Arizona republican., 1915-03-16

TaperS. It wasn't long, however, be- fore MT Parish returned to the of l flee. took charge of some books that l had been sent over to the auditors s office. placed them in the vault and closed the big door, the combination | to which he alone is in possession. Mir Craig remained in the office a i few minutes and then disappeared
 into some of the other offices of the | city hall. He reappeared about five i o'clock when the commission recon , vened to pass upon his bond and to [ pass resolutions directing the heads 1 of the various departments to con
 tinue at their work, to take orders from the new appointee and espe
 cially for the city treasurer to pay
 warrants only upon the certification of MT. Craig.
 1 While this development was prog
 ressing. Attorneys Baker and Alex
 ander were in waiting for Judge , Stanford to descend from the bench and receive in chambers an applica- 1 tion for a writ of certiorari. It was about 530 o'clock when the judge appeared in his chambers and ten | minutes later the order for the writ had been executed. The office of the clerk of the court was closed for the day. but Deputy J. Elmer John i son was intercepted just as he was
 leaving the building and pressed into
 service. The order was received by | him and the writ in six copies is sued. Thereupon Sheriff Jeff b. Adams sent out deputies to serve copies of the writ upon Mayor George U. Young. and Commissioners Joseph
 M. Cope, N. J. Foley, Peter Corp stein and Frank Woods. The work was completed within an hour. Tie writ which appears in full
 elsewhere sets forth that Tt has been represented to us by the verified pe- tition of w. A. Parish, that lately be- fore you, or a majority of you. com l posing at the time. the city commits sion of the city of Phoenix, in the state of Arizona, such proceedings have been had that you or a major ity of you have irregularly and with
 out authority or jurisdiction in the premises, discharged, dismissed and removed from office the said w. A. Parish" without authority and Tn
 violation of the provisions of law. It is also alleged that the power granted to the city commission by the city charter for the removal of the city manager is not self-execut- ing and that no ordinance, resolution or order has been issued that there fore the city manager can only be removed for malfeasance in office as provided by the statute law in Ari- zona.
 The review directed by the writ 1 is made returnable Wednesday,
 March "A, at 9:30 a. m; at which time a correct transcription of all
 the proceedings concerning the said dismissal, discharge and removal from office. shall be in the hands
 of the court. The commission, col 1 lectively and individually is directed
 to "desist from further proceedings
 in said matter to be reviewed" pend ing such review.
 The city today is in the peculiar
 position of apparently having two
 city managers. Neither MT. Parish
 nor his attorneys will admit that the
 action of the commission in removing him is legal, and among the city em-
 ployes there is a grave question as l to whom of the two, MT. Parish or
 Mir. Craig, is really empowered to di-
 rect their movements. There is fear,
 to- that the muddle will indefinitely 1 tie up the city funds and that there
 will be no payroll until the matter
 is finally adjudicated.
 There was a tense moment when
 at 1:20 in the afternoon, the mayor
 and the commissioners elbowed their
 way through the crowd that thronged
 the commission chamber and went
 to their seats. There was delay in
 calling the meeting because of the
 absence of stenographer. When
 the stenographer finally arrived the
 mayor said:
 "Gentlemen of the commission: Ac- cording to previous announcement al
 the last meeting this is the best time to settle definitely this matter as
 between divers ones and the city manager Remarks from me are un- necessary at this time, consequently