, 1876-02-13
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
Comparison Between American
and European Systems
The Former Based on Numbers, the
Latter on Intelligence.
How They Manage Things In London,
Paris, and Berlin.


And How They Msmanage Them Just No"
in Chicago.
The Duty of Good Men at the Present
Crisis.
The Fourth Ward Republican Club met last
evening at No. $50 Wabash avenue. In the alb
sence Of the President, Mr. 4. J. Galloway took
the chair.
The Committee appointed to consider the
question of appointing delegates to the Central
Committee WAS given one week longer to make
their report.
The Club then listened to an address from Jo-
seph Mcdi1l on
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN EUROPE.
In beginning, Mr.. Medill said that he acknowl-
edged the receipt Of the invitation Of the Club
to be present at that meeting, aud make
little informal talk about the con-
duct OF city governments in Europe. as he
saw it when abroad What he had to say he
would say in free and conversational manner,
rather than in tho way Of 3 set speech. With
this introduction, ho went On to eay that what
the gentlemen present most wanted to know
was, no doubt, thether he had seen anything in
European municipal government worth adopt
ing. A mere dry detail Of the various modes OF
government would have no value unless they
could be applied in the way OF comparison to
those in our own country. he had found it very
difficult to discover really what the systems of
government in Europe was,-in fact, they had
no real system, even in their National Govern
ments. Their systems, such Is they we're, we're
very ancient that Of London being eighteen
ceuturies old There Was sort OF municipal
system existing when the Romans con-
ouered the Island, and tho Romans
established city governments wherever they
went In many respects they had remained mn
changed siuce. He had found, also, in France
the same state Of affairs. There the provincial
cities claimed charters from the old fendal
rulers, and, being still primitive, they could not
be easily compared with the municipal govern
ments Of America. There WAS hardly thing in
all the European methods that he could recog-
nize Is similar to what he had before known.
He became early discouraged in his investiga-
tions, IS be discovered that there WAS
NOTHING WHICH COULD Be TAKEN AID IScoRPo-
RATED
in onr Amaric.n evstem. Our idea WAS that
.esn- .L;soa ~ .nd .nr;,oa fron hod;aa of
power ADiuoe - 4uo ae.ee
Voters-taking 10 me ens'fe mass o' populasaon,
even to the paupels ln tno poo1-4ouee. W
governments were nor, tnele1ote, 1onnoeu ~
educaslonal, prope1sJ; natlouasy y. G.a75 quaa- ~
ticatlona, nuI on namoees tley =. snt 10 s'car tne
most ignorant or people. out l. IN maoe nc o,Asss g.
ence. Our system m emofaeea me !uo1ota1' as sne
reckless classes- inefs m@e n1t"ns o. .ss .nss
sina kno"n ~, ausosa Ea.+ ian5 ~ pra.;s md Sn,,
Cork. where you hrst ana, 20 RUSSIA any soo
"oold nna notn1nS u 1nae A1oo IL sn5 'ueo's
OF government.
Looh AT 5ospos, ho
me cnlei Guy VI sne VIII. - p1s ~ et,
ano Weaitn, anu 4upol l'aueo' aou Po"ot' e'sy
that contains more than 1ouf m1iAons o. soals,
greater nnmner t4an na "as aset o1ousns uuusI
municipal rule. Inc speaker LEU cqmHeucso,
after beng there 10" weeks, 70 stuaJ 1ne CtY
Government. be naa 1ouna nrst tnas Lonooa
proper was only little se!tlemens ~ me eastern
part OF the city, Similar IN pfopolt1on 70 ~ 1ue
whole as one OF our "aros m To- 70 the wno!e OF IN.
caeo. There were only on 5 oo0op people i nsne N Il
at present, though 4W, 0oo lnhabiteo u through
the day, 1t beng composed OF oanks. noteis'
shipping oihcee' the Aonsion ron aou1e' 0no WILL
30 mocn 1oe @ Lonoon. L. "1s.
THE ORIGINAL LONDON.