The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-06-17

if the old houses were repaired they
would rent
What is needed is that the travelling.
commercial, professional and business
men alt work. in harmony. Give the
travelling men nice fat orders when
they come home and they will boost
the city as the finest in the world
Minneapolis Man Speaks.
A. w. Warnock of Minneapolis. who
was the organizer and president for
two years of the Minneapolis Jublicity
club, spoke upon What Is Minneopo-
lis Doing?" He told how the club was
organized 1t had held sixty-eight meet
ings and listened to 300 speakers of re-
nown secured from ocean to ocean No
expense had been too great to procure
them. The club members met at lunch
time, listened while they ate and ad
lourned at l:30 p. III. The speeches
were educational Instructive and an
uplift The value of such meetings
is in getting together the people and
discussing questions that onght to be
discussed, A public sentiment had been
awakened, and 100000 had been raised
and twenty five blocks lighted with
handsome standards.
The tendency is to have too many
clubs. If the business men with a
compact force go after one thing they
will get it. Commission form Of gov
eminent is step in the right direc
ton. We need men most in the COM
mercial clubs. All cities should have
the same interests, and the fact that
a city is big should make no difference.
Minneapolis glories that ST. Peter pro-
duced such a man as Governor Johnson
Minneapolis is merely the bigger brother
and is not pulled up with pride No
city can grow bigger or better or sweet
er than the people in it. All men
should endeavor to make their town
such that their mothers, wives and
sweethearts like to live in it.
Spoke on Commission Government.
c. +. Wise spoke on What May
We Expect From the Commission
Form OF Government in Mankato." He
said that he had always felt pride in,
and had faith in, Mamkato and was
going to do so, to the end He had
no criticisms of past administrations
nor was he offering advice to the pres
ent commission. which was irving TO
inaugurate a new form of government
The success of any plan OF government
1anonaal L.. Il,
it out, and this depends upon the com
munity, as to the choice that il makes
from the candidates.
The city's new form of government is
concededy the most modern. and best
yet devised. 1t has been chosen as
the best weapon for the fight for good
government. The commission plan
given an incentive to the best men OF
the community to give their time and
ability TO public affairs, and gives them
credit for what they accomplish. The
progress so far made in this city has
been all THAI vas expected, and more.
The men chosen to serve on the com
mission ar peculiarly fitted in every
way for the tasks delegatd to them.
The greatest difficulty that is in their
pathway is that so much is expected
Of them, and that the eyes of the en-
tire state are turned on them. They
should be given ample time and OPP
portunity for working out their plans.
What we may expect from the com
mission plan is results, that the in
terests of the city will be looked after
and conscientiously and for
the interests of the people at large,
that the closest scrutiny viii be given
to every department and full returns
made. a cessation OF public improve
ments is not expected, but it is eX-
pected that they will be carried on in
such way as to accomplish the great
est good to the greatest number 1t
Is expected that the commission plan
will bring together on common ground
all sections OF the city, and that it will
do away with ward politics.
Commission Represents the City
The commissions represent the en-
tire city and are free to act III an I'M
biased manner. They are to be guided
solely by their conception of pub
lie duty. 1t is not too much to expect
that the imaginary line between upper
and lower town will be obliterated and
that all citizens will unite in one com
mon interest, for the upbuilding OF the
city.
II. A. Patterson, president of the
Commercial club, was the last speaker
The Mankato Commercial Club" was
his toast. He said that the club was
the offspring Of the old board of trade,
and that it had started ont under