Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
CITY OFFICIALS ID BE ELECTED
 FOR Z YEARS
M YOR, LICE CHIEF AND COUNCILMEN WILL BE SELECTED ON ODD YEARS, BEGINNING IN JANUARY, 1919.
(Fiom Fridays Daily.)

The ordinance which provides for the election of the chief of police by the direct vote of the electors instead of leaving the office to be filled by appointment by the mayor, was pass ed last night at the special meeting of the city council Aside from alter ing the method of election of this i'm portant official, the new measure in creases the tenure of office from one to two years and also provides that the salary of the chief shall be increas- ed from Sl50 per month to S200. The ordinance, which was framed by City Attorney Clark, had been agreed upon by the council at its regular meeting held on Monday night At that time a petition asking for such. alteration in the city regulations was. presented to the council by Charles Scholey and H. F. Heine. each of whom voiced their opposition to the present method of selecting the police head.
 Lengthen Mayors Term.
 The councilmen last night declared that in view of the fact that the police chiei had had his term Of office in creased from one to two years, 1t would be good thing to also lengthen the term of office of the mayor, and Attorney Clark was directed to draw up an amendment to the ordinance under consideration making such a provision, the elections to be held in January of each odd year, beginning with lolo The terms of the council men also came in for similar length ening. the body deciding that two members of the council should be chosen at each election to serve for a period of four years.
 Names Not On Ballot
 Because Of the proximity of the municipal election, the candidates for the place of police chief will not be under the necessity of filing their nomination certificates, the statutory time for this procedure having al ready expired, and consequently the voter will be compelled to write into his ballot the name of the man for whom ke wishes to vote.
 Bloom is Candidate.
 Col. Bert B. Bloom, incumbent. who is holding the office by virtue of his appointment by Mayor Heap, stated last night that he would be a candidate to succeed himself under the new method of selection. Mir. Bloom having decided to make his campaign on the platform of strict enforcement of the law. While Col. Bloom has incurred the ennity of few persons hcreabouts by reason of his conscientious law enforcement since the first of the year, he IS Of the belief that the majority Of the good citizens of Prescott will stand behind him in the steps which he has taken and will express their approval of his policies by supporting him at the coming election Several new and stringent municipal cnactments have been spread on the statutes since Col. Bloom has been in office, and while the rigid enforcement of some of the new laws has had the effect of making it unpleasant for certain parties who had for many years past been ac- customed to doing about as they pleased, the majority of the people who have tangled with the city's law enforcement division have by this time reached the conclusion that Bloom was right in his belief that no law violations should be over looked, and they doubtless will see that the fault, if any there be, is traceable to the forces from which the measures emanated and not to the official who was esforcing the regulations.