| Show TJI J tI LJ X Some of Qt our Contemporaries are pro profuse profUse fuse tUBO In tn their prAIse of Ot the tho th plan ot or o municipal tunI government That city la ii managed by liy n tL mayor nn nd 3 sour four commissioners This commission hold holl of ot the thc city Ity utter tho the nood and It Itla iti la i 1 said to o have havo been nc c in rebuilding the tile ruined por 1101 portion Portion tion 1011 Houston Is Ii another nother city Where the tho plan pl plants Is said I to have havo proved ft n great reat sue suc success cess ces cc s That city had tatt a 1 floating dept debt of ot ond nd It was suffering from no waste dishonesty When the affair were turned o over cr to ti tl t com nl a 1 t change occurred In a U few yrs years the tho debt wits win wiped out the tho were paved wed schools nero built other ether Improvements made masie and aM the tJ vaa Willi nevertheless ed The IM Houston Post J has bPS this to say about n out the new nose clan The Houston system Is Lt no flO longer an arm experiment it t la II a It demonstrated domon suc sue success success cess and Ind nd Is la worth Its weight In sold saId K It 18 ta true truo that opposition will bo bc en encountered countered when n on attempt l I Is made mache to 10 supplant the eld plan plait with a n sensible S moneysaving saving sister such Uh as If 1 Ve WI ve have In l but nut that opposition can cannot not lIot survive against common 0 cud and economy The fIt system Is strong In the respect that ft 1 dollars worth of lI 1 or Ol Is obtained for every very dollar cx ex i that t no money noney la Its wasted on r or 01 needlessly expended that ward polities politics the ot of municipal corruption Is IB entirely eliminated The Tho commission la Is composed of 0 a II mayor act aM four aldermen elected by till ill the th people of ot the city All AU other of ot flees teet Riled by J h appointment and each Is In held to a u Strict per performance ter of bin hlo duty Tho Thu Houston Ioto system stem will any nn city ellY that adopts U it from the tho curse curna of or spoils polls politic 1 graft gran extravagance J and lind waste H Jt will save of n to the tho taxpayers and guarantee good rooI efficient business Wo We c nia grant ull thI the merits merit claimed t tot lot or the plan of o municipal nut But Is 18 there here nay any rca reMon on wh hy an ap honest anti and efficient city council hould 1 not be he abbe to tm manage the at af aira of a city with as a much nuch success n ni lis lisl l i slon On the other hand band Is there here any an that would lender mote more satis factory services than tham a 1 city council name n nan anyhow The GUI enl V Is In tl x t well remarks remark The Tho ex e ngo Q Tribune rib uno nt has certain manifest est ages laes MU hilt th o will count fJ unless sa the thC voter looking on them Ilem Ups A of ot A j h business cor corporation On shrill make m tk 11 a il deliberate effort to o elect capable men J en That Is Ia s the lite point petal It 11 rests n the las with the tho citizens to elect le men suet to 10 manage their common Interests and auth If It I they will Af tip so the old ld Id pIon l If 15 good |
