The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-11-23

a.
The necessity of reform in the admin.
istration of almo all branches of civil
government is we'll expressed in the fol-
lowing article from tie New I York 1sa
6une. We recommend it to the careful
perusal OF our citizens =-As
Every city ought to have voluntary
association of It's pubiic-spirited aud In
tclligent voters devoted to the achieves
neut ard perpetuation of etiiciervy and
economy IN Its municipal administration
The largest number attainabic should be
enrolled in its ranks but any one who
should become a municipal Office holder
or candidate should th hereby vacale his
membership. This ASSOCIATE ~ Should be
sternly non partisan, bil. should freely
and Sharply criticise municipal dolngs re-
gardiess OF party Whenever a new Of
fee is created, salary inc, ,easeG, or any
thing done which involves al increase of
muthcipal expenditure, the ASSOCIATION
should be called to assemble. inquire, con-
slider, and (if the -enhancement of ex-
pense be found unnecessarily demonstrate.
Ii the reuIOBstrance pass UNDECIDED, an
appeal should be taken TO the constituen
cy IN the next municipal election, and d
verdist thereon solicited. Ard every
scheme of ostensible improvement, boule-
Yards. parks, water. gas, or whatever 1t
may be, Should be at once taken up by the
Association, reierred To a Committee, and
therein subjected 10 a rigid scrutiny, with
regard not ouiy 10 Its utility but to its
necessary cost as we'll When that Com
mitteo reports, let the Association take
such action as will compel attention and
iepeil rapaclty.
"Ail this involves labor and pains-tak-
ing, for which there is no immediate, no
palpabie recompenSe-
Certainly it does. Such an Association
ought, to hold about one meeting per
month, far niue Dr ten me,fthsFof each
year, Its most active, eificie Mt members,
appointed to serve on working commit
tees, might be required To give to their
duties fifty or sixty hours per annum.-
Is this too much 10 pay fnr really good
aud reasonably cheap municipal rule :?
\ ou may obtain a cheaper article IT YOU
insist Oh it, but it will not be wor; h its
paltry cost. 4ou cannot have the kind
OF government you profess to want for
nothing. Even your Associatinn,F ,Fif de-
serted by the greater number of tax pay
ers, will soon degenerate into stealing
ring, run by its knaves begullIng and
hoodwinklng its fon,s. --7
Every business man knows by eXrer-
ience that the masters eye indispensable
to continued prosperity. A manufactory,
a railroad, that is run without competent
and vigIlant supervision, runs straight to
destruction. Why should YOU expect the
opposite from municipality2 Fill every
post with an able, trusty R,an to-day, and
leave the machine TO run without -supei-
vision soon, zone drops out, and is re-
placed by self-seeker-; then another
and another; ua,iI you have a crowd in
Office who would steal the cents of ne.
gro pauper's eyes as he lay awaiting
burial III Il rough pine coffin.
These truths must be dinned into the
public ear till they have made their due
impression on the general mind. A re-
publican government wherein the Office
hetders re olect themselves and choose
their cronies TO Gil any casual vacancies
In their ranks, Is the meanest aud most
proiligate OF despotisrns. A king for
life does not embezzle or peculate, be-
cause his future seems secure dema-
gogue IN power Tor IA year or two must
begin to steal at once. in order to buy a
re election or provide a nest-egg In case
ne shall be Superseded. And it matters
not whether the rule of sordid knaves be
perpetuated by packing primaries or by
stutfIur ballot hoyes