The chronicle=news., 1913-03-22
TRINIDAD TEAM
DEFEATS Ia juN1A
m JOINT DEBATE

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Resolved That Commission NOrn,
! OF Go'ernmen, for Towns and Cities
OF Over 10000 Population IL u Ret
ter Form OF Government Than the
Mayor ana Aldermen system was
the question debated upon by two
teams from the La JInta and Trini-
dad high schools last nlsht at the
high school auditorium. and which
resulted in a victory for the Trinidad
Hffirms'iN. team.
This IL the first of the riangil-
ar debates 10 he held in this city and
the arguments presented showed n
great deal OF preparation and hard
work both upon the part OF the de-
| batcrs and tn" conchos. The small
crowd thar Witnessed the debate
were we'll pleased win tn" decision
iof the Indges. In awarding first
J place Ia two members OF the ar
iiimati,e team and on" member Of
! The negative team.
! The delivery on the part of the
| Trinidad team was excellent and tho
J arguments w"T. brought our In u
clear and '"rccful manner, Tho In
| Junia team lost several points for
J pnusius and repetition.
N TIL. first speaker for the lif!rnia-
! tive was Arthur Mansbach. who in It
! Well prepared speech defined and .A-
| p'ain'd III" commission plan of GOV
! "rIm"nt. "A new system of GOV
.rnmcht j. needed In tn. American
! cities. stated tn first speaker. and
the commission form oI goY"rnmen,
by i's concentration Of power and
authority aud ~. d"mocrncy -nircs
his problem admirably.
Mis- Ryder Was III" frst sp"nkci
for tn" negative and asserted ibut
mach Of III. hlan" which Is given To
the MAYOR uId alderman system ,Ioay
not rightly belong In II "Th. CON-
mission plan Is = fusion OF funr, Ions
aud not power or authority said
Mia Ryder. aud from tho fact ihni
til" mayor and alderman system hi
] worked sg"r" 'sfniiy In all iypicui
American cities hows that II T. pFnr-
'ic1l.' Frequent p1using and r"pr-
! fi'.on marrcd til" effect 0i N" sp"as-
I cr's argument.
Tn. s.coni speaker for III. affirm.
a'is". Stanir" Green, presented on.
i ni tn" best arguments oi the EVEN
In; emphasizing the need aud tn"
good derived iiom the Initiative,
referendum aud recall aud stated
ihai tn" assertions thai IL" ,lt,
clerk could veto the recall v"r" false
as this Was only - local fault and /
could b. r"m.diri by having Ia. city
clerk elected BY popular y,'. "i.c
appointed 10y th" governor. "rh"
commis'ion plan Is American In "v-
I cry detail. stated III. sneaker. and
n when II 's admitted that thr rommis
sion form 81 government ia,is. {, ts
admitted ihn' the American pcopi.
mr." not capnhi" 90 ."s";ninx th.in-
! selves"
THE many duties Involved In the
management "' :, large city ncc.ssI-
tate tn. DEVELOPMENT OF many depart
mcni heads. and II Is diffi'ul, to find
u few men who can manage n large
city" was tn" Gis, ot the argument
"f Mr.. Sinhhs. The sccond speaker for
the negative side nf the question.
and who's: argument was forceful
and delivery excellent
Kenneth Wood. the last speaker
for tho affirmative. said In part:
Commission form OF government
eliminates partisan politics. making
the candidates stand upon their own
merits and qualifications. The pref |
!srcniiai ballot liz srrcs majority rule. |
and not n city which has given the
commission plan or government u
fair trial has gone back to the old
system
Mr.. Strain. til las. speaker OF the |
\ evening. and on III" .gatlyc Side
said that the city conscience of th. |
people must be awakened and tina. |
lany government could succeed ifI
good thing on tho surfac. and the re-
call IL II failure" said the speaker.
| The robut'a'- ly Mr.. Stubbs on the |
negative and STANLEY Green on the |
affirmative w"r" both excellent,
| bringing out th. weaknesses of |
both plans of city government
The debat" and the popularity o:
| the question was oneo tho best cy
er held in tn" city and II is assured |
that this Is not the last of these d..
bates
4 The debates last night were;
! Trinidad ,Affirmativcj: Arthur
Mansbach stanley Green and Ken
tncih Wood
| La Junta ,NecativeJ Miss Rydo:
| land Messrs. SiuhhS aud strain.
! The judges. who were from Pu.h-
10 were Messrs. Tomiirson. Kerr
and Blaim.
PERHAPS.
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