The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-15

r,. during the two ~
an a most remarkable Mems i
Iyo,ooo rsople, against aaas'', ::
-, growth unpreeea ass Npa
a. l1+ public public improvsnas.ssse. !. \
remarkable. pan safs h
hospitals, and schools a1 y iassx
ments have been broa s y n
come through the .... e u
Gre Greater Des Mo ,rs 'es1I 'a
% +,,,.-,, organization for mo,
town; bat great man. oessiss
@ ofgn made possible BY r. :, y
me- ne CITY council that n' NM, 'Fs
mo account in reekon;na as b
the fact that there e1;s, ICES y
mat permits the ae,;aa u u,
public spirit, and brings ol = q
ment the best iuagmen, = ! s's 9
sentiment of the o. Ii
changed the entire TOM u sas
OF the place. ana slaas
The Growth of a Gr... ~,
IN Now ,; this two years er Noe
D e MONIES is no merely le..' !.
or national consequence. y.
pre- 5 accurately, from g., ~ =. !
the difficulties and success. a's !.
the greatest and most imno,, :. y
movements of demoeraev~sss..
me?t Of cities to free thenssls u
Their present corrupt politics. le I, s
atom by the adoption Of H. s. g
direct plan of managing s;;;. s
As the Commission plan. na,
orally understood how T., y =
movement has spread across ts s. r,s,
States, and especially the F I, = ]
1ne present time more than q, !.
Of the larger cities west i i, 4. \
s!Sslppi have adopted it d 8 : :
Sldering doing 50. :
Following Galveston, vi, !.
two exceptions, every city j !, !,
The State of Texas. ranging IL, s !.
las and Houston-plaees ot uaI
people-downward. has taken m i.
new form. Their adoption II !, !
not a snap Judgment. With on ,,.s
ton. the cities following Galvsn,|
example did so only after siY n ~
years of observation of the Fr.s,
Of the plan there. from the ma. !.
friendly viewpoint of neighbori,, j,
rival cities.
Exactly the same process hss WI
going on in Iowa in the last two va,
After a period of skeptieism o. m|
hostility. Cedar Rapids. Buirrs
keokuk, and Sioux Cir-nsks
with Des Moines, more than mi
of the city population .. /
State-have followed Des Moins' 81
ample. Iowa cities of all si,s u
now allowed. by new State lsn II
adopt this plan of government.
The State of Kansas adopted sri
laws N 1907 and in 1909, acting b
upon the recommendation Of ii n
-sressive governor. W. r. Stabbs
lay ninety per cent Of the sitis
any size in Kansas have adopted 81
working under the new plan-isa
ing Kansas City, Kansas. with lhaI
people, Wichita. Topeka, and Lan
worth.
Larger Cities Making the Chiae
From these centers of the NOT
nent 1t has spread in all direths
=. Joseph. Missouri, with lsaAa X
ple, has come under the plan; an
phis, with 100000, and five snaf
titles in Tennessee: Tacoma, Hssils
on: Berkeley, Riverside and y
Diego. California; Colorado SPRING u
JraAd junction, Colorado; and 2
cities in North and SOU
dakota. Idaho. and Oklahoma ~
4Iassac husetts cities are operating
Ter the plan. The Legislature :
Kansas. Iowa. North and South Maaa
Minnesota, Wisconsin, and una
nave passed bills allowing eiila '
Idopt the plan. In all aeou, s 9 |.
cities have now aaop!sa :
And now. from cities Of loean u
80, 900. like Des Moines, Dallas Nv J
on, Memphis, Kansas City, a ~. I
Ioseph. Missouri. the agitation tot y, y
dan is advancing into the Larger " r.s
i the country. Buffalo, New y. :
With 100000, has voted to aaop' :. !.
ian; Lively and very PROMISING -, :.
,ai-n for the system is being s',1 :
n IN Kansas City. Missouri, sas ~ :
citation less likely OF success u :
.eapolis. s
A Campaign of Misrepreseu's4aD
From its first adoption OF W.
cheme. Des Moines has been : a'
# interest for the whole couaA', i
onstant stream of visitors from -
titles has come in to observe tue ) + !,
nd a constant stream Oh ieP' .Irx
,een sent out. The ylsilofs a., IL I'll
Universally impressed fav0rs'''