The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-22
CITY RULERS COME
Topeka Officials Here TO At
tend Municipal Meeting.
SIXTY WILL BE PRESENT
Some Want Cities to Care for
Poor.

The first out-of-town delegates TO thr
convention of the Kansas Municipal as
ISOLATION, which will convene in the coun-
ell chamber this morning at 10 o'clock,
to arrive in the city were the officials
of Topeka, who came in on the south
bound Santa Fe train at o'clock last
evening.
Those who came from Topeka were
Mayor Albert Parker, City Clerk ]. H.
squiers, City Attorney Charles E. spen-
Ger, City Engineer James F. McCabeb,
Councilman NJ Snattinger, George Keil.
J. S. Warner, B. S. Myers, W. D. Ber-
gundthal, Joseph Greeley, ex-City Attor-
ney W. s. Bird and ex-Councilman Hale
Richie.
Ex-Mayor Hughes and Councilman w.
S. Clancy. H. S. Nichol and W. F. Web
Der will arrive this morning.
The visiting officials looked over the
business part of the city last night.
City officials from other Kansas cities
will arrive on this mornings trains, and
when the convention is called TO order it
present Many of the city officials will
come in a body.
The morning session VIII be devoted to
formal addresses and routine business.
The address of welcome will be made
by Mayor Mclean. The committee on
program will be appointed at the morn
ing session and as soon as the afternoon
session begins this committee will rec
ommend the program for the meeting.
The object of the association is to urge
upon the legislature the passage of ben
eficial laws for the government of Kan
sas in cities, and it is probable that sew
eral proposed laws will be discussed at
tomorrow's meeting. The questions that
have been discussed most among the To-
peka delegates are in relation to the care
of the poor and the auditing of the city
accounts.
1t is probable that a resolution will be
introduced asking the legislature to pass
a law enabling cities of the first class
TO levy poor tax of their own and saw
ing the city property owners the necessity
of paying part OF the county poor tax.
Some of the councilmen of the Topeka
delegation also want an act passed en-
abling large cities to have an auditor,
who shall audit all the accounts. thus
saving the council committee on accounts
that work.
The delegates from Topeka will hold
a meeting this morning TO formulate a
plan of action during the meeting. 1t is
probable that the delegates from some
of the other cities will do likewise after
their arrival
1t is probable that an amendment to
the bylaws will be presented providing
that the meetings Of the association be
held just before the meeting of the state
legislature.
The meeting OF the association will con-
tinue Thursday, and on Thursday af-
ternoon the delegates viii be taken on
a drive over the city. Thursday night
they viii be given banquet in the Carey
hotel.
The president of the organization is
ex-Mayor Ross and the secretary is ex-
City Clerk Amos McClain. Only cities
Of the first and second class can be rep
resented in the association.
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effective kidney remedy and bowel regu-
lator.