The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
LEADING IT TO SLAUGHTER

The plan is ho thing, it thing that it's principles stray bodies of gentlemen who give passing attention to the s jee and then return the normal duties of their lives
 The advantage the commission plan is that it centraizes authority permits be operated after the efficient management The objection to the commission plan is that very cenraI gains efficiency up to create bodies not responsive to the pub cYf about greater evils in ring management
 To overcome disadvantage and dions, power discharge the power and to initiate acts which the mission should refuse.
 The first condition any institution upon any the reaconary and progressive elements before these working conditions determined ought per registered vote And petitions for the recall
 The purpose by progressive elements peti ton large enough show demand large De bsa aaTorkabe able -
 The interest in men being always greater larger petition usually both discourage it's frequent and because larger petition proved in expert ence to workable,
 But 10 per prov practice outside limit of workabiy It every per petition the initiative and referendum that those it. out of sympathy with the principle and
 have not been theories but by the scrutiny of facts actual observation of the ballot in operation.
 Popular government it actually works theory to observation.
 theory every freeman voe every
 The fact is that all of the eemen any election
 
 who will not take the trouble to become voters.
 Representative government practice simply enarges the tribunal admits to the decision all who have judg the question: and o being voters desire to it.
 This representation while not entirely free from bias influences necessarily than body of four five dozen menho be influenced reached and less controlled without the penditUre of effort
 In making these commission charters, who want centralized but who opposed to the democratic principles the method invariably take advantage of the that all the people never vo to establish unavoidable condI tons
 For initiative they require larger pe- hons than the public interest will furnish.
 theV@to of by the people, they majority voting per ceving now rldleuousy Is poicy which per nts important question be determined by three of five men but not determined by 5000 out of 5000 men.
 triIism that charter makers believe centralized government but not in democratic government will for the of popular veto the of five men, not decision by majority of those voting the Amer custom is but decision in which 60 cent of the regis tered voters shall participate
 The object of this requirement IS always the To decision relying the fact it is seldom the entire electorate is responsive to any particular measure.
 The commission if 1t is not msrepresented shows traces of part the plan, method which always appeared Wher- progressves and reaconaes have struggled it.
 The charter commission reported placing undue limit the operation of the referendum and the initiative would have these apply only ordinances
 The honest commission charter usually provides only from the action of these powers Immediately involving public health and
 is enough to say to be imposed by the regulating iitneys permit $5OO,OOO Warrenite contract.
 The Farmer assumes that the Charter Commission acting that people.
 this power initiative and ref public safety petition higher than 40 and for the higher than 9 per cent
 powers mined by a majority of those voting.
 will bother the commission to explain why Bridgeport require ferent amend