The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-04

uted to the Saturday Evening Post an ar
tce on Putting City on Business
Basis aud in It ! offered TO send to all
those who wished it copy OF the new
charter OF the city OF Baltimore. which
believed then aud stlll believe 10 be The
best and most effective instrument OF It's
KIND in existence As / had been mayor
under this new charter only Few months,
/ could only outline what ] expected to do
ana what | thought should and could be
accomplished. Now, after an experience Of
ten months IN which the ne% adniinstra-
ton has saved for the taxpayers Oi Bal
timole the sum OF S.d,d 90. / am asked
by the Gator 10 tell how II has been done.
Naturally the account viii be rather per-
sonul and that must be an excuse Tor
freely writing III the hrst person. hal
been the htaU Of the law department Of toe
city Tor four years. and had come INTO IA
innate association and mountaineering
with all the departments OF the clty gov
eminent ! had taken deep interest ~
municipal administration, making special
study Of tbs new charters, bo.h IA tbs
country and in Europe. When d cDumis-
sion WIS selected to draft a new charter Tor
the city OF Baltimore, ] Was hunored by
an appointment upon IL without either
any WISH Tor t or any solicitation from ny
self ii 50 happened that The man work
OF he charter Tell upon me, and with the
exception OF the sections Whch refer 10
public education and which we're written
university j wrote all of the charter ana
me cbanres made in he local simnistra-
tion NJ Bal more were explained in my for
mer article When ne selection Oh me
az - m nP ,Srsi 80 mo ,,1nd
out ,fterwsrd thai i've names had been
presented to the business men Of me CITY
p oue Q. lne le4u'ts l.sI%cs5 IWu I'M n. re-
enSes' Ninely-fye per cent favored my
nom nation as mayor l did not want tue
honor, as u N AM great nut tl saG,
me- Jul ~ Wa u. % t"'r."ts 49, ~
~ ae ~ tht ueW Vil@ltt Wa1 >" - 80, [.'I
tuely we ~ 49, o' -, - al ~
llenllon .n's IA - ~ NNA -
cue e1Pct lSnles 49, ~ -. -, a 80. q
ouEu poI " ma mn IA inS "a - ~
I@'He1 sv .u ny pa ,,sicsa cty is
concerned am a simple business uia',,
uS'ls 'nc pes. oV ~ -, LII, S thsi,
% the taxpayers Tue I"'se9' '"i'e 'o' '"e''
h,IcS. ,, - no., ~ go,
70 lu. u IT. ano' sT "e5' S1u -, 40 ~
Ken your oasn "a olnse anu 81 ~ ~" Nv y,
Ii %, a,,rse afte- long years ~ nrar
F-vi,'I, - .,l,,,t,, - NJ,
tcuI ponies ~ tha 'iu,'s'tai ti'i.. IS ~
non OF d C1y AaSt n"d tomu'Ou5 VIZ, VIZ,
tSrests aho Tttn l.ose -"'s,vstVn ~ ,,.
OF mem lost,"s nav no 9" N v G '' ,i,
lo'a tIvn ~ r 1870 U f4S5,rt adn,i,
a.. a.! 49, u'ei! noi'eS' anu 'l"0''"' '''''''
iA'Ial'"H'
Now as to the facts I selected the bcs,
ne, -or,d snd lrresnertive of factions
,., - ia
ana When tney were appo'l'ttu We h"u
meeting ana ] told them frankly and ear
nestIv thar under nv administration Their
r,.I, 49,. -. D., ~, oo,,,ntss,o,s or ra,,,
sHnuiu ny "'i'' 'e ~
olf5. or anything OF that kind IN the matte
OF purchases by the city, but that II
- - -. ~. sv.h thi,,y haa naer nj
uunu out nat any eu1u mus A4u -.
tempted would nrlns the "ho'e regal ina
cniuer, OF the city in force to land Ia
o,,iE, no-t, in the ncuttsntiorv Their
Sas n, snes.iai threat or NAV in This. Du
"a s ~ ~ ta - ,nr ~, nv ad,nInist ~
49,. moi me nrninisss made WI
tha rarrtaC All and fhnt W. wrra trviu
-, - 90 tbis couUfrv an, Examine of VII
80, !, 49, ~ nn1..fv I'D gnrnasfnn.
e. 81 ~ -, tr, ~ - a n,,rttiI,n
~, ' "
'Srha ,ou cnarrer gave Ms the machiuer,
nc "" ot"i ~ go 60 70 -. =,
49, ~ a,ori Tho nrnvloiIs a,imlnistr,
eesah e'e ~, nv No Nv Snmacu ii
oTdinanSe of est mates for the fiscal We,
otait'@.''S ", ~ ~. - " ~. 20 sna "a, az q
lsCo \ oohued Oh S'', IS
= 90 ~ 's ~, -, tba - ana tns r,
SaooO'SVv rs,ch. Stns on fSe h"ndrrd
aa,srb mn o} npro 10 see A cnnid not
soma, hin nm 20 re1uce tbese burdens /,
sun, , ne , " -, % ~ ort,no,,,.a
ssst $500 o,VtS ~ ,'so1 ,,,,1 vas tb
eStluases' ahd tte Voais'9 uo , Wa ~
~,.h tuS ~ W. 49,. 49,, " nbil' ava
s sty eouno!l w. Ssoo ,et a. I'D a tSie
c ch,s "'i sre s1e s IN saioTes want To ma
-. -. 49, tho... no. b.ar "a
a. psIle0uy OlS p NHI' s sietN ''S ar5 =
snaa! ~ axne,se ~ no nrhiic az
.Seloniy az tHe o,t ny 80 roted hv r
w, "t 49,, ~ -, ny,ohahl, hatter tbaT an
$50 49, ron ~ topce tha s,is,,ai
LIS e IS ~" aS,t'n. sSnS ~ rear Svhore
ina'i. ~ "s 80 =" 49,, a o.
~ ouS Ssno o., S@oo -" vea ar toka +
80 sINo.S "a, in,,'S,v invoStisatinS a
a.,a,ng tha onsrotSnrs Of tha Senar1ue
, ne re h.sis H. va. soupJ that
sntir. hnrae', could he a,snensed Win viii
80, - aIS'h. 80 i,.i,,ry ~ Inc serv,ce nj
~ Wy 80, ssrsctiaii "a an,rtasi,a r.
Pth -, 49, c,,fring Soy.p ~ aaIaries -
WIN al lhe 0"t tie e'Nn "a s,noa " ~. a.
IN saNins. ~ t th, ol - s'V " 80
snpys'S T., IN r,,t1io eer,,,cc IA
~ n,n,,arsatio, ~ those Nvbo ave
~ ayaninyniont NJ me cltv ia attn hi.,,
~! IL, nc 6usjnass HIS
r rSu"y y ~ go tbat einpiv tbrousS
nus - :" s,hinb H." ~, ~ nntnt j.,
'esstsStio'i' l,i,ts,,t,j. 49, a
e'oil ON ,,G,i, Az, ~ H., ,ear has 4,
sa,,aa - M neonIe az 1s,fimoro AZ
should always be, competition. rms IS D
siiu nsrtsir b,;,,ordys bSfsrasi MIN iii
importance. found that the people
Baltimore were Paying entirely TOO mn
ior e,sosrg ar ~ nn co
petition One company controlled the
uation and dictated TO the city what
should pay d IN ,3 sS Sss H.t us "' 'ne
10 get around this difficulty reuui
hnesse and / confess that am rather pr,
~ tba results / annointed munlcl