New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-27
GOOD CITY. GOVERNMENT.
Municipal Leagues Plans for Its
Coming Meeting.

Cincinnati. Sept 26.-Invitatons being issued
TO hundreds of publicists and municipal experts Of
the country for the sixteenth yearly meeting Of the
National Municipal League. which will be held here
November 10 to 19 in conjunction with the regular
convention of the American Civic Association.
Every state and important city will be represented,
the sixteen hundred active members of the league
including public officers and workers in the
cause of good government. Direct nominations.
public health, the commission form Of municipal ad-
ministTation. municipal budgets and research inn
migration and the relation of the liquor question
to municipal affairs OF the topics Of dis
crssion.
Ex-Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte. of
Baltimore. is president of the league, and will adj
dress the opening session Clinton Rogers Woodruff
is the leagues secretary and his review Of the year.
The American Municipal Situation covering the
whole country, will be a concrete report of the
work of the last twelve months Other officers of
the league First vice-president. Charles Rich
ardson. Of this city; second vcepresident, Thomas
n. Strong of Portland. Ore; third vce-presldent,
eX-Judge Henry L. McCune OF Kansas City; fourth
vice-presdent, Walter L. Fisher. Of Chicago: hfth
vice-presdent. ex-Mayor George W. Guthrie Of
Pttsburg; treasurer, George Burnham, jr., of this
city.
Horace E Deming. of New York City, is chair
man OF the executive committee which consists OF
prominent workers of the country and includes
George Haven Putnam. NJ. y. Baker. of The
Engineering News and Norman Hapgood. of
golfers. OF New York: Morton D Hull, OF Chi
cago Robert Treat Paine. ir, and Harvey Stuart
Chase. Of Boston; Albert Bushnell Hart. of Har-
ward: ex-Mayor James Phnney Baxter of Port
land. Me; Charles S. De Forest. Of New Haven;
Frank j. Symmes, of the Merchants Association,
San Francisco: Charles D. Willard. of Los Angeles;
Erastus Brainerd. Of THE Post IntelllgenceT."
Seattle: John a Butler OF Milwaukee: ex-Mayor
David P Jones of Minneapolis: J. l. Hudson OF
Detroit Elliott Hunt PendIeton OF Cincinnati;
Ernest c. Kontz. Of Atlanta Dwight F. Davis, of
St Louis: william P. Bancroft. Of Wilmington,
Del; Charles H. Ingersoll. OF Orange. n. j.; H D.
W. English OF Pittsburg: Oliver McClintock. Of
Pittsburg: ] Horace Mcfarland. of Harrisburg;
Merwin K. Hart. OF Utica; Frederic Amy, OF Buf-
falo; William G. Low OF Brooklyn, and Clarence
L. Harper and Thomas Raeburn White, OF this city
Adhering strictly 20 the purpose OF advancing
the better government OF American municipalities,
the National Municipal Leagues work has BEEN
wholly educational ana non-partisan in every sense
It's policy has been 10 find the cause and suggest
the remedy. One OF the strongest points in the
leagues work has been its municipal programme.
which contains many suggestions incorporated IN
whole in part in the charters OF various munich
palities. So generally is the league recognized as
an agency in municipal affairs that its cooperation
has been sought by 12S cities within the last two
years. The league hrst gave wide publicity to the
Galveston form OF commission government. II has
been an earnest advocate OF So plicty OF system.
with a concentration OF authority and response
bility. and has championed the demand for mUnici-
pal home rule.