Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-12-04 | Page 3 | Says Des Moines Plan Eliminates Politics

oo SAYS DES MOINES PLAN ELIMINATES POLITICS Salt Lake Commissioners-Elect Find the Commission Form Big Improvement. ' SALT LAKE, Dec 3. Richard P. Morris and Honrv W. Lawrence, wto iif Salt Lake's commissioners-elect, returned yesterday from a visit to Des Moines, Ta., -whore they atudled the commission form of government in operation. op-eration. Both expressed the opinion that tho commission form o'f govorn-mont govorn-mont works well In Des Moines, and that It Is an impiovemcnt in municipal administration over the old ;ystcm of maor and city counrll. Mr Morris and Mr. Lawrence were aixotnpanied by CommTSBlorier-elect vT'TmCoros and W II. Shearman, tho atiJltor-olecl. atiJltor-olecl. Mr .Korus remained to visit a short tlmo In Iowa and Mr Shearman proceeded to 'Now York for a brlof stay before returning to Salt Jike Tho party nttopded ono of (he meetings meet-ings of tho Des Moines commission, and mado as complete an investigation investiga-tion of the system as was possible within the limited time at their rtU-poial.