Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-09

will burn. This In the tim. for 'scpsfa
tion,' wo must get awny from frontier
lifs for It IN the "ana of sta~in and
eleoirioity'.-tha Living Ase' You ara
not allowed too many funatfons at one
TINA. IL you bcllavs the colleges or
your own seif made history. how are
you koinG back To barberlo practices
of centrntina all problems uf areat
city In body of fvo men7 You cant
do 1t And be prosperous and safe.
but according tn soma. ws must take
our rules OF city government from n
Now York league; and they even give
us tho names of Hughes. Lowell and
Purdy ms ornciss. II the League we're
Informed OF tho modern theory of
specialization and separation, thay
might withdraw their advice and allow
important cities TO so baok TO normal
government. and give UP ancient back
woods syatems. Capt John gn,th
came Ia contact with commission rule
In 10os he was tried under chief and
Council made law. md wns about 10
be executed by tho na fne body. Hut by
"a miracle he was saved Here Ia an
early example OF what eayage govern
ment meant Where Ia the pardon
power i'm our fresh made charter There
must be a higher power somewhere;
Now 80 tn tho constitutional phaeea
of the city charter. The Assembly may
grant city charter, but ia this power
without limita2 Can II write a charter
according 10 It's deHire7 We hope not.
for we have some interestH inside and
outside Wilmington. No officials cnn
give city power To commit wrong
violate the laws OF State md nation. of
Het up nocieliHm anarchy. slavery or 70
levy war: something restraints this.
what In u7 Tho leeiHint ttira may MAX "a
law but cannot execute or adiudga Il
What prevents thls7 a city council
cannot enact "a law In conflict with the
State laws. What prevents thla7 Tho
charter cannot give n city The power ~
n klna or monarch. something prevents
thip Tho legislature Is itself under
Limitations, hence can create no corpo
ration with powers beyond thesa iimita
This is getting into long feld ard
wa must be brief. aud bont out only
general lines ~ thought The iheary
Of all FREQ government comes IN and
prevents a free state fastening on any
part Of ita people system directly
ntag agoniatic 10 that In tho either rart
a city could include n county. henee
| three counties Include three cities Does
any bna beflhNA ~ tfitA FHFfASA ~
creating city charters that the eoneti
tuition could ha nullned7 If fhera were
ne other wav to sotp tho consolidation
of departments IN city the protection
If liberty ard property could 10
brought into plsy l'an wa have ore
kind ~ liberty IN the city and another
Kind utitHda7 This alone ahe1id pre
vent eonmisaion charter A town
| of 100 people might he willing tu COR
sent to and accept this hlnd of charter
and little harm could ariae but corn
pleS inatitution - sunethinR elea
igfferson in the greet Declare ttpn
charged George III with al the evils
coming from his personally fna7a arti
executed laws. lie aald this waf
tyranny" and he repeated = Tie
constitution followed the theory ~ tbe
document Of l77s. end DaiswaTe .nr
iao years haa been chsnpion fgr II
Wilmington 50 city was bern under
u and hss ever lived uuGer n The
people IN i've warn fought for iuda
pendenoa and freedom, vyill they nv
negliaently surrender uf ahsndon Hng
part II these neeeaaary sns sacred
Ruarantioa7
George A. TaIley
Wilmington March 1871