The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-23
GALVESTON IDEA
TAKES FIRM HOLD
Civic Improvement League Will
Wage Campaign for Mu-
nicipal Reform.
DIES MONIES PLAN FAVORED
CANDIDATES FOR LEGISLATURE
TO BE PLEDGED.

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beneVing that a preliminary &.
educational campaign will result {.
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state legislature under which Salt (.
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Determined to ask the state legisla-
ture 10 pass law under which Salt
Lake may adopt the Galveston or the
Des Moines plan of city government,
advocates of me new method of man.
aging the affairs of municipalities are
already hard at work stirring up pub
lie sentiment that will assist them in
carrying out their plans. meeting
of the Civic Improvement league has
been called for next Friday night in
the Young Mems Christian association
building, at which the bill to be sub
mitted to the state Legislature will be
discussed. and at which plans will be
made for a statewide campaign for
the purpose of stirring up interest in
the enactment of the reform law.
Members of the Civic league feel
sure that the state legislature at its
next session will pass the law. At the
last session the bill passed the state
senate, but was defeated in the lower
house through the activities of Harry
Joseph and others. At that time few
influential men were opposed to the
bill. Since then, il Is said, most of
these men have changed their attitude
and are now in favor of legislation
which will ~,lable Salt Lake and other
Utah cities. if they so desire, TO adopt
the new form of government.
Officers of the League.
The officers of the Civic league are
w. Montague Ferry, president; o. H.
Hewlett, vice president; Robert Porter.
secretary, and Harry Sherman, treas
urer Among the directors are Henry
w Lawrence NJ. II. Walker, DR.. T. B.
Beatty. w. II. King, d. II. Christen-
sen. Daniel II. Livingston, Oscar l..
Cox. Frank B. Stephens. Mrs. Ledyard
NJ. Bailey, Mrs. Georgia Foote and
others.
According To the proposed plan, the
management of the affairs of Salt
Lake will be placed in the hands Of
three commissioners to be elected at
large, and a comptroller. Each of the
commissioners is TO draw a salary, but
while elected for a definite period IL
Will be made possible for the people OF
Salt Lake to remove any of the COM
missioners from office at will. If a ma
jority OF the voters are dissatisfied
with the manner In which the commits
sioner performs his duties.
People Vote on Franchises.
The commissioners will not have the
power TO grant valuable franchises 10
corporations, like the present city cOuA-
ell Such matters will be decided by a
vote of the people.
All persons holding city positions will be
under civil service rules. with the eXcep-
ton of the holders of the four elective
offices, the comptroller and the three COM
rnissioners. In this way, a competent
man who enters the employ of the city
may hold his position as long as he per-
forms his duties efficiently.
There will be no politics in the efforts
TO secure the enactment of the proposed
law by the state legislature" said o. H.
Hewlett. yesterday. Members of all the
parties will be asked to join in the move
ment, Just as they have helped in the
work that has been done to secure good
roads.