| Show r ON I IOS OS MOINES PLAN committee of Salt takers To Investigate Submits Its Findings NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT r leD lea Arc An to lINK to He ilL at tho iho l The matter et c rid of et I In th it MII 1 Lake has n Sit the ine nt f ef II by of A eom I fl to tn th the point 1 lilt to draw up R bUt to ice be ont l sd to In the Ih pt At AI a ot of the Civic league Isue II la lathe tM the room moms of the Y M C A laet la night the lie of nr the oa CJ rent t to I oln MI on a trip trill f O w tv rued read In s a of over or an I length the tho riding ot of to a It wu wee name to te paro M a bill for tor the on which the t osier oan an be for pt bast or of the drat not Re clam c Talc 1111 legal or of hater X Jamol Ingebretson Lean LwI A B Badger r 1 1 If 11 L 1 Cos n Yank n H end W II KIn King The be ot of daft aAlt Lakers who went 10 VII Kat HI ot A rank II B Stephen can A and William ire H Wall In Its Ita report It advocates s a elty government for tor SAlt lAke by co lIMo n tot tottie led Ilse t to tie 00 l or of with a ot of 1600 each loh alt All franchises to bit be approved by tho poo peo pie tho Initiative and re reI I to t be provided for tor and the etty ett to 10 be elected I ci b by the people M Lt at present prent he Fhe report ort or of the III s U as TEXT OF fr l sad ad or of Civil Improvement LeAgue or at Rail Mt tape tAke city II Your committee lutee ched pee Dee Moines on FrIda noon riven Ike pe 11 1 lOti and spent t three and days there We round found a city att end and the following taU tl a arc an hero an 10 that can CIU readily be made between PM Des and Salt Bait LIke Ity u es to 1 and other I Polke elty estimates the at t 1 1 7 Tax about the Ih sauto u as Salt SaIl Lake City en Nineteen banks bank Instance payroll roll 10 pot VOl month manth Coal oe per por month per month some borne Thirteen calleS and technical bool TIle T e public In rl tare tel fiem aN at all own owned owned ed private IMIl II I OM Oar h miles o of lil hundred eighteen ifill miles or of Iller mm malls One hundred thirty thirtyfour four miles or of g gas rolt Tour committee made Inquiry city elty government under the old regime We were In 11 that Ihal 20 ago Demo Moines WM was In debt to the legal limit Since that Ume she lIbe ha 1111 lived within her In red reduced her bonded debt b by and spent pent about In per por mailed maI The city hall i ia is isa a very untidy build In ot of little value but Des Moines has hoa on the other land hand landI handa I a splendid library ry erected try hy hythe the it city equipped coating about 00 Tile Tice city war by a mayor and nine councilmen oils ona from etch b ot of seven wards and two at urge were paid u o per pel yaw web TIle The urea 1154 the Itle ward system prevailed the city elly buellI e war by waste and nn tbs w were un unclean IMn and the elde eldeta ta In a told bd condition A As pond WIlt wu was divided among do many rte no ass could be h held tl to 10 account It I Itile Is Isten tile ten ot of II alp with whom we car wetal tal talked d that Ihal ctt city work was wal poorly done 1 we bow er ot of UI during this Ihla or of lIt T city I is divided by the Dw Ace XoI riv r the scat i ad adt t lid wt bAte bAteM M out a par Mr Are CIRt 1111 of or lb Mull and is the west ride There wan and aM by HI II 1 th then un sUll It II a Aid t n i the two of oC the river and a tendency os oa M Ille At Ibe Mot elM aid to 10 vol together CAMPAIGN FOR OJ OF PLAN PLANA A knowledge or of the he greet t b I t fe to the elty tit at Q nl t hr tea Ia wit or of Ih the ot of Lilo he dy iron Im Ind 1 come rnell ua SW Mee of 11 her O Tina and wake milk a repOrt u till the d there r I their U acre hold end committees red a ca i lor of oC a piss PIlA is n Ilu ao A As lu I llah tah urn th ArM u 0 u Ih 11 plan ass refused reta to tJ NO per th Ih hill Th The n 1 OOm 11 h the kill 3 asal I ly tank ok the brit liVer 1 plans Ian if municipal nt The nit system ot of Aw 0 coon th mt u taun aaa d it a from Les 10 Angeles the ten lam m trot Portland A kw W had bed In III torte lorce In III I tons Aar lee ail I ar arTt Tt Th Attired of tors P Mol Moines lied a 4 to tJ adY 1 rr r 10 ye an lied tip It V t a eY M Is the II nt III f the th end 11 n ot of the stab I II haw bun an air oL or of 11 taw under a Marl of 01 of th three M ht t u charge of these of the hi 10 lows law Ut the louts Io volara it a ht hr Or nr not I they the will wUI t e plan alt into A bul lose a h u of oC aM men 11 s II of end rr fur the of 0 the plan t TI rated I Iy for Cr that thaI pu pt 10 pose D a of 0 jI bleu Ih war u pr bs br Ib three ot of ott or tall dally IN n I II t of I r th lawyers slid ill I th Ih I ern Plan u hr io Use tits lacy the lb organ 10 maehl of 01 UI i a lie th Ih n D Mullin TM ft a ell 4 daily a Dub I a 4 4 1 Is 18 a t e IM I all WU II veM PaP ne 1 The lily of Ih the ratan J t MIor CIt of 1 k 1 I and kind I your eur Mill coin mitten with a scrap leak containing a avery very 1 bet of of lar M news newspaper paper Iler 1 and 14 for and against the 1111 plan This Thill bock boek We to brn rung r home with ulland us and It IL ILI ItIe Ie I at t Ih the ot of the league W we Rr are required tu to It 11 N When tm the of aM eom too look the e committee to 0 It the nomination at it I ticket b by It la Is generally 1 thAt this was AI dame In a v very fI but Ill four Of Ike It et has ed Ih nomination and all 11 tailed failed ot of Thin There was wa al In taken In t the of r Murat marOf and Ih there being 54 34 tM ter el and Sf 1 tor mayor presented JI by lit at atthe the primary tt The ticket was wall unfortunate In tie It candidate far fol a man who hIM had incurred the of f th Ih labor un unIon Ion ins and 1 the Mt n of r t the It I IseM see seM commits was a moo who h had the union and hUitt tilled CC ADen shop The There was u c a hr I fog generally 1111 that the thO men of t the town re trying to tn Torre 1011 a ticket and Ind the people revolted revolt and d their oum by b a large larR Jur Ity 11 It was conceded b by lh these p tenting the ticket that had the citizens ticket t bean n nominated with there tn re discretion and tole nillon been given to the other othet ela that It would likely have earned The na as elected was a oom composed Ofed II as follows Mathis an genUe IROn tRon formerly police judge an man and for tor a l long UI time Inter Interacted acted eted In municipal affairs twice I mayor ot of the oily Q a keen heart politician who favored the adoption of the plan and who it II secretary and treasurer ot of the league or of Municipalities Ash formerly a 1 coal miner mner afterward a an unlettered but ton hon honest est and vigorous man II a coal roal deeler and builder In I a small wa VRY who had bad formerly boon been an alder Ilder alderman man Schramm the harmer city asses Poe lor The election Uon or of this thle ticket was a 1 great dl disappointment to the committee or of men who made mad the cam campaign for tor the new form ferm ot of government Nil None of Dr th the elected with the tho ot of II are reo re regarded a as men ot of large bu business It but re are nil all conceded to be honest Th feature or of the Deft Dec Moines plan plau publicIty or of campaign ex pen seems eme to hare worked r d well at atthe the ft fiat election The bl aunt expended during the b by any candidate wee UI One Olle or of the u us that tat he pont apont 1109 In printing and about 11 In rent rant for l l hall ate CALL L There have been movement looking toward lort the recall r at two to ot of the om cem omm I m AIr Mr wh who was waa ap af appointed pointed to the department of pu public lIc BIllet safety at ont once made war upon ull gem galli and the removal of the elet machines from every evry store and pool room In the city It was claimed by come of nr th the cigar dealers that he roaM made ante ot of Immunity Ibis lit Hamery d de but Ih the resentment or of the own on owner nil er a ot of clot Iet machines led to the posting of a 1 petition In each cigar olgar store to which signatures might be appended looking toward the N recall MII of Mr ry 1 The movement however was soon Oon dropped Tm The other movement for reI noc recall wn was directed toward COl It a appears fer t that a t t two 11 or of the commissioners were very friendly to a certain candidate whom th they support supported Urt eel ed for tor the office ot of thief ot of malice Mr 11 who had particular charge ot of that department and Mr III lid did not think the man competent and Ind also on nn account of et his hili to the use ot of Schramm n first t sided h Upp UI who ho the thea a of the in and there cab 11 I a movement among the teat KeNt and considerable tal talk It or of recalling Mr Schramm b by or of his hll lUll tittle upon this question He however announced that It the tho chief or of police did not ot make good ho he would vote vole for his hll removal end and In a very short time he wile was removed and an for of man If who hilI hed Leon n it 11 years IN 11 the tho service I appointed J In hl hie IlIa ut I tilt In the many we 1 hl had dur dul tug IlIr our WI we adopted gulp the tin pile It of tines lions I 1 What la II year 1 n hew hung have hav you flU In ti I f Ir any Md had yea Kin Iha Ih I hl city t t tIr Ir any 1111 th the new newa a Wr you 01 In laver or of at I the new WI 7 t 4 I is t thi sew w system artam working If It If Rem 00 III ii what le III It f UYe Ica 11 you ay any objectless t I the present I farm of II If ro I what whal are III they T Ti i What Vhal lIhr nr r uen n have yea born ably iI I lo to In II It a anti and I IY 1 lush h ney lean 0 or greater than Ihan it t hv have bean boen the IlK former i 7 What hn to III iii Ih 11 plea 11 of It guv 1 I I If r any 11 would u Id you ou tau a you give ue III the or of clil IU IUn I 1105 n wh who al e I to Ih the tm of t Ut the pin or f gu Tur Tr to lu 11 It may marry HI a of Vy every aid b too N tier lyre thu hl WI were opposed IC 10 Ih the er I Ih the plan and urh IUan a through is In might bo b abl to express based UPI mature co cun i ur of the or I l ut of Ute the new at system OPINIONS Ole Ol ALL I We Vo had letters Itter ot of t lending business man but we dId Hot tUt confine our Interviews to that ota class we asked the opinion or of every man we met and In the r nurse of ou our stay we fret lawyer allOr eve era ministers street oar eMr oo stale county and city and must Including the of what were sale to 10 be bethe bethe the worst wot and the best saloons In the th city We Ve round found only two who hoj exp expressed themselves h W ua opposed to the new system One was a prominent bushiness man who felt that It was getting gelling tho government too clop ck to t the people pl that the pt people lelle generally were tvr not tilled to select their of flees and preferred to retain t the nil old system rather than Utan adopt the nw now Thu nt other r tv tva II a buln business man who had bad for 1 merty 1111 lIMn been a member or of tM ten board of 01 public work and who hAd very strong Ideas upon the question of at civil nic i and thought that a form Of nt should be In which the II Yf would net he be beholden to elitism generally t far r their a ln t meat ment an and thought II all employee loy of r the hll city with lime exception or of private NO should be und under civil service role gentlemen conceded the tle of nt the former system tem and the success or of the l nt plan lit so tr tar V Vs round found II a few who were wel indifferent come m expressed theoretical objection e but the vast vaI majority were heartily glad of the hante Your md made very ry full II not notor notes or of interviews with willi the various citizens which arc alt It at the or of your OUI board nI It Ir desired Ired VISIT TO LINCOLN LINCOW NEIL NEB W We w were advised that Lincoln NM Neb had bad recently sent a committee to De DeMol DeMoles Mol Moles and nd that then had also 0 been new chArlr tor the aU when or to to be introduced Introduced the 1 legislature I We thought It advisable to 10 tO go to coin and obtain M a COPY of the charier which the h has re reported tO ported A vote MI In that tty city showed a ma of tour four to en enIn one oneto to In favor or of tile lire plan ADOPTION BY We Ve found that ninny hlll had Pea Dee Moines for time the purpose of ng the commission system that It lea h been In Cedar Rah Rapids Ida WI till Puso PIl O SAn Antonio Fort Worth orUI falla and Ind Tex X that Nashville sod and had voted In favor tavor of the adoption ot of the maw plan Among the del delegations ga Uon was I a headed by Pros dent ot of Harvard university and John D Long Lolli of MUa We e were fortunate In a copy qt the printed report or of this committee the generel lime of were nt Ion along t the hue 11 of th the Dc 0 Maine pits pi onn on member bowS vr ever a report port In ho h tad favored a o Oo Ie alerted tin nt Nh h of oC a of slosh 11 dl districts In Iii I city It 1 III upon their deuce un on April R tRI lid and we feel that we a are conservative In the te statement tal fOment that almost ue time a verdict ot of the Is II that tb they have hAft rv air U too The city I la governed receive prompt th the streets 1111 are fairly faIr ly b dean clean there has bill been iMn so eo tit tar no no reduction In but aut a 1 avery very t W change for tor the bitter In The Th alert ert cast watch alch the affairs It be cares C to do doso ltD so The local political rInga rm are broken up skilful men are elected b by the he dell II service anti and r per employment cue from lit illy aN pro pre Time generally slaw great reat In the he en city affairs Tit Its Dee plan to 18 it a well NIl bought eat atom and und under It good results lIlal are aro easily obtained obal The monthly statement published b by the city elly t tury tress ury a advises the CUll fully as to II a arrI IN NT Wr sic found that the generally genel or of all have till e a feeling ot of confidence dence In the government tie now Conducted con conducted ducted They Ita say that tile the commission commissioners t ers art working hard to make good that they are particularly pleased ecI with the tact fact that wh when they have In any I particular de department or a com complaint plaint to 10 malt make would come with withIn In any ny department that thy they kilo know to whom to NO go and that thai they get t quick action All proceedings of the board buard or of Nm coin lUra lire are very vry Iw two weeks and anet printed copies ma may be ob obtaIned b by all any WI Me wets fur tur furnished and nd litre delivered to year eur sec H secretary p a complete copy ot of Ih the ot of the In of the commission from the time of Ina The mem members nt ul 01 the civil service mile commission com eom mission serve without salary not lIot a e It a matter or of economy but bul to 0 k tl the Of that of without l Inducement end time reduce thE ot of partiality and It ness w We have r referred tI to tb the fact that there WM was In 11 Inthe the personnel ot of U the commission The ticket or of mn men w was not We V w were ver very much with the fact that notwithstanding standing the of the Ibe buan business men mens 1 e in the tha r result ot of the election every everyll ll member ember or of Ih the whon we In Interviewed expressed In the I alt as at present It should be mentioned that Ih the corn oom were by reason lion of the fact that the city laded os GH to the Incoming lion eer every expense f etI tag Ing time revenue and forcing an Issue HUIt ot of bonds bend CO CONCLUSIONS AND Veur ur committee hap reached the unanimous thAt tb the come system aylm or of l overn men along U the line ll In o operation lit In D flit I wUl ho be I ly adepts try by 11 1 the United Staten and should he be lid lad In Salt Lake City We 0 however ha have some Ome suggestion to make muke In reference to minor changes to suit here her herThe The Dell Dee Moines Molna plait luau seems e to be bethe the most moat democratic firm or of mantel pal 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