Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-08

has not beer weil considered, and no
provision which hes not been q conspica-
Gus success in SOME community.
Other. committees dealing specifically
with the administrative and fiscal side
Of municipal government are: City
finances and budgets, Of Which George
Burnham. jr.. president OF the Philadel-
phia City Club and treasurer of the Ma
municipal franchises. with Robert
Treat Paine OF Boston chairman;
municipal reference Libraries. DR..
Horace E. Flack Of tho Baltimore
Library chairman: taxation OF benefits
caused by the growth Of cities and
president OF the New York board of
assessments. chairman: municipal!
health and sanitation. Of which DR.
NJ. N. Baker Of the Montclair. N. j..
board OF health Is chairman; police,
Prof Frank J. Goodnow OF Columbia
cheney. DR.. W. F. willoughby OF Presi-
dent Taft's committee on economy and
efficiency as chairman.
There 10 also a committee on school
extension. with DR.. Edward J. Ward OF
the University
Committee on of wisconsin
School Extension. as .... sna'fman
mittee deals with civic education, and
one Of the most important reports to
the Richmond meeting will be that OF
its chairman. Arthur W. Dunn. author
of THE Citizen and the Community"
committee on electoral reforms,
which has accomplished much In be-
half Of honest elections. has Horace E.
Deming. an eminent New York law
yer. formerly chairman OF the leagues
executive committee. as it's chairman.
Taking cognizance OF the relation of
the liquor traffic to the municipal prob
lem. the National Municipal League
has made systematic inquiry. and one
or the reports to be considered in the
convention will be that of Camillus
G. Kidder. chairman Of the committee
on the liquor question. Mr.. Kidder for
merly was chairman Of the excise board
OF Orange. n. J.
BY way OF stimulating interest
among college students. the league
conducts yearly contest. Offering a
prize for the best essay written on
some selected subject. This is known
as the Baldwin prize. A prize also is
onered Tor the best essay submitted by
high school student This 10 known
offered in 1910. Both OF these con-
tests attract earnest young men and
women.
To maintain the interest Of magasine
and newspaper editors In progressive poll
cies, series OF clipping sheets Is issued
formation on q variety Of topics. Pam
phlets and leaflets relating particularly to
some question Of immediate interest. dis
cussed either technically or In a general
way. are circulated among the orEaniza-
tions to which they appeal. including
commercial associations. civic leagues
and CLUBS active In a branch Of the mu-
nidpal betterment movement.
!;
Outside OF It's own membership. the
leagues most important proceeding IL is
yearly conven.
Prominent Men ton. which
Attend Conventions. o o,s.s az 1uo Oh
perts from all over the country, and
which deals with questions at issue tina,
pertain to the welfare and progress Of the
great majority OF communities. Usually,
animated discussion follows the presenta-
ton of a subject, and It has been the his
tory Of the Conventions that al their ses.
sions attract the public Of the city in
which the gathering. Is; hsld. 49, t..
William Dudley Foulke. an editor Of
Richmond, Ind. formerly q civil service
commissioners. is president OF the National
Municipal League. He was elected last
year to. succeed Ex-Attorney General
Charles j. Bonaparte, who. having served
seven years, declined reelection. Clinton
Rogers Woodruff. one OF the ablest civic
workers Of the country. prominent as. a
writer and lecturer. and president OF the
personal registration board Of Philadel-
phia, is the secretary. George Burnhan.
Jr., formerly Of the Baldwin locomotive
works Of Philadelphia, Is the treasurer.
DR.. Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard
University is chairman Of the executive
committee.
The league derives its income from
membership fees, s. being the yearly fee.
1t thus receives about $4,000 a year,
which is inadequate for the constantly
increasing work OF the organization.