The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
NOW FOR THE PIE
Newly Elected City Officers
Plan To Make Appointments.
Possibilities of Changes in City
Hall Are Many.
MAYOR HAS SEVERAL JOBS
Fire Marshal and Police Chief
HIS Appointees.
No Announcements Yet Made
by Successful Candidates.

Should the members of the new city
commission see fit to do so there are
possibilities for numerous changes in
| the list of the cities employees.
| 1t is fairly understood that accord
! ing to precedent each commissioner
| has the opportunity to make the ap-
pointments to the offices coming I'M
| der his personal direction. To do so,
! however, two other commissioners
must also vote for the candidate for
appointment. Should they concur the
appointment is complete. They can,
| however, if they choose, compel com
missioner to accept man of their own
| selection by a majority of the vote of
the commission. There have only
| been a few instances where comis-
sioners were not permitted to appoint
| the men they had selected. Once
Tandy had to accept a superintendent
| of streets and another time a chief of
police was appointed over the candi-
| date selected by the mayor.
The entire commission concurs with
equal authority in the selection of
persons to fill the Offices of city at
torney. CITY clerk, city treasurer and
auditor. Four votes are required to
appoint candidate.
Mayors Appointments.
The police and fire departments
come under the direct supervision of
the mayor and he may be expected to
pick out the men he desires to appoint
to serve as chief of police, fire mar
shall. police judge and assistant city
attorney. While the mayor is not
supposed to select firemen, policemen
and detectives serving under his de-
partment leaders, his influence is felt
in these branches also.
The commissioner of the parks and
public property has it in his hands
to make a number of appointments
dor hi
tendent of parks. city health officer,
food and weight inspectors, city bac-
ter1ologist, plumbing inspector, jani-
tor, elevator operator and dog officer,
and other inspectors and assistants
requisite with the demand of the work
The commissioner of streets ap-
points the city engineer and the su-
perintendent of streets; other en-
ployes of this department might also
be considered appointive.
The commissioner of the water de-
partment appoints for the two main
offices of superintendent of the water
works, superintendent of electric
lighting and the engineers and en-
pioyes a the plants. The commits
sioner of finance selects the electrical
city auditor
No Announcements Yet.
AT present none of the successful
commissioners have made any an
nouncements as to what they expect
to do by way of appointing following
their installation in office. It is not
probable that they will do so until
after the formal installation, altho if
any changes are to be made it is sup
posed the appointees have been Sc
lected.
When asked about his intentions e
garding appointments. w. S. Hancock.
successor to w. G. Tandy, said this
afternoon: Il will not DO anythi.E
until l am established in the tffica
and have looked the ground over. 1
will be very careful about making
changes and would not want to do
anything that would cripple the de-
partment. l have not made any arr
engagements or promises regarding ap-
pointments."
This noon Herbert ]. Corwine stat
ed that he had not considered p
pointments as yet and had nothing to
announce at all regarding possibilities.