The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-24
MUNICIPAL
LEAGUE MEETS
James C. Carter Of New York
Elected Honorary President.
COMMITTEE REPORT ADOPTED
THERE WAS NO CONTEST FOR
ANY OF THE PLACES.

Detroit Mich, April 22-The arst
business taken up today at the second
session OF the annual meeting of the
National Municipal league was the cleo
ZION of officers. The report of the n0m-
nations committee was adopted with
out debate. as follows.
Honorary president. James C.. Carter.
New York; president Charles j. Bona
parte, Baltimore FIRST vice president.
Charles Richardson Philadelphia, Sec
ond vice president Samuel B. Capen,
Boston; third vice president Thomas
N. strong Portland. ore, fourth vice
president H. ID. Bruins. New Orleans;
NTH vice president. Edmund j. James.
Chicago. secretary Clinton Rogers
Woodruff, Philadelphia; treasurer,
George Burnham. ir., Philadelphia.
Among the members of the executive
committee are III. r.. Deming. New
YORK, chairman. and James L. Blair. ST..
Louis. After the election a paper on
the Municipal Situation i'm the Philin-
pines was read by DIT. Paul Reinsch
0f the University of Wisconsin. This
paper was based ON an article prepared
by Captain Edwards. chief of the In
suiar bureau OF the war department.
Professor Rcinsch said in part.
ne conditions lu the fnulppne ISL
4uds are such that the establishment OF
municipal Institutions closely modelled
upon those of the United States would be
very madNisablc. Nevertheless. it is in
the municipalities that the natives viii
have to receive theIr first training iu self
government Under me Spanish regime
Inc fiscal autonomy OF the rural ana
urban municipalities was exceedingly
limited, "a concentrated council prevented
an Snuuianto activity. consequently
although by reforms introduced during
ile last decade the Spanish government
ing On high suffrage qualification. the
real power remaining centralized, and the
local authorities were looked upon as
useful chiefly n the collection Of taxes.
1.-The military rule of our army In the
Philippines was remarkable for the man
uar in which The military organization
was adapted 90 civil government. as well
ass for Jhe fact that the system OF local
government provided every thing for pop
u-ar representation and election. with "a
moderate property or educational quail
UcaNoD. The simple Institutions estab-
lI-htd by the military. together with the
better parts OF the Spanish system, have
been made the basis OF the present or
gaulZauou 0f local government as IL was
provided for DOB the municipal code, act
No. -N ot the Philippine commission.
"rhe most remarkable feature of this
code rs that DO does not distinguish be-
comprises AK under one system of local
government which comes nearest 20 our
couutrv's system, but rests upon the
Spanish division of the country into
pueblOs or towns.
"The city of Manila occupies an e2-
cepuonal position, being governed under a
special charter The government of
Manila is modelled ON that of Washington,
ID. g.. for the officers are appOintive, not
elective. and the insular government pays
oue-third Of AN the expenses of the city.
This arrangement is due 90 the fact that
Manila as "a great commercial center and
the seat Of government. exhibits rather
anomalous characteristic and could
not well be- Classed with the ordinary
urban or rural municipality of the ISL
ands. The government Is in the hands Of
"a municipal board of three members. APP
pointed by the governor general. a
popularity elected council, which, however
has purely advisory functions, has also
been instituted.
'The situation is "a hopeful one, and the
natives I'm many parts of the islands show
enterprise and Intelligence In managing
their own affairs.