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Show ! iMiiivipipai I COMVENTION jM Officers Elected by Na-Hfl Na-Hfl tional City League in M Annual Meet H Los Angeles, July 9 At the annua H meeting of tho National Municipal FFFHI ' Icauge today, William Dudley Foiilko H was ro-olected president; Miss Jano Hl Addnms of Chicago, Cornelius J. Kld- FFFM dor, Orange, N. J.; President Lowell H of Harvard university, George Mc- H Kcneny of New York, and Charles H Richardson of Pennsylvania, were H elected vice presidents. H New vice presidents chosen were H j Chester H. Rowcll of Fresno, Cal ; H I J. Horace McFarland of Harrlsburg, H ' Pa.; James M Thompson of New Or- H leans, and Dudlov Tibbits of Trop, FFFfl Hl The election was preceded by the Hl , reports of various committees and H followed by a varied program, the H principal featuros of which were ad- Hl dresses by Clinton Rogers Woodruff, H secretary of the league, and Prof Hl ' William Bcnncto Munro. H I "Simplicity, Publicity and Efficien- Hl i cy in Municipal Affairs." was the sub- FFFH Jcct of Mr. Woodruff's address, and FFFFfl II"- Munro spoke on ."Ten Years of FFftLH' Commission Government." FFFFfll Mr. Woodruff said In part: FFFFW "Within the past half dozen years H certain new words have been Intro- H duccd into the discussion of municl- H pal affairs that mar be regarded as H significant finger posts. They are: H Simplicity, publicity, and efficiency." H The continued and widespread H growth of the commission plan of H city government he described as the H most significant aspect of ilto move- Hl ment toward simplicity "Whatever' Hl he said, "may be the ultimate form Hl of American municipal government. H this, much can now be asserted with H a fair degree of positlveness The Hl double chambered municipal legisla- H turo must yield to the single cham- H tocrd one elected at large." H Expcrienco had shown, however. H the fallacy of any hope that the com- H mission plan would relieve the body H of voters from responsibility for their H own government, it did not automat- H ( kally provide competent men, al- Hf though It did tend toward simplicity H and publicity A realization that "if H the 'Mes are to bo rescued from H the slough of inefficiency, mlsman- H Egement and corruption Into which H they fell a generation ago, they must H do it through their own efforts." had H brought desire for municipal home H rule, now universally recognized in fl tho constitutions of the Pacific states fl and gradually spreading eastward. H In turning to more general aspects, H Mr. Woodruff remarked that "party f lines had set ery lightly on most H communities during the past year." B He noted that the Socialist vote was H increasing rapidly, and that there H were now between 1100 and 1200 So- I clallst officeholders In tho various states of the Union. "Investigation," ho Bald, "shows that these Socialistic successes represent repre-sent on tho wholo, n liberal and progressive pro-gressive typo of Socialism, not. ultra-theoretical ultra-theoretical or revolutionary. As such, they aro one phase of tho progressive, pro-gressive, democratic movement, which is swooping tho country." Tho Socialist administration was overturned in Mllwaukoe because, he thought, "thoy attempted to do too much in too short a time." "The nrobloni Is not solved." con cluded Mr. Woodruff "tho difficulties difficul-ties have not been overcome, but the attitude of the over-widening circle of American citizens oncourages the belief that the American municipal govornment is free of thc-so evils which were an Incident of its. earllor days." "Ten Years of Commission Government," Govern-ment," was the Biibject of an expository expos-itory and dlspasslonato address by William B. Munro, assistant professor of Harvard University. After speaking of the remarkable spread of commission government since its flr3t establishment In Galveston, Gal-veston, a little more than ton yenrs ago, Professor Munro called attention to the fact that out of 200 cities which have adopted the commission plan, more than one-half are of loss than 5,000 population; that of 50 American cities of more than 100,000. only six have adopted the plan, and of 25 cities of more than 200,000. not one. The new scheme of local government govern-ment made Its appearance, said the speaker, at the moment to take advantage ad-vantage of the wave of political reform re-form that has passed over the country coun-try Commission government adjusts Itself nicely, he explained, to direct legislation.' nomination reforms, and the short ballot. In many cities the mero form of government had not been, however, tho most significant innovation Much of the improvement improve-ment had been done to general chic awakening. Some of the short comings of the plan wore pointed out. Commission charters did not always place sufficient suffi-cient stress on tho merit system or appointment and tljoy rarely gave sufficient suf-ficient attention to the business provisions. pro-visions. On the whole, the new type had made good most of the claims of Its supporters, he said. 00 Special 25-cent rate to Lagoon and return, via Bamberger Electric, daily, Trom both Salt Lako and Ogden, commencing com-mencing 7 p. m. week days and 1 p. m. Sundays. UNION PACIFIC WEAK. New York, July 9. From an Irregular Irreg-ular or heavy opening today's stock market gradually recovered until Its level at midday was bp to or bettor than yesterday's final quotations. Trading waB perfunctory, however, with no signs of Interest, while professional pro-fessional operators were inclined to await the publication of tho Copper Producers' report and the government crop report-Amalgamated report-Amalgamated Copper was again an element of weakness, but later regained re-gained its loss. Dealings in steel were larger than the combined sales of three other leaders. Bonds were steady Selling of stocks, particularly tho coppor shares and metals, was resumed resum-ed In moderate volume at the opening. Union Pacific was the weakest of the active railway Issues with declines of 1 to 3 points In Canadian Pacific, Bethclehcm Steel and American Tobacco. To-bacco. Tho market rallied after the opon-Ing, opon-Ing, Reading, Lehigh Valley, Union Pacific and Steel soiling practically abovo yestorday's cIobc Tobacco Issues Is-sues were again weak, both American Tobacco and Liggett and Myers -losing four points. NEW YORK STOCK LIST. (Last Sale.) Amalgamated Coppor SI 1-2 American Beet Sugar 73 1-4 American Cotton Oil 53 1-1 American Smelt. & Refng S2 5-S American Sugar Refining ....128 5-S American Tel. & Tol M5 Anaconda Mining Co 110 1-2 AtchiBon 108 Atlantic Coast Line 14 ft Baltimore & Ohio 108 Brooklyn Rapid Transit 92 1-S Canadian Pacific 2CG Chesapeake &Ohlo 78 5-8 Chicago & Northwestern 137 Chi. Mil. & St. Paul 103 5-S Colorado Fuel & Iron 29 Colorado & Southorn, bid 3S Delaware & Hudson lfirt 1-2 Denver & Rio Grando IS 7-8 Erie 3 3-4, General Electric 199 1-1 Great Northern pfd 13G 1-4 Great Northern Ore Ctfs 43 1-2 Illinois Central 12S 7-S Interborough-Mct 21- Preferred 59 1-1 International Harvester 119 Louisville & Nashville 159 1-4 Missouri Pacific 36 3-8 Mo Kansas & Texas 27 Lehigh Valley K57 1-J National Lead 57 3-4 New .York Central ."...115 7-S Norfolk & Western Ill 5-S Northern Pacific, e dlx 119 3-S Pennsylvania 121 People'e Gas ."....115 Pullman Palace Car, bid 101 1-2, Reading 1C3 Rock Island Co ...' 21 3-4 referred, bid 49 1-2 Southern Pacific 109 Southern Railway 29 Union Pacific 166 5-S United Stales Steel GS 3-1 Preferred 112 1-S Wabash I 1-2 Western Union, bid SI 5-S Kansas City Livestock. Kansas City, Mo. July 9. CaCttle Receipts. 1,500. including S00 southerns, south-erns, market steady to 10c higher, native stoers, fi50ffSD.nO; southern steers, 1.25(JJ7.00. southern cows and heifere, 3.25dJ)5.25; native cows and heifers. 3 00PS.50; stockers and feeders. feed-ers. i.25(n)6.75. bulls 3.755.75; calves 4 50(37 00, western steers, 4 SOS.OO; western cows, 3.000G.OO Hogs Receipts, 7,000; market steady to 5c higher; bulk of sales, 7 357 55; heavy, 7.30?t7.60; packers and butchers, 7 40ff7.55; lights, 7.20 (JT7.55; pigs, G00(Q'G.55. Copper Remains Steady. New York, July 9. Coppor steady; standard spot Jiilv 1G L2rg;7c; August Au-gust $16.75017.20. September $16.17 1-2; electrolytic 17 1-S3-Sc; lake 17 3-Sc casting 1G 3-8c. Tin Weaw; spot 48 3-S: July 14 3-444 1-1; August Au-gust 43 1244 Lead Quiet. ?4.CO0 4 75. Spoltei Quiet, $7 407 50. Antimony Quiet; Cookson' s 8 00 Iron Steady and unchanged June production of coppor was 4.422.95G pounds less than In May, while total deliveries domestic and foreign were less by 14,592,313 pounds. |