF the question
whether legally there should be
municipal election in Tulsa next
spring Every short while there Is a
renewed dig into the subject and
many OF the legal lights Of the city
have been asked the question during
the past week by dozens of persons.
From the word Of the best author
tiles Of Tulsa on the matter. there will
be no city election on the first Tues
day Of April. 1911. The matter Is said
to he purely legal one, and there are
those attorneys in Tulsa who claim
that the state law rules over the city
charter, and that In those premises,
there should rlghtfully he an election
this coming spring.
The state law provides that In all
cities of the first class in Oklahoma
there shall be an election on the first
Tuesday In April each two years, US
ing the April of 1907 es the starting
point which would throw an election
upon Tulsa for filling city offices next
April
The charter provision, however. Is
held by the majority Of lawyers to he
the one which governs city elections
In Tulsa Section 32 Of Article II Of
the charter Of Tulsa. which deals
with elections. provides as follows:
ut shall be the duty OF the mayor
as soon as this act shall take effect
to order an election on the sixth Tues
day after this charter takes effect at
which election a mayor. city auditor
and four commissioners shall be elect
ed at large In the city of Tulsa. II for
any reason the mayor shall fail to
make such call for said election with
In ten days after this act becomes a
law, then II shall be the duty OF the
county Judge of Tulsa County to issue
said call for said election and to give
twenty days notice thereof Said cleo
tlon shall be held according to the
laws Of the state OF oklahoma. ap-
pllcable thereto, except where the
same may be in conflict with the pro-
visions OF this character The judges
and clerks of said election shall be
qualified voters of the city Of Tulsa
and shall receive such compensation
and perform such duties as may be
provided by law and ordinances Of the
city Of Tulsa. The mayor. city audi
tor and four commissioners elected at
said election. as provided herein. shall
hold their respective offices, perform
their duties and receive their pay until
the first Tuesday in April A. D.. 1910.
and until their SUCCESSORS are elected
aud qualified. There shall be held on
the first Tuesday in April. A. D., 1910,
and every two years thereafter. unless
otherwise provided by law, a regular
election for mayor. city auditor and
four commissioners, who shall per-
form their duties and discharge the
obligations conferred upon them by
this act and who shall retain their Of
flces for two years and until their
successors are elected and qualified :"
In view of the recent decision OF
the supreme court relative to the
charter of Tulsa, II Is believed by the
majority OF the legal talent OF the city
that there Is little question that the
provisions of the charter OF Tulsa
prevails and that no consideration
should he given the provisions Of the
state law governing elections In cities
OF the first class under a charter form
OF government