The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-07
TO SEND DELEGATES
TO CHICAGO MEETING
MINNEAPOLIS TO HAVE REPRE-
SENTATIvEs AT CONFERENCE.
Non-partizan Municipal Organizations
Will Discuss Separation of Municipal
Elections From National Party Poll
tics-Possibly Mayor Jones Will At
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tend. :

In response to an invitation adj
dressed to the United Cities of Amer
lea, the Voters league of Minneapolis
will send delegates to a national con-
ference of non-partizan municipal or
the City club in Chicago Thursday and
Friday Of this week.
Invitations were sent to all the men,
bers Of the executive committee Of the
Voters league Of Minneapolis, and to
one or two citizens not connected with
the league.
Stiles P. Jones, secretary of the
league; Joseph r. ingman and John
Crosby, president of the league, will
leave for Chicago Wednesday evening,
and Fred B. Snyder, a member of the
executive committee, may attend. . W.
D. Washburn, Jr., tho not a member Of
the league, has received a special invi-
tation from the Chicago instigators of
the movement and may attend, and
Mayor David P, Jones hopes to go
down Thursday night, having received
a special invitation from Walter L..
Fisher, secretary of the Municipal Vot-
ers' league Of Chicago. u
The promotion of better municipal
government by practical participation
in city elections is the object Of the
conference suggested several weeks ago
by the Municipal Voters league Of
Chicago. Kindrd organizations in 9th.
er cities have fallen in with the idea,
and with the representation Of dele
gates thats has been assured, the two
days of discussion and comparing Of
notes based on practical experience III
municipal elections turnout the coun-
try are expected to give strength to
the future movement for reform in the
administration of the affairs Of local
government.
Practically every city in which the
reform movement cut a figure in the
last November election will send its
representatives to Chicago. R. Fulton
Cutting of New York will be one of the
participants in the conference. The
city party of Philadelphia, which &C.
complished the herculean task of over
throwing the VIGOROUSLY corrupt ring
in the quaker city will be represented
by William Clarke Mason and others
The citizens municipal party of Gin
c%innati, swhih resulted in overthrowine
"Boss" Cox, will be represented BY
Elliot Pendleton of P%ittsburg. Othe1
organizations that will be represented
by delegates are: the Municipal leagu,
of Baltimore, the Municipal league o:
Buffalo, the Kansas City civic league
the Citizens league Of Indianapolis
the Voters league Of Milwaukee, tn
Municipal league Of Detroit, the Civil
club of Grand Rapids, represented b,
Delos F. Wilcox, author Of "The Amer
lean City,; the Municipal association
Of Cleveland, and the Denver Voters
league.
The first day will be devoted to re
;, ports from the different cities. TIL
second day will be given over to dis
cussions of remedies for existing evil
in municipal politics. In scope the cor
ference is to be confined to the follow
ing broad question: "The extent t
which municipal elections should b
separated from national party polite
and the control of national politics
parties and the best means which ma
be deemed advisable to bring tn:
about