The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-13

of high civic ideals in the minds OF
! the yound can hardly be over empha-
sized.
The report of the secretary. Clinton
Rogers Woodruff, entitled "a Years
| Work. will, as heretofore. be a re-
view of the municipal situation
throughout the country for the preced-
ing year.
AT the Boston meeting of the league
one of the most instructive and encour-
aging sessions was that held at San
ders' theater. over which President
Eliot presided. By the invitation of
the senate of the University of Michi-
gan, one whole day of this meeting
will be spent at Ann Arbor. The after
noon session will be presided over by
president Angel, and will be given to
short addresses by leading delegates
calculated to interest the students.
A pressing municipal problem is that
| or nomination reform. This will be
given careful attention at the DetrOiF
meeting. Horace e. Deming. Of
New York, chairman of the committee
on nomination reform, will state the
conclusions reached by the committee
and outline the trend of the most ad-
Yanced thought on the subject The
same care has been given this question
that was given several years ago to
that of charter legislation
Thursday morning will be devoted
entirely to a review of the municipal
situation in the larger cities of the
West and Northwest. The session
might well be called an experience
meeting.
James L. Blair, counsel for the
worlds fair, and son of War Governor
Blair, will speak of the recent remark
able disclosures in ST. Louis politics.
The municipal experiences of Mime
apolis will be taken up by w. A. Fris-
bic, city editor Of the Minneapolis
Journal. He will go into the situation
as it developed under Mayor Ames and
his public spirited successor, ID. Percy
Jones, member of the National Mu-
nicipal league.
Ohio and her interesting experiments
IN municipal reform, especially as con-
nected with the adoption Of her new
code, will be touched on by Harry A.
Garfield, president of the Cleveland
Municipal association. Chicago and her
municipal experiences will be discussed
by Frank II. Scott, one of the vice pres
idents of the successful Municipal Vot-
ers' league, of that city California and
her municipal problems will re reported
on by Frank J. Symmes, president Of
the Merchants Association of San
Francisco. DetrOits experience will be
reviewed by Sherman d. Calender, at
tOrney for the Detroit Municipal league,
and DR.. Amos Parker Wilder, the we'll
known editor of the Wisconsin State
Journal. will describe the situation in
Wisconsin.
This grouping of present COMPARE
tive situations among the great cities
of the West, many of whom have feR
the influence of the reform movement
should be peculiarly instructive.
Thursday afternoon will be given
over to the consideration of uniform
municipal accounting, a subject to
which the league has already paid so
much attention. The report of the
leagues committee will be made by
DR.. Edward NJ. HartWelI, city statisti-
clan of Boston. This will be followed
by description by DR.. F. A. Cleveland.
of the University of PENNSYLVANIA, of
the remarkable work done in Chica go
| under the leadership Of the late ex-
pert accountant, Charles Waldo Has
kins.
Harvey S. Chase, of Bos ton, will ex-
plain the practical working and inter-
teresting results in Ohk5 Under the new
| public accounting bill and the new mu-
nlcipal code. NJ. N. Baker, of the En-
gIneering News, will review the work
that has been done on uniform mu-
nicipal accounts for gas, electric light
ing and water plants.
Among other questions to be consid-
| cred at the meeting are that of local
| self government in Michigan, by Otto
| nicipal situation in the Philippines, by
| DR.. Paul Reinsch, of the University of
! Wisconsin, author of Colonial Govern
! ment," will be a statement based on the
paper of Capt. Edwards, chief Of the
| insular bureau, war department.
The headquarters of the Detroit con-
vention will be at the Hotel Cadillac,
and the meetings will be held in the as
| sembly room of the hotel. The Detroit
| Municipal league will act as host.
Many aourtesies OF various kinds will
| be extended to the delegates. Due no.
| tice of these will be sent to those who
| express their intention OF attending.
| The day in Ann ArbOr with the Univer-
sity of Michigan will give the members
| of the league an opportunity to come
| into close touch with one OF the most
| progressive of our great seats of learn
| ing and should be of the largest mutual
| advantage. On Friday evening the din
ner to the delegates viii bring the con-
| ference TO close.
Moody Is Heard From.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April y. - A
| telegram was received at the navy de-
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