Show COMMISSiON FORM RP OF Cincinnati Nov spread of the municipal form Of government has been rapid according to nn an address by Clinton Rogers Wood Woodruff ruff secre secretary tary or of the National Municipal at l rite le convention or of that organization here today After years ears and years ears of flounder floundering ing bot between scandal su to corporations on the tho one hand 11 lie said and Ignorant or 01 vicious or dis dishonest honest attacks upon diem Ulem on the ilio other the progressive communities of U the country have recently been coming to the tho Inevitable conclusion that to get this business of the people atten attended ed to promptly and satisfactorily It Is necessary ssan LO to t it to small ands well paid commissions composed of I competent men charged with duo dill I power powel and There Is one clanger however which advocates of the commission must guard feelIng that It constitutes a panacea for nil all muni municipal cipal ills In the words or of one of the tho principal proponents of the commis sloe sion form of government In Galveston ton I the form h is all right It Itan an Important an suc success cess but no plan can be devised which Is self solf operative or which will rell relieve o othe the people from tine the responsibilities of self government Mr Il Woodruff said a conspicuous feature of the movement for the com coin commission mission fora was the Impetus It had given gien to the Ule agitation for the short ballot Mr 11 Woodruff a asserted that thal some ad or of direct nominatIons had been beon to consider the law as the beginning and ending of their work wore overlooking the fact that the direct primary wt was an opportunity not nota n a acre clIre The most that f good laws can cando cando do Is to It iL more difficult for the reactionary elements elemen ts to promote evils and antl easier casler for the progressive ele elements elements ments to advance tine tho general welfare of the community |