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Show BOISE ADOPTS THE COMMISSION.-PLAN . Boise, Ida,. Feb. 23. Following the , most exciting municipal campaign ex- j er heldln 'Is'-clty.'' commission 'gov,. "1 ernmerjlcai'iid' todQy by nymajorlty of 200, and tonight great crowds of peoplo, Jubilant over the victory, are paradlne: the main business streets of Boise, making a demonstration, a ' parallel to which has neier before been witnessed here Undor the terms of the commission law which was passed by the last legislature and not only provides for i the Des Moines plan, but the Initiative, Initia-tive, referendum and recall, the mavor Is required to call a special election within sixty davs to voto on commls- ' sloners who will take over the city government. The commission fight was made on the Issues of retaining tho old special spec-ial charter this city hnd operated under un-der for twenty-one years of changing It for a commission government bv p which five commissioners could be 1 elected to govern the city Much bitterness bit-terness entered Into tho campaign, i which was wagod for ovor a month ! Added to this was tho creaton of a $400,000 paving district against tho will of a maporlty of the people who ' resented the altitude of tho municipal council In forcing thorn to pavo against their will The fight was based on tho paving Issue largely and all of tho precincts which were contained con-tained In the paving district gave commission government a majority It was admitted during the latter Hays of tho campaign that the adoption adop-tion of tho cornmIS8lon plan meant a recall of Mayor Harry K Frltch-man, Frltch-man, against whom there has been bitter opposition due to his backwardness backward-ness In permitting the people to vote on tho commission Issue and the legal steps he took to carry the commission commis-sion law to tho supromo court to declare de-clare ILs constitutionality. Thousands of dollars wero openly bet on the returns re-turns and tho voto was close In all precincts. |