The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-08
five HOOSIER
TOWNS Want
NO MANAGER
Muncie, Kokomo, Anderson,
Princeton and New Albany
Reject Plan by Large Ma
jorities at Polls.
MICHIGAN CITY ADOPTS


Five Indiana cities rejected the pro-
! posed city manager plan of govern
ment, and one adopted it, at special
elections held Tuesday. In each in
stance where the plan was rejected.
the defeat was crushing one. In the
line city where it was adopted, the ma
jority was only 230 votes.
DEFEATED.
Muncie-7,ee6 against; 1928 for.
kokomo-4,2s3 against; e15 for.
Anderson@,541 against; IVA for.
Princeton-1.1se against; 35s for.
New Albany 1864 against; 2o3e
for.
ADOPTED.
Michigan City - 2,472 for; 2,242
against.
MUNCIE, Ind, June S.-By a vote
of more than two to one, this city
rejected the city manager form of gov
ernment Tuesday. The vote stood
3,72S for, and 1856 against.
The twelfth precinct, a factory sec
tion mostly occupied by workingmen,
is considered fairly representative of
the laboring element of the city's pop
ulation. 1t went almost solidly against
the plan. Only three precincts in the
city were carried by proponents of the
change, and they were won only by
-
IS votes.
The north precincts in which the
normal schools are located went
strongly against the Plan. Proponents
had counted on the vote of the women.
but this vote was very evenly divided
between the two plans.
The election in this city is consider
ed a representative test, as one local
paper was for and one against the
change. The business element, and
ministers gave the movement some
support.
d. KOKOMo.z Ind, June 8-Kokomo'
rejected the city manager plan of gov
ernment by four to one vote in the
election held here Tuesday. The count
| showed 1883 against and 915 for the
| change. The petition requesting the
! change had 1100 signatures.
| The kokomo Tribune, which had
! favored the city manager plan, in its
| Tuesdays issue, said: "All over the
city the assumption seems to be that
| the city manager plan is dead duck
and that the people may as well get
ready for primary to nominate
political tickets for city Offices
| MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, June S.-By
narrow margin, $50 votes, Michigan
City adopted the city manager plan of
government in an election Tuesday.
AS result, Michigan City is the first
Indiana city to adopt the new form of
government Opponents of the plan
| carried one ward. The final county
stood 2,472 for and 2,242 against.
| ANDERSON. Ind, June s-Rejection
of the city manager plan of govern
ment, by a four to one vote featured
! the election held on that issue in this
city Tuesday. Final returns showed
LIZA for and 4,541 against the change.
Factory worker precincts showed a
heavy vote against the plan. Less
than one-third of the city's vote was
cast.
| PRINCETON. Ind, June S.-General
lack Of interest in the question. indi-
Gated by a so per cent vote featured
the election on the city manager
question here Tuesday. The plan was
defeated 1,199 to 3J8.
NEW ALBANY. Ind. June S.-Only
one ward out of the seven in the city
voted in favor of a change in the city
government in the election Tuesday
| The plan was defeated 1864 to 2,036
GOSHEN, Ind, June S.-A petition
requesting an election on the city
manager form of government was
thrown out as having an insufficient
number of signatures. The petition
was filed April so. The city clerk Ger
tilted to the council that the petition
lacked % signatures.
! LOGANSPORT, Ind. June Sin a
session which lasted until midnight
the common council of this city voted
to call an election June 6, 1922, to
decide on the city manager form of
| eoyernment