The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-10-23
MUNICIPAL REFORMERS
MEET HERE NEXT MONTH

health: Washington, Or. w. c. Wood
ward. health officer.
NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
Sessions at Brown university.
Tuesday afternoon, o'clock.
President Bonaparte In the chair-Ad-
dress of welcome by President Faunce.
Brown university; replies by President
Bonaparte 81 the National Municipal
league and President Mcfarland OF the
American Civic association; greetings OF
the Canadian Union OF Municipalities
american Municipal Progress" or Bat
Ting for Betterment" review by Clin-
ton Rogers Woodruff. Philadelphia,
secretary OF the National Municipal
league; National Parties in Local Elee-
tions." Hon. Brand Whitlock, mayor or
Toledo. q.
Tuesday evening, 0 o'clock Smoker for
men: informal meeting for the women.
Wednesday morning, Nov. 20, 10 CLOCK,
President Bonaparte I'm the chair-Annual
election OF officers; report OF George
Burnham, Jr., treasurer. and co'nmittees'
report OF committees; report OF commit
tee on municipal taxation. Lawson Purdy.
ESQ. OF New York. Local taxation-"The
General Property Tax" Nelson W. Ev-
ans; Home Rule in Taxation" Solomon
Wolf. member Louisiana Special Tax
commission: "Mortsnge Taxation I'm CIT
les" Prof Carl c. Plehn, University OF
California; Taxation of Credits In Cit
les" ] II Easterday. tax commissioner
Washington; Taxation of Public Ser
vice Corporations. Hon. Oscar Leser'
Baltimore, Allen Ripley Foote, director
Ohio state board OF commerce. Taxation
OF Manufacturing Capital Taxation OF
Real Estate" +. A. Derthick, Master
Ohio state Grange: "The General Prop
erty Tax I'm Cities" Dr. Delos +. VIII
cox, Detroit. Mich. Substitutes for Per
sonal Property Tax In Local Taxation,
with Special Reference TO Canadian
Changes" Prof. G. Y. Merriam. Chicago;
Taxation OF state and Municipal Bonds"
Arthur r. Chaplin. treasurer OF Massa-
chusetts; Taxation OF Banks and Deposit
and Trust Companies in Cities Frank
NJ Eastman: Taxation of Savings Banks
i'm Cities" Charles r. Sprague; Effective
Taxation" Frederick n. Judson. st.
Louis: "The Divorce of State and Local
Taxation" Prof. f. r. A. Selgman., Co
lumbia university; Inheritance Taxa
ton" Taxation of Insurance Other Than
Life" Hon George f. Saward, New
York; Taxation OF Life Insurance. r.
Il. Heydecker; Taxation OF Railroads,
Henry T. Newcomb Washington, Hon.
Frederick G.. Howe. Cleveland: Taxation
sessments for Local improvements Ar
thur c. Pleydell. secretary New York
Tax Reform association.
Wednesday afternoon, 3 o'clock: a.
Round Table conference on "ElectorA
Reform Thomas Roeburn White; Phi.
Treat Paine Jr., Boston; Hon. Robert
Luce, Somerville. Mass; Richard L.
Gay, Boston; Percy N. Booth. Louisville
Round Table conference on rs IL De-
srable or Practicable TO Diminish or Ex-
clude the Influence on National Parties
and Issues In Municipal Contests?'
Charles Richardson. presiding. Speakers,
Hon. William n. WINS, New York. Hon
Merwin X. Hart, Utica; Philip Loring
Allen, New York, Walter B'-F -Fisher.-ChI-
cago: Hon. d. l.. ID. Granger, Providence;
John Martin. New York: Hon. Frederick
G. Howe. Cleveland.
Wednesday evening. $50 o'clock-An-
nual address by Charles j: Bonaparte;
president OF the National Municlpal
league. on Government by Public Opin-
ion"
Thursday morning. Nov. 21
Joint session with the association.
Forces Molding the City OF the Future
Speakers-George r. Kessler. w. II. p.
III. Page.
Thursday afternoon, o'clock-"The
Galveston Plan OF Government. Presi-
Munro, OF Harvard university, principal
paper. The Des Moines Plan" S. B:
Plan Admiral chadwick. How Chi
cago is Winning Good Government"
George c. Skies; How San Francisco is
Winning Good Government" Fairfax IL.
Wheelan.
Cows. Guild and Higgins, President
Faunce and Secretary Woodruff. speak
ers.
Friday morning. Nov %. 10 o'clock:
Joint session with the association, "Mu-
niclpal Health and sanitation"