Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-11

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,no ,or,,sors NJ home and abroad the
beat and most vnIuminous work I'm the
direction az n good government through
non nartIsn nIsm comes from one of the
straiehtest and most uneompromising
Democratic naners I'm the country-the
New York World. In n recent issue OF
that paper appears n long double lead
ed editorial headed Fruits of good
governmental What British cities have
done-An amazing and instructive con-
trnst.'' In this article is shown, by
means of reference TO Dr.Alhert Shaw's
books on the government of European
cities, the superiority of the municipal
plan contended for as contrasted with
government OF spoilsmen for spoils.
Three of the principal British
municipalities - Glasgow, Manchester
and Birningham--are selected as the
txemplars for the theme, though what
Is said of course applies to many
others in the same class. Glasgow
contains about 100000 people. Man
chestor's population is 100000. but its
municipal government directly bene-
fits 100000. Birmingham has about
10000 within Its corporate limits. All
these cities are newer than any Of the
great American cities. An have had
their real growth in the last twenty
five years. All their plans for good
government began about the time of
the close of our civil war-eyactlv the
perlod. the article SAYS. when New
York and the other American cities
fell into the hands of bosses and rings
of corruptionistg.
We are further shown that the Brit
Jsb cities named are Governed nv an
e1actorate +hnt I'm no essential resnect
differs from ours The masses of tho
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the selection of candidates and
waiting Tor them and an officer who
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efficiently is practically unopposed
when he presents himself for re-elec-
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pronouncemeht ~ true-the result OF
the complete enforcement OF state
politics from purely local affairs. and
.ho ,.s,,i,, ,ra so,rotbi,. that do
mand of all of us on this side of the
water the most careful consideration
In New York. which has seldom es-
capped partisan rule in any line the
municipal indebtedness has grown
and grows with steadily increasing
pace, and the taxes necessarily cor
respond. In the other three cities the