The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-06
CITY CLUB VOTES
FOR NEW CHARTER
Organization Backs Up
Proposition For City
Manager

by a vote OF i3 90 three the City
club az us weekly meeting at Hotel
Tulsa saturday noon went on rotord
as fayoriug ihc adoption NJ tho pro-
posed city manaser charter amend
mont. This project was started by
the city club several months ago
when 10 appointed James g.. DlEEs
chairman O.! a charter amendment
committee TO be selected from tho
mcmborship ~ all local civic organ.
izations. Apparently the member
ship OF the city club WAS not un-
duly Interested iu the proposed
amendment. as was shown by the
small attendance at Saturdays meet
ing.
Because OF iis lcngthincgs, the
proposed amendment was not read,
hut II was explained Ia detail by
Digs. under whose direction It was
prepared.
Ben Connor and G. n. Rogers. st.
torneys. both spoke against the
amendment. but as the project is
sponsored hy officers OF the club
and other members who are appar-
emily adamant Ia favor OF It's adop-
ton, their remarks fell on deaf ears
Connor declared thcre are several
az proposed by the committee Is not
feasible here. one reason. he cN-
planned. is that Tulsa In a city Of
such size that salaries must be paid
TO city officials The amendment
contemplatos tho payment ot so 90
the mayor and each of the 10 ass"W-
blymCn for each meeting attended.
The present plan OF city government
is moro representative than the man
agerial plan, he declared, ana added
that politics b. essential Ia the con-
duct OF city government. He does
not believe the proposal to elimi-
nate politics VIII be successful.
Politics brings out good men
better than those who would be
brought out under the proposed vol
unteer system Uf nomination, he
remarked The proposed voluu-
teer plan sounds well, but It will not
work out--under II IL would not
get the best men to run for office
James A. Ncasey, president OF the
City club, who made the motion for
adoption OF the report. replied to
Connor by stating that no respon-
/ sible business man should refuse TO
I run for a seat In the assembly, and
| that politics In city government IS
/ being eliminated.
]
| ever succeeded for any length OF
| time II that government was not re
sponsible to the people governed, VI
/ Rogers declared. Under the pro
posed plan, the assembly IN not re-
sponsible to the people FOR the sclec'
/ tion OF a manager nor Is the man
agcr responsible to the electors
When the asscmblymen appoint the
manager they are relieved OF re-
sponAbility, for all power Is vested
/ In the manager.
"A manager could mess UP the
. city considerably before he could be
discharged and could throw the city
into chaos believe the men for
. the assembly should be selected by
. a party or organization that is VIII
ing TO assume responsibility for their
actions"
The reason compCuas uou is 10 be
so small is 20 discourage the candi-
dates who might run only for thf
salary attached, explained Frank ~,
7 Greer.
on motion Of Vessey u was de-
cided by the club TO appoint three
committees, one TO ask for the m
dorsements Of al other civic organ
lzallous 20 the proposed amendWent
/ another to consult with city ottl-
cials as to the time when an elec-
ton may be held % vote on the
change, and another 70 handle thf
campaign when an election Is called
piggs reported that the election Il
moi to be held In connection with
the Spayinaw bond election, az hf
had been advised by Mayor r. ID
Evans that the Spavinaw project II
] ,r.taH an alnnp.