The Cairo bulletin., 1913-02-13
'CONN|SS|ONPlA AN
WINSAT JACKSON
OV[RCR[AT ODDS
Pyogressivss Roat City Administra-
tor Headed BY Chief Of
Police CASTOR
GOES INTO EFFECT IN JUNE
Provides Tor Mayor and Three Com
missionsrs With Initiative,
Recall and Referendum
GOES INTO EFFECT in JUNE

The success attending the inaug
luration OF the Commission Form b
Municipal Government in all tht
itiiies OF the United States since Iii
introduction has been the means ol
bringing into the same fold many
other municipalities who have salts
faetorily and carefully watched the
progress made by these cities.
Al FIRST ii was thought that the
| Commission Form was only apg
inlicahle to small cities, but since
Kansas City, KAN with 4 nopula-
tion Of f25.00o, Birmingham Ala,
with 10000, New Orleans with
| $4,000 and rittsburg with 552,-
| 600 decided Boston with 10000 to
fput the Commission Form into force
sSsfssvsrrss H9Ias Witl the rnsaft
that the principal city In the Bay
state II now making greater prog
| resa than ever before in its history
with John u F'itzg raid ais the
mayer and saYan commissioners in
stead OF 10 selactmen and aldermen.
Jackson. Tenn, with 1870, Is
the latest city To join the ranks of
tho cities governed by a progressive.
business system, an election held
There Tuesday deciding the question
in tho affirmative.
ca fa, ~ ,.aass s,st u = f..a.x
ed of city that has failed under
the new Commission Form to make
substantial progress and none have
eyinced any desire to change back To
the old cumbersome, a'dermanic
style with no responsibility at
tached.
The following from the Memphis
Commercial-Appeal Of Wednesday
Edstails the fight made by the men
for the Commission Form and their.
glorious victory against tremendous
odds:
Jackson, Tenn, Feb, 11.-Jack-
son voted to adopt the commission
form Of government at special
election today. the result being
close, but decisive.
Tho commission advocates won
against heavy odds, overthrowing
the influence Of the city administra-
ton, which fought the movement
under the direction Of Chief of po-
lice T. c. Castor, Mayor G. E. Grif-
fin and City Recorder Frank How
ard,
AS a result of the election COM
mittee Of Is citizens. appointed by
President L. L. Curtiss of the Com
mission Government Club. will pre-
pare commission government char
ter for tho city Immediately The
charter wi be presented to the
legislature as soon as the final draft
ii completed
This vote today insurea favorable
consideration by the legislature and
commission government will prob
ably be established In Jackson in
June Of the present year.
A tentative draft Of the charter
was prepared before the election.
The city will have three commission
rs elected by all the people and sub
ieet to recall. One of the commits
sloners will serve as mayor. The
salary of the mayor in the tentative
charter is fixed at s2,400 year, and
that Of each of the two commission
err at $4,000.
The charter provides for a non
partisan primary for the election of
the mayor and commissioners. and
will also provide for The initiative.
referendum and recall.
The waterworks board. the school
board and all other departments of
the city will be placed under the
commissioners. The commission ad-
vocates made their fight on a nom
PARTISAN plan but the opposition to
the change endeavored to draw STAFF
noIities into the campaign.
Chief Of Police T. c. CASTOR, who
has heen the dominating influence
in the city government for many
years, Voluntarily made himself an
issue of the campaign Castor
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