The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-04

AN"' "fuSi HIulICipdi do "huCi pr
vate ownership" He in defense of
his side, held that politics would
be bettered and that the best
of men would enter the service. He
also claimed that under municipal
ownership cities would not be com.
PEELED to buy franchise. In his fl
nal appeal Wise again stated the cor.
ruptive and fraudulent service of
the present to be due expressly to
private control and unavoidable I'M
der private control.
| Andy Dunn concluded the direct
argument for the negative in proving
! that municipal franchise would be
impractical because it would check
private initiative" and because ito
own and operate all their public utili-
ties would be beyond the scope OF
the American cities He claimed
that municipal ownership would take
away major proportion of support
now given cities through private
business" Dunn's argument against
municipal ownership OH the basis OF
unrepresentative debt in case of a
deficit was effective" Should four,
fifths of the people be compelled to
support debt incurred by other one.
NTH" He also asked the affirmative
10 snow way or successfully nan
ding small town and lnterurban BUS
mess.
Rebuttal Taken UP.
The l'ebuttal was then taken up
with Winfield Smith or the negative
as nrst speaker. He argued tnat the
examples of municipal ownership
from English cities as advanced lot
affirmative are not reiaDle DIS Cohdl
ions IN England are Iar oihereht
IMAM IN America. lie also stated tnat
lnterurDan railway business Wouiu ue
killed as no company Wouia oullu
separate llnes between CLUES lor 'nat
business only.
Cecil SNOW opened the lholrect ar
sument Tor the anlrmatiVe' ana pit
terry denounced me negatives s'ate-
ment tnat the typnoid epiueihic III
Mankato was not que 10 tle mere
TACT tnat our water system Is uhuer
lhuhicipal controi put thal IL was uue
10 o'erhoou ana the laws Vi ,he
elellel,s cannot oe cheoheu unuei
no cohIroi. re lu..her sta.en 'hal
"heh Jul ci'a omiee' oeooo GU
hoiior instead OF ulssrdce sooo hieh
wiz ~ lh'o thehi.
Inc second speaker lor the mega
1--WE was Archle Kramer. III lnis ar
suiienl manner upheiu d iornier
statement OF MS thdt liunicipdi o"h'
ersiip causes hlgher rates auu as an
example sdld that 10 rasauend. Caii
iorhla' Where niulilcipal ownership -
IN erect the elec1rlc rates are hlsh-
est OF any Guy Ill Calliorhla.
EDWARD wise was second speaker
Tor the ahirmatlVe. he cieVeriy got
around ms opponents argumeht tnal
II Wouid De lmpossiDie 10 puy Guy
u'ii'ieS oue 10 n's" co9'' pul o.at-
ing li,at II Wouid pe unnecessary ~
Duy all OIL these concerns at once, ne
also named several instances where
munlcipal control lowered rates,
Amy Dunn cohciuueo Ihe reoutta.
ior the affirmative, ne stated tnat
IN Guy oHiclais now receive graft UNI
Ell money why Wouldh tney ulder
municipal control he also CANNED
that the aliirmatVe coula not advance
successful piail lor TAKING care oi
lhterurDah business.
rinai ino'rec' argument.
Inc maj lhoirec. argument ,or Tue
ahIrihatiVe was taken up ny t.opert
cooper lie stated tl,at the Junction
OF government EXTENDS 10 everything
tiiat supplles lhe pupiic. III HIS pro
poseu pan VI iiiahaeihS CITY ul,i,,y
a'airs ',nder Ininlcipal ownership
we "oa'u nave h."u eoiiii,ii"'ioho'
vancement would depend on thelr
qualifications. He also said that il the
interurban business is a paying prop
Osition now, so it would be after CT
ties had munlcipalized their utilities.
With this the debate was closed and
after collecting the ballots Judge
Cray announced the unanimous deci-
sion for the affirmative. With this
announcement the glee of the Ietha-
mathians rose to high and wild DEM
onstration, but the victors and van
pushed alike took the decision as
secondary, as the noble work and eff
fort of each team was considered OF
primary Importance. The most that
can be said is that although the de.
cisiOn was unanimous, the real de-
feat was in no way annihilating.
The winning of the cup permits
the Zethamathians to hold it for one
year. Superintendent Sperry coached
the Zethamathians and Professor
| Raymond Palon acted as Philo coach.
| Tho in5unc IF Tho 6ahofo uoro tfor.