The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-10
TO REPEAL THE COMMISSIONS.
NOTICE GIVEN OF FIVE BILLS TO
BE INTRODUCED.

the Park and Tree Commission
Must Gothic Powers of That Com
mission. However. Are 40 BE En-
Iarged-A Talk with Mai. T.. w
MeIdrim ms to Why the Repeal OF
the Commission Bill l. Contem-
pIated-TO Enlarge the Powers OF
the Recorders Court.
Chatham county's new legislators have
started the ball rolling Announcement
is made in the Morning News to-day that
application Will be made to the coming
general assembly for the passage Of bills
repeating the acts creating commissioner
of public works, a board of fire commits
sioners. a board of tax assessors, a board
of water commissioners, and board OF
police commissioners.
Notice is given Of the intention to intro
duce bills for the repeal of all the acts
creating commissions in Savannah with
the exception of the park AND tree commits
sion The legislators will seek not only to
retain. but enlarge the powers of the
commission, believing that its objects
are good, and that it can, with proper
powers, accomplish much that will be for
the benefit of the city.
There are many to whom TINS step Is by
no means A surprise The objection on
the part of the antagonists OF the admin
istration has not been so much to the
commissions in themselves, as TO the per-
sonnet of those bodies and the uses 10
which they have been put.
THE theory of the commissions said
Mai. P. w. Meldrim when asked about
the matter last night, sis a good one for
large cities where the details of the de-
partments are so extensive that they can
moi be looked after by a city council, but
for a small city like Savannah, they are
unnecessary. expensive and cumbersome.
1.-The Liberal Club is not composed of
office seekers. 1t is contrary to its policy
10 craate a position for any individual or
individuals. 1t is very evident that the
commission bills were passed to create
offices for some of the Citizens Club peo-
ple. That is one of the reasons why we
believe they should be repealed When |
saw the Liberal Club is not composed of
office seekers, / speak advisedly, at least
SO far as are concerned those who have
been prominent in its leadership. You
may take the legislative ticket, and the
county commissioners ticket throughout,
and | know that not one of those eight
gentlemen sought the offices to which
they were elected
cone of the urinary objects of the COM
ynfssions was to take the departments un-
der their charge out of politics. 1t is too
annarent that such has not been done. and
from what has transpired since the com
rnissions we're annointed it is apparent
tbaf sIIcb was never intended to be done
II gs notorious fact thar the departments
ba~a f,rnished emnlovment for political
hesIars and v,orl,ers and that men have
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tics n &c said they might not have neon
interferea with
The reneaI of these acts. however Is
not the onIv legislation that is contem.
plated. As stated. notice will be giver
of an act TO increase and enlarge the now.
ers of the mark and tree commission as
A. Is considered members of this bodN
should be men who have some idea OF
horticulture. and this commission should
be. therefore. to a certain extent, perma.
nent in its appointments Heretofore thi.
body has been practically a hgurehea I