St. Paul daily globe., 1895-06-01
PARTISAN IDoLATRY


to make place for a true civic religion
is till a great problem confronting the
eminent thinker of the national league.
Rev. George j. Powell, of Omaha, de-
clared in the noon discussion that the
solution of the municipal problem will
never be reached until the evil result
ing from the performance of city du-
ties by corporations is corrected. l..
H. Holden, of Cleveland, contended for
minority representation as great aid,
and reports of the benefits to be de-
rived from that system were made by
several delegates. John A. Cana, Of
Cincinnati, offered a resolution memo
rializing congress to so modify the
naturalization laws that an applicant
for no Capitalization must show a certi-
ficate from a home officer as to h
age, occupation, birthplace and port of
departure, and one from the United
States consul setting forth the char
acter of the applicant. James w.
Pricy, of New York, presented this res
olution, to be considered by the eX-
ecutive committee: Whereas, the gov
ernment and the institutions of the
United States are founded upon the
capacity Of the individual citizen for
government; and
Whereas, The popular government
in the large and rapidly growing cities
of this country has practically failed
to develop capacity for local self-gov-
ernment in the citizens of our munich
palities; and
Whereas, Citizens who fail in their
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fects daily and intimately the happi-
ness, the comfort and the personal
safety of themselves their families and
their neighbors, cannot continue to
discharge the duty of citizens of the
nation with that patriotism upon
which our forefathers founded our fed
eral government; therefore be it
Resolved, That in the opinion of the
National Municipal league the present
conditions of local government in the
great majority of the cities of this
country is such as to threaten the in
tegrity of our institutions and ulti-
mately the. existence of the nation;
and
Resolved, That in the opinion of
this league the question of municipal
government demands the serious con-
sideration and devoted service of all
citizens who would not have the rot
tenness in our city governments spread
still suffering from boss rule
A paper on the municipal condition
of Troy, stating that it was not as
bad as that of some other cities repre-
sented, but was suffering from boss
rule, and a paper on the municipal
condition of Denver Hon PJatt Roo
ers, were read.
The afternoon session opened with a
paper by Frederick L. Siddons, of
Washington, upon the municipal condi-
ton of that city. He declared that
the government of the District of CO.
lumbia, by congress, was far from be-
ing satisfactory. Good city govern
ment, from woman's standpoint, was
the subject of a n address by Mrs.
G. A. Runkle. of New York. She
showed in a convincing manner that
municipal evils strike directly at the
home, and that therefore women feel
them the most severely. Rev. J. T.
Tyler, of this city, read a paper on
The Work of Christian Endeavor So
cieties in Behalf of Good City Govern
ment," by John Willis Baer, secretary
OF the United Societies of Christian
Endeavor, who was unable to be pres
ent The convention then ended, after
a short speech by President Carter. in
which he congratulated all who had
attended upon the beneficial nature of
the proceedings. The place of the next
annual meeting will be selected by the
executive committee.