San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-10
For Good City Government.

Municipal League will hold
their second annual conference in
this city today and Monday at the
Board Of Trade Building. The
call was issued last month by
Charles j. Bonaparte, chairman Of
the Executive committee, to all as
sOciations Of men or women having
for an object the Improvement of
municipal government or the pro-
motion Of good citizenship, urging
them to send delegates to the con-
ference and inviting all individu-
ais interested in these objects to
attend. The gathering will be one
Of the most important Of it's char
acter ever held in the United and
will exceed greatly in point OF
numbers and interest the first con-
ference. which was held in Phila-
delphia last January. The NUM-
cipal League meeting will imme-
diately precede the National
Civil Service Reform League
convention, which will meet
in Chicago on Dec. II and Ii
The first National conference held
in Philadelphia in January last
was followed by a remarkable de-
velopment Of public interest and a
decided advance in public opinion
respecting the evils Of municipal
politics. The extravaganza ,incom-
petence and veniality, which are
the inevitable results Of popular
Indifference and the spoils system,
have been investigated and ex-
posed in several cities, and the
recent elections may be said, with
out eXaggeration, to mark the be-
ginning of a new era in the history
OF American citizenship. James
G. Carter, of New York, the emf
nent lawyer, is president of the
league, and it has among the many
other officers some Of the most
prominent and ablest men in the
country. The organizations COM
posing the national body are: City
club, New York; Advance
club, Providence; r, l.; Bal.
timore Reform League City club,
Hartford, CT; Council Of Confed7
Grated Good Government clubs,
New York; Good Government
club, Yonkers, N. Y, Board Of
Trade, Minneapolis Municipal Re-
form club, Syracuse. n. Y; Citi-
zens' Vigilance League, New York {;
Good Government club. Berkeley,
Cal; Municipal League, Philadel-
phia; Municipal League, Boston !;
Municipal League, Milwaukee,
Wis; Library Hall association,
Cambridge, Mass; Citizens Re-
form Movement, Baltimore; Citi-
zens' association, Boston; Citizens
association, Albany, n. "; Citi-
zens' Union of Kings county, NY;
Taxpayers association, Baltimore;
Mems Patriotic leage, Pittsburg,
Pa; and National Civil Service
Reform League. Mayor Huestis
will welcome the visiting dele
gates and the Entertainment COM
mittee of the Board Of Trade will
look after the entertainment part
Of the programme. The session
will be held in the Board Of Trade
building. The full programme for
the convention is as follows:
Saturday, December S.--Morn-
ing session beginning at 1880 a. m.
Addresses of welcome: Hon. Will
liam II. Eustis, mayor Of Minneap-
oils, and A. l.. Croker, president
Minneapolis Board of Trade. Re-
sponse: Charles j. BOnaparte, Esq,
Baltimore, Md, chairman eXecu-
tive committee National Municip-
al League. The Municipal COndi-
ton of Western Cities: Minneapo-
lis, ID. F. Simpson st. Paul, w. H.
Lightner; Cleveland, Hon. f. j.
Blandin Milwaukee, General F. c.
Winkler; Denver, j. H. Dana, al
ternate, Chancellor w F. Mellow
ell. Afternoon session, beginning
at 2:3O p. m. Proportional Repre-
sentation and Municipal Reform,
Professor jeremiah ". jerks,
Cornell University. Methods of
Work and Organization. l.
Results Obtained by Volun-
tary and Temporary Movements,
! w. G. Low, Member Of Committee
of Seventy, New York. 2.-Muni-
cipal Leagues and Good Govern
ment clubs, Herbert Welsh, Phila-
deIphia Municipal League. B.
Societies to Secure the Enforce
ment of Existing Laws, George
Frederick Elliott, president of Law
Enforcement society, New York.
| With five or ten minutes addresses
outlining the experiences Of differ
ent associations. Monday Dec. 10.
Morning session beginning at