Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-16

go before the authorities ana say he
 did not represent a party.
 NIT. Tirrel explained that a demo- crat could not go before the autfoI1- ties and say he was not the represent
 ative of party, if there had been a
 democratic caucus or a secret meeting of democrats who put him up. Men
 should run for city offices not on na-
 tional party lines, but because they are
 qualified. They may be men of one
 national party belief. but all are church men or men of dlfferent races, yet that does not figure m the elec- tions, and national politics should not
 in city elections It has nothing to do with the fitness of man for city busl- ness.
 Rev. F. S. Worcester said that the
 primary election is by ballot and all the names presented as required, run at that time It gives much. wider comprehension than now. when only one democrat and one Of each party can run for the office. The primary election is held throughout the day, and the two highest are selected as the candidates at the final election. IT the third man couldn't get enough votes in the first election to run second, now can he expect to run any bette" thah that on the second election (Ap- plause.)
 Charles D. Moves stated that under the new form there would be no party organizations out working for the candidates, but it would mean the cit1- zens going out and voting for the best man. If the citizens will go at it har- moniously 1t can be done. He referred ! to the Boston election, however, which was not a success, and asked about the results in other places He also
 thought that the per cent. of the vote
 for a recall was too high at 20 per | cent. and it would be better at ,. The prohibiitonistS had trouble getting 10 | per cent. of the voters to sign the pe- tition for a license vote at the last election.
 MT Tirreu said the trouble at the i Boston election was that there were three or more candidates at the final election, and the vote was split be- 1 tween the several candidates so that 1 Fitzgerald won out on the plurality. F. W Cary stated that in the 95 cities 1 where the commission form is in use I it is operating successfully and the tax rate has been reduced
 1 Salaries of Officers. | w H. Woodworth and W. s. Alling asked about the salaries of the officials. l MT. Tirrell said that it has been found there are men who will serve the city 1 for less than the job is worth because of the honor and the fact that they are serving the public. The directors would 1 give one or two hours a day to the work though the superintendents of 1 departments would be at work all the time, as now The directors will not 1 be SuperintendentS of departments, but will appoint them and be the same as directors of any large corporation. One l hour of such d mans time is worth i twelve hours of other mems. The su- perintendents would rather have an appointive than an elective office. | F. J. King thought progress i'll the | understanding could be made if the | faults of the plan in the other cities where tried could be learned, but it was stated by F. w. Cary that the plan has been one of development and the bad points in the early ones have been
 gradually eliminated. Not city can 1 be found where it is not successful. 1 Mir. Tirreu remarked that there is
 no perfect government but the aues- I ton is, Will this form give you bet 1 ter government than you have? and
 by comparing it with the present the
 advantage can be seen.
 | w. H. Woodworth thought that as 1 the mayor would Na required to give 1 all his time to the office that the sum of $2, 300 as salary would be too small. The sum of $500 for the directors does
 not make of it a political job, but makes it worth while.
 Other Benefits.
 1 F. W. Cary pointed out that the bell 1 ef1ts obtained by sections 75, 72, 67, 6S. 65. 56, 52, 46 and 7S, which relate to serving of legal notices. the police 1 fire, and gas and electric departments EciviI service. time of work elective officers are forbidden to supply city with goods from their business, per sonal liability of officers, election ma chimes and division of the Central dis trict
 l This concluded the profitable session at 1920 o'clock and a vote of thanks was given to the commission for their explanation. Under the direction of A s. Spalding, chairman of the entertain ment committee, refreshments were served in the post room by the Waure-