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Show - 7 , , - - - f x - - o " ' T i it ... uul1..!1. - - . . v i Cal af ' "'. ,;!.jn, ar 1 I brieve they vouM f f tth : on the s-.rletly buslnrn basin of n:r-s oivl ability to perform the duties Involved In the position. Pontics should be absolutely eliminated, to et the best results." . Cliould, Te I.oa-rartlixa. ' SAMUEL C. PARK of the Boyd Park Jewelry company: The manHi-'i-ment of fcnd the control of the waterworks system t-hould be out of politics and absolutely non-partii'an In its character. Jn. my opinion, it thu appointments are made by the Mayor, they would most naturally savor of politics. "-The - .Mayor is ire.-eumsbly ire.-eumsbly elected by a parly, and his ap pointraenta to poKltlons truitt and responsibility re-sponsibility would most naturally be made from among the men who Rave him his power. As to the appointments being made by the Supreme or District Judges, I can scarcely express an opinion. -1 believe, be-lieve, however, that such a course would remove the commission but a little- farther far-ther from politics. Furthermore, I um not In favor of assigning civic duties to the members of the bench. Their duties are of such a nature and of such magnitude magni-tude as to make it unjust to ask them to assume res ponsibl'.itica other than those they- already have. : Another way might be evolved, eliminating the possibility possi-bility Of the infusion of politics into the system, without calling upon the Judiciary. Judi-ciary. The matter is one of great and grave importance to the community, and is one that should be thoughtfully and carefully handled. A plan should be devised, de-vised, which would place the control of the water not too far from the consumer. I don't believe in red tape, and do believe that the Bhorte3t means to the"asired end is the best for- the community. Opinion of a Lawyer. , " ; : ' JUDGE WILLIAM H. DICKSON of the law firm of Dickson, Ellis &. Kills said: Whether or, not the appointment --of the commission by the Mayor would savor of. politics., would depend entirely upon the Mayor. I am not in favor of -conferring non-Judicial powers on Judicial officers. -1 believe it would.be better to. have the Mayor make the appointments. 1 do not believe that he will allow politics to enter en-ter into his policy. The power would, of course, be subject to abuse, and whether or not the power would be abused would depend altogether upon, the individual clothed with such power. The matter is a grave one, ard should not be settled with too much haste. , "What a Banker Says.- FRANK KNOX, president of the Na- t'-r-l rark rf the T -n-jV.le: Th en-I en-I ".iia ment of t; f corr.w '-"n is an ui.por-tant ui.por-tant matter, and the ci.oU-e cf the members mem-bers of the commission should not be m-iiuenced m-iiuenced by ponucs. The we. fare of the put;tc can beet be protected by an absolutely abso-lutely non-pnrt' an. non-po'.itical board. Ti.e power of ai pointlr.s? such a commission commis-sion is almo?t too preat a one to be placed in lha ban H of the Mayor, on account ac-count of the pot.sil'i.lty of the commission commis-sion receiving a political coloring. .As to placing- it In the hands of the Judiciary, 1 would ask. What do they know about making appointments for such a position? The commission should be paid, and paid well for its work. The duties of the cem-mission cem-mission will be such as to require much l of the time of the members, and they will have to study the question well. The commission should be appointed with regard re-gard to the fitness and ability of the members, and no other reason for "plac- , lng a man on the commission could be considered. As to the method t securing such a commission, 1 'have not given It sufficient thought to express an opinion. The commission should, however, be given a tenure of sufficient lencrth to give the city the benefit of its experience. The-term The-term should be four or flveyears, and the entire commission should not retire at the same. time, giving an opportunity for the neif membors to learn something of the duties falling to them, before others of the commission retire. , - Views of a Hotelkeeper. SAMUEL' C. EWING of the Cullen hotel, a member of the Commercial club's committee which drafted the proposed bill: The bill will confine the commission to the parties, not more than two of the members being from the same party. This section of the bill was Incorporated In the measure for the purpose of eliminating, elimi-nating, as far as possible, the possibility of the commission becoming a political' body. We cannot throw any, additional safeguards about the commission, and I do not believe that any. other plan could be devised which would more thoroughly . protect the commission from politics. I - do not believe the commission oan be gotten ' out of politics altogether. The ' commission will control immense patron-1 patron-1 age in the form of employment of labor, ' in the letting of contracts, and so forth, and I do not believe that the political feature -can be entirely eliminated. The less, however, of politics there is that en-1 en-1 ters Into the appointment of the commls-' commls-' sion. and . the less there is of political (coloring to the action of the commission when once it is appointed. thA better it will be for the comsumera of tha water. ""I t!:: Central -t Is (o ?kcr.ovc - 4iuj icli lies. l- - bill rrovi-r.- for : 1 cf e.e water rystems of ' - f..e f.rst class by a commission . . . r.'r.'ed by the "Mayor of the ' 7. which was Indorsed bjjthe cf r'y and which will'-be i te3 to the Legislature by the cl.l c:h, 13 being: thoroughly I ty citrons. ". . : o 13 a diversity of opinion as to r or not the appointment of the .. son rhould te placed In the J if the Mayor. -t Tclitics riimiaated. : T:.e i " i is advanced that the power ' s -Jhe co:r'rr-:ssion -should rest i U.e DiStrict-Judres or the Justices the t?urrer..e court. - , ' . Z :.e central idea seems to be to re-! re-! ve the board as far as possible from I .:.es. A r. umber cf representative men were ; rotated today with regard to the ; .r.tir.3 pgwer. . The expressions fol- i -V : ... :i"-:t riimiiate-fclitic. .v V.-ALTfTl G." TUTTLE," real estate and i " -: 1 r.e Commercial club's idea to 1 : ... a bi.l to be presented to the Leglsla-t Leglsla-t re. to govern the waterworks system of ' . s cf the r.rt class. Is indeed an ad-i ad-i r.e. The club is entitled to a i 'eat ceal of praise for the action it haa ' r. n in this question of vital importance. . r e pror.osition to plve the Mayor power ; point the commission is an excellent ire. and I believe that that officer will t.xercise rreat caution in making his ap-I ap-I o.i.tmf Ms, so that no -politics will be i -ivoived. I am confident-that he wilt ' ' business men of sound judgment i 1 of unimpeachable integrity. It would rot necessaiiiy remove the commission i nher ftom a political basis by having t -.e members appointed by the judiciary. It would be a question of honor on the ' rt of the Mayor to exhibit an absolute o .,re?ard for political affiliation. There woi ii be no occasion to make the ap-j ap-j (,:r.trnents from the standpoint. of politi- |
