The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-03


iltia mn fhilA *elihl act%fl fhes'e ofs
fees for shofi terms and thpst pfn
Visions will idiMe a better class on
MeH % office q misiake ie nade
which 4 ongnilsnni % be, uNdei ht
tsii ARei gg,A BE reAi ra4 be Ell
aheiIed ll kleii.ipn o. cue voters npal
n ssFFeElE erz.dlahaig.d and nnqthet'
one eiecied 10 hts nlate tndof ihe
election provisions NJ tie charter
any pefs0n who can eel rs petition
rfs can he candidate at TIC pfl
mary bHi It be M 2 bad man ne Wli
he eliminated there fgr only lhe high
eH fWu can g0 on the ballot az tbc
FINAL election ana il a bad man is
nominated ai The pilnary he can
bc 3etcaied ai lhe election No pai
tS lines can bn drawn aud no deFice
nsed 50 that Ihe Voter mnat make
bis ehnlee 0l meN Vhc election 9l
Ulcers were ail h0me meu appointed
hY home mpn @h0 are responsible l0
f6e electors. aud thus iig highest de-.
gree oi honesty ana efficiency
Iagiel sIhe& pre repndef llba s.sfpe
oAh ahd tiiis saiic penalty lor ifaad
uient conduct A elections Az pro
Yidea by the general law
Graft ii city Officers is absolutely
prohibited by requiring every Offl
Ger % notify fhe tIty government ~
failure I'd strictly perform The eifY &
contracts aad of all matters N the
Interest re the city aud by making
4 a ground for removal from office
that il any city officer has any inter
est whatever, directly Of Indirectly
III any contract city employment Or
any interest whatever against the
city. this prevents men holding city
offices WHILE they are PERFORMING
said contracts or furnishing material
10 contractors working under c1n-
tracts that they have helped vote
70 them This win prevent men in
the future from being on both sides
Of these deals, and this IS what
great deal Of thi s0ppositi0u is about
They know that they must divorce
themselves from city offices or else
get out of city contracts in the fu-
ture The provision against city iudg
meuts would have saved the city al
least $4,000 or $4,000 a year III II
had been enforced before Under the
city charter the city viii have TO
keep IT'S expenses within its reven-
nes This can be easily done and
the city given better facilities than
II has ever had IN tho past
Under The charter the government
Of the city will be ia the hands Of
three nlen who are required to do
vote their entire time in looking ar
er the city's business. VINO win be
under bond OF 10000 each which is
responsible to the tax payers for any
breach Of duty
The city deposits At present are
not required To draw interest, nor
are the banks required to keep war
rants at par Under the chAueS ,t
banks must pay at least Der ponr
on deposits and must keep me war
rants ~ par ard the deposits mus
be let to bid which may afford bet.
Ter interest but no deposit of city
funds can lie made at less than z
per cent Under the charter an iB-
terest ceases on warrants when tine
money sin the hands of The city
treasurer to pay the same ThM
will save considerable sum of mon
ey every wear in Wieamed interest
thar il paid on warrants whlcR
should be paid promptly when the
money is derived from taxation to
pay them
The charter prohibits the sale ~
Intoxicating IiQuor and provides q
fine Of $4,000 70 si000a for fhe vio
lation Of fhis provision ana is that
much better protection against boot
logging than we have al The present
time. This does not i'll any way ln-
terfere with the full enforcement Of
the state liquor law but is police
regulation to aid in keeping the
leace OF the city
Under the charter, no officer can
get any benefit Of fines, on costs col
iected ia the police court These
d nst all so into the city treasurer
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