The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1912-03-16
ME HASN'T DECIDED YET

answer all QueetiOno anu 40 tue WIN
Ing for Mayor sanderson. has not de-
cided yet whether he viii support
sanderson or not. and 20 he h solnG
to walt and see whether the voters
Of this city viii decide TO continue
the present form Of so-called alder
manic government for the city or
will adopt a commission form Of gov.
ernment." by the time this b do.
cided . mayor viii have been elected.
and 20 'it will BE- . little late. Broth.
er. for you to pick your candidate"
II 10 not = question Of support for
MIR. Sanderson - an individual. but
OF the sanderson policy and his ad-
ministration. Mr.. Evans has been
here . long time now. At least three
weeks. and from the assurance with
which he speaks OF other matters.
which he has learned BY hcarsay. he
should be qualified to toll his readers
what he thinks Of the present dnan-
cial condition Of the city. and wheth-
er he believes II best to continue for
two years more the policy Of conduct
ing the city's affairs which has been
followed the past four years.
Probably Mr.. sanderson's spokss-
man believes that u he caa keep this
agitation over the printing OF the
charter before the people long
enough he might prevent them from
considering and finding objections In
the charter itself. Mr.. Evans says
that he secured the facts OF the sub
mission OF bids from the city attor-
ney and the mayor. and gave them
forth - statemsnts from thsss city
omcials." A. these statements ap-
peared In the EDITORIAL columns Of
the Northwestern. Without reference
to these city ohicials. we do not know
how this could be correct. unless Il
10 assumed that tho city attorney and
mayor wrote the editorials them
selves.
II In true that the commission form
charter was pritned at this once.
and no bids were asked for. The ad-
vocates Of this charter were the ones
who paid for the printing. SO II Was
their own personal affair. In the
case Of the mayors charter II 10 dif-
ferent. a. the taxpayers Of the city
pay the bill
We contend that the city had no
authority to pay for printing the
mayors charter. ~ there 10 nothing
on the recorda 10 show that the mayor
was authorized to draw up . charter.
II was submitted to the council In
the same manner a. the commission
charter. by IN initiative petition. II
the advocates and petitioners Of the
commission charter we're forced "a
pay for the printing. why should moi
Mr.. sanderson and the petitioners oi
his charter do the same? After Mr.
Sanderson had prepared his charter
and ON his own personal initiative
gave a contract and had the printing
done, he had his city attorney pre-
pare . resolution endorsing his action
and the city council passed II. q week
or more after the expense has been
incurred. The council at that time
authorized the mayor TO secure bids
for printing the charter. and he comes
In and files Q memoranda Of his own
based on price given him two weeks
previous. before he had any legal
right to secure or consider Q bid. ex-
cept In his capacity ~ an individual.
Any price given Mr.. Manning or Mr..
ssnderson by the Herald was given
Ito them - individuals. and no
memorandum Of such price has any
place on the files OF the city. N we
never submitted bid TO the city for
printing any charter.
II the city council chooses to pass
resolutions endorsing the actions Of
the mayor made without their order.
II IL their business. but II the city ON
cials have any memorandum or pa
pers on hle with any OF their Ofiicers.
purpOrting to be q bid from " for
printing Mayor Sanderson's charter.
we wish to inform them that II was
never made. and It has no place on
the hlss.