New-York tribune., 1903-04-24

AMOS P. WILDER
writer has gene far to entitle his account Of
these events The Shamelessness OF st. Louis
the people in reference thereto inVoSing not only
an indifference TO the moral questions involved but
an actual aversion TO the continuance of this cru
SAGE against municipal vice Nothing could De
public interest in these disclosures prosecutions
became interse at the very beginnir g. and has
ent time; and upon this interest has arisen public
rnstakable which has not only enthusiastically
supported the Circuit Attorney throughout but has
could be asked than the fact that every defendant
who has been arraigned has sought a change OF
venue from the city on the ground that it was
Impossible for him TO obtain a fair trial In this
community g en- mac account ~ Sf the PREJUDICE not only MY
anst s bs G5e 9I 1ho o7e0ye R %as e of
shown: an ample fund the largest in the ctys
furnish the Circuit Attorney with the sinews Of
IN one of the trials. counsel asked the indulgence
OF the jury for his client charged with bribery
was only "a CONVENTIONAL one that it was
f Io+ corporate interests 10 proeCt mem
by verdict OF guilty and five years in prison.
great uncBai f crimes @ e in such has spirit and With
such extraordinary results is shameless is little
less than ridiculous.
In drawing conclusions from the situation. Mr..
Blair said:
Viewed from the standpoint of past experience,
II IS but one of those moral upftings which from
be followed by corresponding period Of munici-
sure that. with each npheavai Of this kird the
standards Of municipal administration are raised,
such standards is distinctly increased No man
will contend that St Louis is forever Tegeneraeed
definitely. substa nttaI1y and permanently I'm
proved
THE MINNEAPOLIS HOUsECLEANING
The Minneapolis housecIeaning was discussed by
William a Frisbfe city editor of The Journal
+l,o+
Of the overthrow of the notorious Anes regime did
not originate with outraged public, but, rather,
came from the internal rottenness Of the corrupt
machine fostered under the administration Of the
recently expelled gang Mayor Arnes himself was
shown be a thoroughly discredited man. whose
record in three preceding terms Mayor was such
that he had never been elected to succeed himself.
His election for the fourth and last term due
partially to a change in his politics after lapse
Of ten years and partially to the operation Of a
new primary election law. which permitted the
voters OF any party 70 help nominate candidates
Of any other political party
Ares himself of winning personality
and past master IN all the arts Of the denagogue
Catering 20 the poor whom he treated free. he ad
mnistered class prejudice TO them as consistently
administration and the shocking practices which
grew up under It were not Of nature to affect affect
the entire municipality. except as cltlzens came
in contact with the police. Under an antlquat,e9d
no initatory powers except the head Of the
Police Department and it was only in this depart
The s'graft'' system was most highly developed.
however being divided into distinct departments
and classified and cultivated with the most brazen
care II the painy days OF the regime TuIIy 80
per cent Of the police efficiency Of Minneapolis was
methods for securing backman.
Mr.. Frisbie gave some figures regarding the num-
showed that there had been comparatively few
prosecutions and only two commitments IS to the
very largely. but there seen ed to be quiet de-
q
YEARS OF MsRULE IN CHICAGO
Frank H Scott discussed THE Municipal situa-
ton in Chicago" saying in part:
The. problem now being worked @ out in in Chicago is
how iaT Wae a5p fsef i3 postve acton can
@be. effective, against the limitations Of body
sympathetic legislature; the opposition OF partisan
machines and setted order OF things DG7 WniGa IS
VofeTl 3h9 FoL League entered the field in 1886 with
foD o agsTessiveiy honest mem to the coun
ell and employed surprisingly simple means to eI
Completely overthrown. but three Of its ffty-eight
rsaHg s6 ID Tfh63 I9f S9HfG uenca na very
remarkable fact is that in the organlzapon Oh rs
success Of the league is proof Of and has s-a Deen
of the citizens for good government
The Municipal Situation in Detroit" was the
,or,o discussed by Sherman D. Calender, who
said;
Our citizens are deeply interested in muniepal i7a
,-obierns This increasing interest IN local aHalfs
baS led to the organization OF the DetrolI Mt
common sense platforrn, and its efforts thus 1ar
been IN substantial accord with the IDEAS OF
,ba National IIuricipal League. Less than Two
Lave a On rhe Detroit organization adopted pat
fo-r1 Consisting Of the following specific oo1ects
80 -,-1fcJ3 its special effort pledged:
1N r-i-na~v election which shall enable the
x-o+e-s Of all political parties or polIIcal organ
tze+.o7s 70 make nominations by a direct Nole.
1+T, rroyision as TO secrecy ana otner saleguafos
as ercient as those provided IN the Australian
ballot s8c SyS5e 5mendent of the city charter shall pro
,5da civil Service rules with ef1cleIlt means Ior
ne enforcement Of such rules. - -.
recent results encouraging. II mas 80 pesIi
o,1r r1lIrpose to arouse the cdnQid honest Ls LatI
cS+jzer to an active realization that gooo
,ijcinaI government IS 10 be obtained only as
-eSIIt If natient intelligent and persistent eIorC
bv the masses OF the people
Frank J. syrnrnes read paper on The Municl-
-s1 situation In San Francisco" in which he dis
c,fssAd the radical charter Of that city ADOPTED
+treA wears ago Before the conference closes Dr.
AMOS Parker Wilder, Editor Of The WscoIslIl 2Iis
State journal" viii speak on ne -auii-O't 49,
alton in Wisconsin
PHILIPPINE OUTLOOK BRIGHT
naner on THE Municipal Situation in the Phil
,nnfpes' was read by Professor Pau 3 Relhsch' OF
he university of Wisconsin. This paper was naseo
or sn article prepared by Colonel Edwards Chle1
~ the Iusular Bureau Of the War department
and was in part as follows;
The conditions in the Philippine Islands are sogs
thar the esta blishment OF rnirlcpar- Ststas
c,I5 he verv inadvisabe. Never rtheess II is IL it!e
TnJ,njcinaIities that the natives Will nave L"