| Show iS Hm Newspaper r r rider d are m more fc or l familiar with Ith what ii M its tho ho thoI I n inn o r eIt ll g I After Arter the disastrous that swept thu city It U tHought to 10 d deVise v o sotha method ot o I t that should secure efficiency nl and l hon hoit honeSt eSt ety In the public offices The 1 ton plan hns ia been baen widely adopted and andin in some places improved upon A plan Is now In ford In Des DesMoines Town and this Is known as thoD the Des s Th n of municipal nt at firs under this plan Is In the hands of a board consisting or of the tho mayor and tour four councilmen The board stands In inthe the tho same relation to the business of i go i s ag the tho dIrectors of oC a trad tradIng Ing corporation bear benr to the business The nayor and council make mako all appropriate all funds lev and collect taxes es est establish t rules nIle for tor Iho th n of oC sub of l and direct tho ex cx p Of dt all money mane In III order that the tor acts may maybe be sll still further the tho or of the city Is divided Into fIo depart meats l Public affairs accOunts and finances public safety streets pUblic Improvements park anti allI pub lie fIe Each liach member ot of the council Is assigned by l agree mont ment to ono Of oC those thoKo departments the tha assuming lIy by virtue ot of his hll office tile the department ot of public affairs J Each ach councilman therefore b becomes comel In responsible for Cor the tho conduct conductor or of tie tho affairs ot of his hilI department over which hu he exercises tho ho authority ot of a 0 superintendent So far the Galveston plan I Is tol fol followed lowed very ery hut Dut the tho Des Ian adds the tho That III any officer may moy bo be removed from ot of nt any time a majorIty or of the clec tors believe him to be dIshonest or In inefficient efficient petition A ol of 2 per cent centor centor or the tho voters voter compels compel the tho or of officeholder to go before the tho people agaIn for tor endorsement or resectIon rejection The rhe plan comprIses comprise initiative and referendum Under the the tho retain the tho power ot of direct legis A of oC pot not less ICHa i n 10 per cent ot of the III 15 nO to bring a 0 pr alice th the people Eho section or of law e covering tho thit anti ami Iso the tho is mandatory upon ho hoOI OI i and COlli compels tho ca Q of n a special upon petition of oC th the r number ot of The rhe clau o In tIm tho plan which provides for tor forthe the places in fn the ot of the power to block any legislation with the ho of oC such Huch us as mn may hid bOo required by law or ha safety it during ton ten days after the e ot of nn an ordinance by tho Iho city elly council per of tho voters oters to havo hao the to voto the tho will not It go Into effect until It a nt at 1 a election vote ot In favor ot of it It is III thia tha tie Des De hRS has attention |
