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+ Cities which make men. Wheth- | $ CT our national life is great Or + + mean, whether our social virtues + | are mature or stunted, whether < . our sons are moral or vicious, | . whether religion is possible or $' . impossible, depends upon the ; ' City.'-Henry Drummond + ' | | | ' ' ' ' + | : The problem of municipal govern ment is perhaps the most important single question before tho Amsrioa1 people today.
 It affects Us in every phase of our daily life.
 Through the health, water, fire po- lice, sewer and other departments, every pity government directly af- fleets the health, life and property of every man, woman and child residing within it's limits.
 The city of Galveston, Texas, has played the scale of city government and after more than eight years ex-
  perience has reached the definite con- clusion that it has at least partially solved the problem with it's commits sion plan, a simple and direct admin istration of the city's business by mayor president and four commits sioners elected at large.
 The Galveston plan of city govern ment has attracted wide attention throughout the United States. It has been ill force for more than eight years, and is no longer an experiment. The commission plan of city govern ment is a very popular subject for debate in many of the universities and colleges of the country. Cities in many states are considering the advisability of substitutiong the com- mission plan for the old system of mayor and board Of aldermen. '-'
 Following is a list of the cities that have adopted one or another fort1 of commission government
 Galveston, Houston, Waco, Fort Worth, Austin, Ell Paso, Dallas, Deni- son, Marshall, Palestine, Corpus Christi, Greenville, Sherman and Orange, Tex. '='7I~ Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Keo- kuk. Iowa.
 . Kansas Ciy, Leavenworth, Topeka, Wichita, Hutchinson, Independence, Anthony. Coffeyville and Parson Kansas.
 Haverhill, Gloucester and Chelsea, Massachusetts.
 Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
 Boise City and Lewiston, Idaho.
 Charlotte, North Carolina.
 Berkeley, San Diego and Riverside, California.
 Minot, Bismark, Mandon and Grand Forks, North Dakota.
 Colorado Springs and Grand Junc- tion, Colorado.
 Ardmore, Sapulpa and Enid, Okla- homa.
 St. Joseph, Missouri Tacoma, Washington.
 Memphis, Bristol, Clarksville and Richard City, Tennessee.
 Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Mississippi Minnesota, Wis Z consin and Oklahoma have passed commission laws relating to all or certain classes of cities within their respective borders.
 From all over this country letters are received in Galveston by citizens and public fficials asking for infor- nation about the Galveston plan. With view of answering these in- Quiries, the following thoroughly re- liable statement has been prepared by MT. ID. R. Cheesborough, of Calves ton, who for many years has taken a deep interest in the question of ] city government, and who has con- tributed from the purest patriotic motives, as much or more than any other single individual to the cause of good city government in his home city.
 The Galveston Plan. (By E. R. Cheesborough.)
 In 1906, at the earnest request of the writer, McClure,s Magazine sent George Kfbbe Turner to Galveston with instructions to make a complete study of the commission plan of city government. adopted in 1901. MT Turner's article. striking story, wal published in the October. 1906 nuEh. Der of that magasine: When he VI,