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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS The co -n mission form of government for cities is described: Hartford Times : "The movement rnwaro comm Tsui ptt grjTeMiuieiit restw nt-ml nt-ml wholly on the knowledge that the form of cltv government to which we are used fatla In practice, to give auch an administration of cltv affairs as ia obtained elsewhere. Political and private pri-vate Intereeia count for loo much In hat is essentially a business problem." prob-lem." Kansaa Cltv Star: "Commission government gov-ernment Is as much opposed to auto-eratlc auto-eratlc power as It Is to the opposite extreme ex-treme of having power so split up and checked and balanced that no one is directly di-rectly responsible either for not getting things done or for doing things wrongly" wrong-ly" New Orleans Tlmes-leemoerat: "In two respect a the commisalnn Idea will necessarily appeal to ail Oceanians first, that It abolishes the ward syatcrn. so firmly intrenched here, to the great misfortune and oppression of the people, and provldea Instead for the election of all officiate at large, thus putting an end to the eurse nf ward bosses and ward politics: and. second, that It strikes at the evil of too many offices and gets rid of the bane and burden of sinecures.' sine-cures.' Minneapolis Tribune: "The commission commis-sion Idea Itself fa a revolt against widely diffused responsibility. If it Is an Improvement Im-provement upon the system It auper-seded. auper-seded. perhaps a further concentration would he a further Improvement. A mavor In whom large powers are lodged might be Inefficient or corrupt, hut In that case his tenure or offtc would oe ehort." Indianapolis News: "If the commission is msde up of Uie right sort of men everything ev-erything will go well. But suppose It Is not made up of the right son of men? It Is tha old question of Riving enough power to Insure efficiency and then of so limiting power as to mako Its abuse difficult, t'nder a commission good government gov-ernment would hy no means be Insurea. ' fllohmond Tlniee-nispatch: "Central-Isstlon "Central-Isstlon of responsibility Is thoroiiahlv democratlc. The trend of govemnten! In th neut riecado will be toward establishing estab-lishing a direct personal relation. Immediate Imme-diate and specific. Ketween the people and their representatives. That ts democrat dem-ocrat lr. end that le the principle of commission com-mission government." "Galveston News: "It Is not a plsn by which either the votes or Ihe services of the best clltarne fan he dispensed with. On the contrary. It Is the one plan whl'-h calls forth snd renders necessary the aeslous aeslstsnre nf sll honest and patriotic patri-otic rltlsens. and which, without this, te sure to result In failure and disaster." Cnlcsgo .Record -Herald: "Commission rule Is no psnacea. and may dts-oe dsn- ers of lis own; hut In many cities It Is the 'Indicated' cure for waste, corruption snd demorsllsstlon. If Is the pert of wisdom wis-dom to 'irv If out.' without dwelling on possible evils latent therein." . Wsshlngton Herald: "The commission svsfent has Us advantages, hut likewise Its disadvantages. The law of compensation compensa-tion holds. A beneficent autocracy Is the best form of government, hut It le not always al-ways easy to find a aerlea of beneficent autocrats." "t. Tsui Plspatch: "The commission plsn Is a means of concentrating power and responsibility and of getting efficiency effi-ciency tn municipal government. No constitutional con-stitutional scarecrow should prevent 8t. Tehl from getting the essentials of such a plsn." |