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Show TWEDES MOINES PLAN. Mnny.ot Uiq i prominent business and professional nenVof tlib city have unltejlrtOi petition tho vlegislatur,o to ennct? h law' that VIII allow cities of tho second class to adopt tho Dos Moines plan of city government. This formqf municipal government Is designed de-signed to give tho reigns of control Into tho hands of a few man who aro to bo so Industrious for the welfare of the city that thoy will manage affairs af-fairs In u strictly buslness-llko way. On them Is placed tho responsibility which cannot bo made to stick on tho present form of government. With n city council, It Is presumed that tlio ten councilman and tho mayor can so shift responsibility that thoy can cscnpo criticism for failuro to conduct con-duct properly municipal affairs; w1I1q with a small commission form ofi control, tho responsibility enn bo firmly and forcibly placed squarely on tho shoulders of tho threo or five men who make up such n ruling body. Tho theory Is beautiful. FIvo men aro to bo olectod by tho pooplo from tho city as a whole. Kvery man has n right to vote on nil five men, and not on a particular man who will bo selected se-lected from a particular ward. Tho Journal attacks tho systom by saying that -It Is not representative, a criticism criti-cism which wo think It qulto unjust, because it Is representative, as much so as choosing legislators for Cache Valley by voting for threo men, no matter wheio thoy reside. Hut wo have an objection to tho Des Moines plan on tho score that It does not placo tho responsibility any more than does tho present plan of councllmnnlo control. Tho only reason why responsibility can bt said to bo greater In tho proposed now plan is that only throe or flvo mon, Instead of ten ,nro to share It. On that slondw ground not much hope can be built ns three or fivo mon can shift tho responsibility qulto as oaBlly ns ten or clovon. Wo aro In hopes that tho Logan peoplo who are bohlnd tho rcovo will consider -well tho results of tholr of-forts of-forts boforo thoy go too fnr. Tho plan Is a good theory which, wo bollove. has not proved as practicable ns it could bo hoped for. To go slow anU steadily In tho matter of government U tho bust plan. If duo Investigation and experiment are made as to the vnluo of tho Ues Moines plan,anlnqjt merely n good arguer's'to.nguo Is taken for sold reasonings! ChcVfopea can' bo entertained that the plan Is gold. Otherwise, go slow. |