The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-05

upon the adoption OF commission form
| II VIII result lavorably for the anti.
! commissionisJs. who believe they have
won their point by virtually defeating
/ the issue.
The ntl-commissionIsts fled = Gernur.
rer TO the petition OF the advocates OF III,
commission for wri, OF mandamus tc
compel Mayor Friedman 10 call the cleo
| ZION. no well as n motion 10 quash th'
temporary writ secured by the commits
/ sionists 10 compel the mayor TO call the
election. II was upon the brief showing
made that the court set the case for De-
ccmber 4. causing disappointment To the
commisslonists. who had heen led To be-
! lievc and expected an early hearing.
II is now claimed that tho postpone
ment through the inability OF the court
Ia hear tho case, the legal t.chnicalities
that have been raised as stumbling
blocks and the activity Of the anti-com
missionists. means .;he defeat OF the
movement inasmuch as il is likely tina;
even should the law be sustained the
question could not be passed upon by the
people in time To permit officers 10 bo
elected before the next regular city elec-
tion. owing 20 a provision of tho law IT.
self which prohibits such elections within
one year or tho next municipal election.
President Red3ock oi the Progressive
League of Boise. who lis acting as attor-
ney for The petitioners for the election.
declares that tho Black commission law
can be put into effect IN spite Of the late
date on which tho argument In this case
can he heard by the supreme court. He
believes that after argument the court
will render a speedy decision, and should
tho law he sustained the election can be
held immediately
II is generally conceded that Mayor
Friedman has accomplishing his object.
which is 10 DELAY the commission election
so that he can serve his term OF office.
Under Tho Black Inv the mayor Is given
sixty days or two months In which 10 set
an election and ten DAYS additional in
which TO call IT, In the event the su-
prcme cour, rendered "A decision I'm De-
cember. This would carry tho first COM
mission election. or the one for its rctec-
tion or adoption into the succeeding Feb
rBary. Then should the commission plan
he adopted the mayor is allowed ten more
days In which ia call an election Of COM
missioners. together with the right TO set
the date within sixty days following. This
would carry the second election into
April. The Black law provides however,
that no special election for electiug off,
GERS under the commission form OF gov
crnment shall he called unless the "next
city election docs not occur within one
year
Under tho contingencies named. even
though moro than year would intervene
between the date OF calling such an cleo
tion. stu less than n year would inter
N@ne from the date upon which tho cleo
tion would be held. and this condition
itself would give MaNor Friedman fur
ther opportunity for delay. Of which he
would undoubtedly avail himself. and thus
make certain that the desires OF 100
petitioners and those who agreed with
them but did not sign the petition
would he ser aside until the end Of
Mavor Flitchmsn's term.
The commission advocates are hopeful.
taking the attitude that the delay was
unavoidable and II would have been use
less To attempt 10 force tho issue with
the supreme court in View of the large
amount Of important work before that
body. They are confident that when the
issue Is submitted the court will render
a quick decision. so that II will be pos
sibln TO hold the election in time. The
antIs assert that they arc satisfied with
tie easy medium found for disposition
OF the issue, Tbey-are confident that the
law viii in any event be held unconsti-
tutional. null and void.