| Show j jn n DES PLAN JIN i I IG ru A UE eto e o Board Boa d oi o of Corn Com Comet 1 et l I n nI r I j L LS t S EAST Members s of or Will Thorough j Inv s ot or o the tho t System In n Iowa Capital l linos lI along alo S which Salt Lakos Lako civic dc government n rIt t will bo b changed pro provided vided 1 the t ti legislature passes tho Civic c cj s bill lI for a n b new plan of gov government go j were last 1st I st fIt t decided upon Ullon nt a n meeting of o the league directors The Tao Jle meeting was held In hi th Y Yo YoC yC M MC C A a 11 report from froni the como com oe on municipal laws was wa r read ul and an this tiu till report was wt endowed endorsed ed by b all of tin the directors present plesent In its It present p torn form It JE will bo ho pushed through tile the tu and mado tho the subject pf r an up ap publicity campaign while whilo It Is before that body bod Tho Civic league once before b foro sub submitted It a plan for commission c govern government ment which was ws agreed upon by the tho Salt Bait aIt like Lake legislature but b t was defeated d dually Anally In the thc l ouse passing the tho t This second rally ra y to tho caus cau of commission cOI gov g v eminent n xe itself toi upon the thc Den De LoInes plan rather rathor than the tho Galvestor plan h was at a first advocated This Th latter luller plan it Is declared represents the tho latest word In the tho effort to get a I I better understanding of tho ibe needs of ot I civic administration 1 i To make mako good gODI citizenship effective i lq I th sogan for the tho ti coming coining campaign and associated with It will bo ho IL a cry t bos and ring control of DC poll poli politics pollI I tics THE PLAN PD N IN BRIEF I i The plan endorsed on last nit night calls cetla for tor fora 1 a n commission of three members to tD do 10 tho the executive work vork of o tho the and to appoint men mon technically trained to do dothe dotI the tI work In Its iti general depart departments I ments As a Lb n check on them an auditor auditors r Is s to t tie be elected In addition and auti all l other officers are to fie appointed Besides receiving the report of the tho on legislation tho Civic league board last night voted to tD author authorize authorIze ize President W V V Mont Ferry to send a It committee to Des Moines and to Gal Galeston eston to Inquire Into Inlo the workings of tho the Commission plans In tho cities it It being understood that ho he will w accompany accompany pany this committee The directors present lt last night were Vero j fW w Mont Ferry Fen president O 0 H vice president Robert B D Por Porter PorI Porter I ter secretary F B Ii Stephens St Carl Curl A Badger Henry HOl r W r Lawrence V G 0 Gl Farrell Farroll l William B Wallace ralla e John D Spencer Oscar L Cox 1 H Walker Mrs Irs Georgia Foote D JD H I Livingston and Elmer Ilm l I Goshen 4 r SUBMITTED report 1 of pf the committee l ee on I o I s sf f A atlon which was presented by Henry Hem W IV LaWrence l WIlS as aa follows t To the Board gf of o Directors rs r of or the Salt C e Lake ullo City CIl Civic Improvement nt League Leagie Your committee on or legislation l SI re rc respectfully rei i reports that it has given con coil consideration conI I I to the matter latter of the tho form of legislation which It would recommend i mend rn na for the tho purpose of adopting a commissioner system of government ent and l nd begs hegi Ho to tc report as follows I Number Numbe of Commissioners Your committee has given very vcr careful con ell consideration to tills tide question lii II 1 Galveston Gal Cial veston Teston there thero arc aru live Jive commissioners loners in inDes InDes Des Mollies five in the tho city of Wash Vash Washington ington throe three and anti under the tho county count 1 commissioner stem for fOl county govern government f ment tile tiie usual number is i three In InDes InDes inDes Des Moines the plan hitS has been adopted ot of having each cach commissioner act as tile the head of a Il city department Your You I committee will vill watch the i development ot or this plan with a great deal of In Interest interest terest but the unanimous judgment of ot tills committee is II that there l ai very VII many objections to it V Vo SO e bellue that thai It Il would tend to build up UI factious Captions in lii tho tile board of 01 o commissioner that they would not nut give consideration t to tile the business of the tile city as it II l land whole and an that there thero o would woula be he H li I to lo logrolling Und and agreeing to keep kwi their th 1 hands off orr each others departments Tour YoUl I committee t too Is of o f I opinion 1111 tili II thai thil tl the tile city etty ct should have the advantage r of the united judgment of o the lie board upon LumP LumPa nil all a ii important lull t m questions that thuit the tim a hoar should Ih uhl act ael as ill LS a 11 unit hulL rather OH as segregated d into luto committees of or one ono eacH caeli We IVo aro alQ of ot the thc opinion also al f that It would wo bo be bl necessary to 10 In a I high a salary to each member of a aboard board of oC live five ii ye as IlS it I t would ml to each lair lier of of 0 E throe three In I I n order old l to I I ob oh obtain ohI illI I tain talu I nm the thue right ui hit kind of o f it a I 1 t tiu Il IC 1 n of ot your Ju son e Is that thui t the tho number of 0 f b hn limited II I i Ill it ml to three thu ice that ti in I they th bi 1 not iut 1 ie 10 I il 1 In m net nf m lv I as fU nm bends 1 hf if i t J but hi y ti bourd 1 of Ihre bu lam expect I ml 1 to to give Ic their thell thu united U I consideration to 10 toV V tile the administration of all nU departments I now HOW ELECTED I Shall hall the Commissioners be 10 b Elected m f Wards ls or at itt Large J It Is the th thi i unanimous l recommendation of mf your 0 II that the tile commissioners f from the tin should sh d be ejected lit large bilge I tillis doing d away Il II with tho pernicious ward system Length of bt Your committee coI I I I 1 CC 1 that Mm be bc I elected two for fr two years year I i and mi ii for fou fiut IU r yo el rim si ill ui that thuu I bleul i thereafter two i i fOI for two al and onu for fOI a of or o j I II i four I j 0 Whit Other Oilier IR Shall Shull he hr riet od your You committee ol recommend thu t ton on an by ly the of If tile the at largo laige Ji i du hUt y IU IL hali j l 1 mij io LIIdI L all n I I of Hf 0 f PI t be I i Ill It ti hll I Il I Ii tim and rm III I ml ii ls mw hi hell t II rH oln upon u I such MIh an On i 1101 th tt tIC the oilier dinners of thu S be lc tm tl II l thu th I iti i Salary of if f Ce in II en I rC th tb 1114 valary 4 u each Ich of nC f lh ll ln l I be 5 Oa a a I I I Your coin nil jl lI th IlI I It t l hI be l cuc Cj Pon I mi Jul In c lIoI e ePI t of the Ces De bill hill Ih S PI 1 are aie subStantiallY l s follows i CA ary election ele Uon Is held fm F ch at hl I fi s on on Ui fcc sec ec f the general municipal mu person l desiring i to candidate ciu dl te r f elt Is Ii r i ue nt least leat 10 days dnn 1 r lt tJ th ei IId primary 1 t election l to tofile tofile t tt t file ifie l J t prop Ia nc t Hf of hIs y which sh sIW be hue b at least ia a l ll ll of fth pt fierson d to t pe p nominated these Tr iii are are published e for or days 10 19 days das before beCore tiie Ul 7 el c I PI lIt u h p I I f c election the tl o names ot or the thc candidate for fo nomination are al printed in alphabet alphabetical alphabetIc ical Ic t order or el but have huo n no party name o 0 or distinction n and tho voters would hi b to Vote for Cor one candidate el Ill to foi fo or auditor and fluId three candidates tes for torn om The rIle polls are Ie kept 1 open Opel all ull day da as at lit a it general election jud and of election n In tin tb usual way and r are pOI per to express their thou choice of oC can candidates The Tho six names having the thu highest number ot of votes for fol commis commissioners would W bo 10 the tue candidates for forthe ci UK tilt regular re ul l election and the time two n III R having the highest sl number n of votes foi fOl auditor would be bc b the tilO candidates foi fo 01 auditor r at tho regular election when there thelo would o be he no uio patty party dim dis distinction al but hut the th names n of these the o can candidates candIdates would be bo printed anti and furnished hed to the tho voters or os in iii the case ease of f SaP Salt Lake City placed d upon p u tho th Mm tins 4 ma utia chinos chines and the thu th voters would bo ho In Instructed to vot vote for Cor candidate for fol auditor and 1111 three candidates for fOI eon com I Im m M nerm I TUB RIGHT nIGHT OK hF 01 RECALL nl I ugh t of Recall The Dos Ji system provides for Cor the tho right of or recall of any elected city el t r by b the people and your OUI OLli committee recommends Its adoption If 25 26 5 per Iel cent of the tile legal voters at ut the tho preceding city eit eft election shall shah petition that an un election be he held to determine whether or 01 not an of officer or OI o officers I shall shull be bu recalled and re ro required required to resign their then thell an all election shall shah he be held heid to determine del ermine whether or 01 not hot such lr or shall bo be recalled and 1111 if II the majority vote voto In favor ot of so doing the effect would be he to tD remove such officer or el of officers 0 ulcers from oilier o I cr Publicity of Proceedings The Des Bes DesMoInes MoInes system requires that every or ordinance ordinance ord d or 01 resolution tion LI n g money or 01 ordering lily any street improve improvement ment or 01 sewers or r making or authorizing ing lug tile the making malting of any an contract granting any Ill franchise or 01 rieM o oc occupy occupy cupy Clip or use us the tho streets highways bridges or at public places In the city shall be complete in the form in Ill which It Is IR i dually pr n ed ell for fol public Inspection lion tion for at nt least one week before the tue thenn final nn l passage pas age or ou adoption thereof It 11 also provides for tor complete co publicity n o of city affairs l I monthly state stat statements ments monts of ot all nil receipts rec tail and expenditures and that time the Fame lie bo given glon to the tho thon newspapers n It further provides for fOl forthe tile the annual annu examination ex of oC the books of the city elty Your committee recommends recommends mends that these provisions be adopt adopted ed t PROTEST AND REFERENDUM HEI Protest and Referendum The Des DesMoines Moines plan provides that thin I no ordinance passed by the tho council except when whon oth required d by b the general laws las oJ of o otile tile the slate sUito or by b the provisions of an 1111 act ucc except an all ordinance for Immediate pre preservation of public peace place health 01 or safety which contains a IL statement of o oIts Its urgency and Is Pt 1 passed by a two thirds VotO ote of the tile council shall go Into effect before 10 days dILYS from th of or its It final passage and if during g said Raid 10 lays days cn I a IL petition signed by b the electors of the time city elt equal oqual In number to 25 2 per percent edit cent of tile the th entire vote voto cast at tho the last lost general municipal election protesting against the tIle passage of such ordinance be hue presented to 10 the thc council thorn thelma me shall suspended super lell from going into Inlo operation and It shall be bo the tile duty dul ot ut tile the council to reconsider said or 01 ordinance If the same maIne Is not entirely re repealed pealed tile the council shall submit the or 01 to tl a vote otc of the tile electors of the hue city either cither at the general election If itt it occurs within 90 days or 01 at a Il special municipal election to 10 ti be called for lot that purpose e and such Ruch ordinance shall not act go Into lulo effect ct or oi become b come op operative unless a majority 01 of the tho qualified tied fied electors voting on the same maine shall shallot vote ot In favor faor thereof The rile act net pro provides vides mid Cs fur for ime the I right t of o mi initiative t I ye s so ID that If it the tIle council c refuses to yams pass ordinances time the people plo can compel the passage in Ill a similar manner flannel I It Il is him I not at all probable that such provisions would over over ever be ime exercised but your YOlU committee Collilli it te is of the time opinion that tima t they tle would have hII a salutary effect and would afford a 1 remedy In case ace condi londi conditions lion i is ii arose for f railing alling Ii for s1 h and coil recommends that th such provisions lons be ba adopted d There Then arc tt ic doubtless iOU i I Tess many Il 1 other pro 1110 provisions visions r which ich should lii he h Incorporated i teil l and I II ii which would ml occur lC UI i to it a committee comm very er careful and thorough con coil consideration t iou to the tho I lIe preparation P ion of a II hll hI Il 1 liuti 1 y In i 0 be hf introduced I ii but ho I your You 1 COin com 1 I I ttO recommends r ii IN that I uc t a 1 coun I le lie adopted a with mit Ii general fet fea features tures Luies as Its II herein outlined Respectfully L 1 K H S SI IJ J CORUM I I OSCAR L COX I 1 WILLIAM 1 H n KING lUNG KINGjr jM jr r H THOMAS CARL CAH A n I |
