Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-09
Advantages of Electing The
Commission From Whole City
IAN Editorial)

various sections Of the city lose their
the Board OF Alderman ward each sepa
at least man to represent IN 'n
It is admitted tina, our district
state legislatures from
county representative from each congressional
.
But is not district representation is
one of federal sovernments2 In con-
deals whereby each represe
e tries to get something country
national body and supposed 70
Too congressmen however are more
getting an appropriation dredse out some
than he in seeing that the United
part in world affairs and that national p are e.
solved being responsible only " ms
particular district places particular district over
whole 1t is the country as
is elected to have part in ruling
The legislature The assembymen
home first and the state second yet as state
the Of course They are elected
counties merely that all the people may nave
We used to have this affairs
Frholders elected one from each ward the
city and from each township The result was 'ha' %
entire time getting all ne could Tor MS par
township and case Of give and as 'n
call wanted anything done
But with the passage permitting the counties adopt
counties including Mddiesex adopted with decidedly
freehod small body Of men VINO
easily held elected from the
at large every voice in the selection of each one
These county affairs from the welfare Of
township In which tny
live So well has two coun
ties cling the old system and it is significant a
Av known of all the counties
IN ,n ~ M % + vii, doubtless have commission
y just as Middesex ana onf p
Sra - s ,on system works SO well in running
Of the WELL II not better IN
conducting municipality? All of who believe in Perth
s - :. hoo.. rerb Aobov at every opportunity
ward the nrs ward oil the sn
whole that interested IN not any
the same kind of stand fall together Then
that Is representative OF the who
city instead Of being up interested in one
than other because that Is ine 0n m ~
one is supposed to represent2
possible the government Oh
CITY, District representation politics. but it not business
The idea is to have city buseske principles regardless
this must have business method take the place
of political methods
The reason for getting adopting business
brought out clearly by Senator Owen OF
the United States senate on the
subject In regard to ward representation
Senator said:
system essential to the successful
peculiarly injurious to good
perverts the political education OF the electors ana
and ultimately OF the ioca
interests the nomination of ward
under color of intense zeal for that ward ana @
being petty ward politics gets
himself by getting things Tor
than would be equitaoy nuAea 20 anu a.
pense of the leads unupulou men
making council trading with each other and taxing
advantage of the portions of the city whose repreeh ~
scrupulous ,av ,n,t
interests are held paramount to local. private OF
ward
ward system prevented
from easily entering wards trading in the
virtue of such
elevates character or the
important it elevates the
citizens feel that they have
Ito he board of tn city,
people always endeavor to PICK
aldermanaarge because ne mas
acceptable people the whole city instead OF the
elected from the city
have running
for mayo man-at-la
kind representation entirely up to the majority
city government cannot rise
higher Amboy made
supposed that its goVens
lbodyw be made up of the same ter o
the running the city ne
which
wisdom
sensible ok-
corporation they
ability honest
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the
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