The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-28
That Is What Most Of the Business
Men Think. Who Have Been
Asked Regarding Com
mission Government.
SOME OPINIONS GIVEN
Several Men Who Have Been Work
ing For Commission, Make
Statement Favorable to
Commission.

Y
business men OF Keokuk, those
who have been requested to
make statements, regarding their opin-
ions OF the commission plan OF gov
eminent. are heartily In favor OF
making change from the present
plan of city government In Keokuk to
the commission plan.
The Gate City has been giving a
few Of the opinions expressed each
evening by these business men and
others regarding their different views
OF the plan and why they think 1t
would be better for the welfare OF the
| city than the present system OF gov
eminent, In use.
4 These statements from the various
business men and citizens have been
(; read with much interest and It is to
be much regretted that all who would
like to say word in favor Of COM
mission, cannot be given an opportun-
ity Of speaking through these columns,
to the general public and giving their
4 respective arguments and views, In
4 favor Of the new form OF government
for Keokuk.
4 This evening several more OF the
business men Of the city exprsss
themselves regarding the commission
i plan Of government.
:. Very Much In Favor.
!. John Rovane, Sr.. in speaking today
regarding the commission plan Of gov
eminent said: Il am very much in
favor of the commission plan OF gov
eminent for Keokuk and hope to see
1t replace the present system of gov
eminent in Keokuk It would mean
a large saving to the taxpayers as the
city could be run more safely with
three men devoting all their time to
it than a dozen men who have to be
partial to their own business and the
city, only when the time demands it,
Mr.. Rovane has been one of the
hardest workers for the commission
government since it was spoken OF in
Keokuk and was prominent last week
in raising funds for the campaign
Another Business Man.
G. Hornaday, the well known Main
street business man said recently in
n speaking Of the commission plan for
Keokuk: Il am in favor Of the plan
for Keokuk and hope to see 1t win out
in Keokuk on next Thursday. There
are many arguments which might be
advanced in favor of the plan but
chief among these Is its economic
value to the taxpayers. Then too
the commissioners who devote their
entire time to the conducting OF the
city's affairs in a proper manner, see
that everything in the way of inn
provement, ordered, is carried out in
the right way. For instance II Ger
; tain section of street is ordered re-
,, paired, the commissioner in charge
iof of that part of the machinery OF
the city, sees that it is put in shape
properly. With the present system,
the same work might be done prop
erly and then again large hole might
be left in the street after the work
has been done and left In such
shape. In the commission plan of
! government, the spoils system is prac-
tically done away with"
A colored Citizen.
A. ]. Fields, well known colored
citizen, one of the men selected to
work for the new form of govern
ment, in written communication to
The Gate City says he is mucn
in favor of the new plan
of government for the city Mr..
FIELDS has made study of the plan
and believes that for both white and
black. 1t is the government that is
wanted for Keokuk, as it is not .
question of politics but men that are
wanted for the several Offices.
Read the want column.