Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-01-28
MAY0R.ELECT ON
COMMISSION FORM
Simon Bloom Says He Be
lieves People Ought to
Have Say.
/ WANTS BOND ISSUE
Declares That Council Should Name
Commissioners and People
Approve II.
Mayor-elect Simon Bloom declared!

Mayor-elect Simon Bloom declared!
! last night tina he knew nothinl
! whatever of t@e provisions OF the bill
which was to have been n,roduc, d
f., tative s. A. Millel, OF this county,
/ civ ng Pine Bluff a commission form
/ of Cover nmsnt.
II have not seen he bill" sad tie
| Mayor -elent, and | ave no. been
consulted by Mr.. Millsr as to its
provisions. ! will say now and lo1
good that am opposed to such a
measure at this time. What are We
going to do with a commission FORM
of government? We cannot aecomp-
| lish anything for Pine Bluff or amy
other city in the state with a COM
get an amendment to the sta,a con-
stitution, authorizing cit es of the first
class to issue bonds for public i'm
provements.
81 understand the Miller bill pro-
vi0ea for he appointment of two
commissioners by the Governor, who
| are to rece We in addition to $4,000
per annum for the Mayor, w!lo will
| be the chairman Of the board, $1,000
leach per &year for their services.
Where is the $4,000 coming from.
cannot favor such a bill, especially
when the city is not financially able
to take care of such additional ex-
pense.
Il am opposed 20 the apo ntment
Of commissioners by the Governor.
| believe the people of Pine Bluff
should first be given an opportunity
to express themselves as to whether
Or not they want commission form.
| am for commission form of govern
ment for Pine Bluff, with the proper
revenues to guarantee its success,
but | want the people to say first
whether they want it. If they want
/ it and we get the bond issue for cities
of the f rst class, then lei all those
who desires file an application for the
! two commi:.sionerships and let the city
! counc ! elect them.
"Mr. Miller spoke to me in Little
Rock the other day about his inten-
ton 70 introduce bill giving Pine
Bluff the commission rule. He said
he wanted to talk to ME about It.
told him that ]. would be glad to go
to his room at the hotel and look
over the bill, or meet aim later at his
! own appointment to discuss it. He
did not have the bill drawn at the
time, as l unde rstood it, and he has
not mentioned the matter 10 me since.
The first news of the completion OF
the measure and his intention to in
troduce it Monday in the House came
to me through the Graphic Sunday
morning"
Mr.. Bloom has always been a COM
mission form of government man. He
talked the matter over with local cit
liens some years ago, when he
Graphic was ag tating commission
form for Pine Bluff, but he says that
he believes the people of the city
ought to have some say in the matter
1t is most likely thai Mr.. Miller's bill
will be strenuously opposed by loca
citizens when it is called up for pas
sage IN the House. Some of the pro
visions of the bill do not meet will
the approval of many of the commits
sion form advocates here. This wal
the expression heard on the street,
of the city yesterday.
For some reason Mr.. Miller did no
introduce his bill yesterday, at leas
press dispatches did not list it anon.
the other measures introduced in tn
] House.