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THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE-NEWS. Tuesday, November 22, 1910. URGE AUDIENCE HEARS MR. GIBBES Stop Taken Looking to Thorough Con sideration of Commission Form of Government. ALL VAno TkANotLK TO TWO I Before ft large-sized and represen tative audience at the court house last night Mayor W. H. Glbbes of Columbia delivered a polished and reholarly address upon the commis sion form of government. His dis course was thoroughly Interesting as he told of the early days of the com mission government and Its advan tages over the old form. At the conclusion of his address definite steps were taken towards getting M matter In shape by the appointment of a committee to name a committee of 100 to decide if Ashe ville ought to have this form of gov trnment. Following is the resolution offered by W. B. Williamson and sec onded by H. C. Allen: "1. Kesolved, That the mayor, the president of the board of trade, the president of the Retail Merchants' association and the secretary of Cen-I tral Labor union be appointed a com lBittee of four to name a committee of 100 to consider the advisability of a change In our present city charter; that the mayor, the members of the board of aldermen and city attorney be included in the 100. '2. That in case the said committee of 100, after due consideration, shall oeem it advisable and for the best in terests of the city that the present city charter be altered, amended or substituted by another charter, that it shall then be the duty of the said 100 to draft and recommend to a sub sequent mass meeting such form of charter as it shall deem for the best Interest of the city. The mass meet ing to which said committee of 100 Is to report shall be called by thej chairman of the committee of 100. j "J. 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Kvnnie will 6tand all this: and raurc. Yon can move heavy f i.rr-iture J without martin cmzv Iyntr i i wnrprrcr, h oilr l.rfi -tr nil r; it:um. .-tnnof n back if y pnt proof J d(H'-n t BANDERS BROS. COMPANY. Hlrlmtood. Va., Wholesale Distributor Local Agent: ntt Lumber Co., Alhevllle, N. C; Owrk Hardware Co., KendersonviU., '.' C substituted charter Is ratified, if sucit l.e the ease, by a subsequent muss j meeting, then the same shall be Bent to the liuncombe county members of the legislature with the request that they secure the passage uf a bill al lowing the voters or Ashevllle to vote on said amended, altered or substitut ed charter." Introduced by Mr. Parker. The meeting last night was presid ed over by George L. Hackney, presi dent of the lletHil Merchants associa tion, who explained that the mer chants wen- bringing Mr. Glbbes here to tell them of the working of the commlsion government. The speaker was introduced by Haywood Farker, who stated that of about 100 cities which had adopctfH the commission form, not one had gone back to the old. Each city has to modify the commission form to slut its own con ditions. "It's a grave problem to change the form of government anil It Is one which should demand the j attention of all thinking men," he said. In introducing his subject Mayor Gibes said that the experience of Co lumbia wns so limited that It was not yet prepared to talk with experience, although he hrtd- lvt..-nec. some things that could be changed in Columbia's form to advantage. knew Little of Condition. He admitted that b- knew little of conditions here under the ward and aldermanic system, but that in many i cities under the old system corrttp 1 tlon nnd graft predominated. Mi n j were uBiinlh chosen for their pulls rather than the measures the may favor and in -leeting aldermen the spoils and graft system were en trenched. Of the "Ti cities, he said, which had been under the commission form of The continuance of the rlisKwn 1 of these lres-cs throughout this week at sharp reductions. Iresses heretofore $22.50 $13.50 Dresses heretofore $25.(X) $17.50 Dresses heretofore $27.50 $19.75 Dresses heretofore $32.50 $25.00 Dresses heretofore $35.40 $27.50 Make an early selection from values that arc seldom offered. 1 s-rs. PostofNie Square 78 Patton Avenue government for a year or more not one had turned back. He attributed the foundation of the commission form of government rather to Wash ington than Galveston. Thla was be gun at the foundation of the !ty and many change, were made. Ijiter the government was changed back to the old-line government, and in 1873 the government was bankrupt and the commlsion form was brought in again in the form of a receiver. In 1S78 they were given all the governmental functions. He said he believed In the elective system for the commissioners In Columbia the city had five commis sioners but he believed that three could do the work a city should not have any more than are actually needed. He believed that the mayor should have the right to divide out the departments to the men In ac cordance with their peculiar abilities. In Galveaton, he said, of the five ommlsloners appointed In 1901, one had died, and only one had been de feated for re-election. Has Already Taken Stops. Ho had no means of judging condi tions in Ashevllle. but he recognized that the city had already taken a step towards commission form of govern ment by electing two aldermen at large and paying each alderman $300 per year. If Ashevllle Is better gov erned under the ward plan, he de clared that it was probably duo to the Improvements noted and the city would probably do natter if it goes the whole length and adopts the com mission form throughout. In some cities he snld that alder men pay good money to get elected although the positions par no salary lie declared that this was Mound t. indicate that there was some graf somewhere. He did not believe that the men of the greatest wealth or of t greatest business anicceaa were necessary to make good commissioners. Ho point ed to the fact that the greatest states men and public servants are often poor In this world s goods. In the f.8 cities which had the com mission form for more than a yesr. not one serious charge of graft ha. been heard. In reply to the chargi that th? commission form was tin Amorvan h declared that a city government in America which la tin suspeotd of graft Is un-American He said he believed In the short bal lot that Is voting only on the princi pal officers appointing the Inferior ones since this eliminated possibili ties of ward heelers manipulating bal lots and simplified matters for th voters. He believed that commission ers should be selected from the city without regnrd to ward lines. In the Columbia charter 2i per cent, of th' voters hnve to sign a petition askinr. to vote upon the government. Th charter must provide the number of commissioners and the manner of their election. He believed that all people not voting should be kept 8 way from the polls r.nd that any man who tries to tix a ballot for another should be prosecuted. They Drew Straws. He disapproved of the plan used in Columbia to draw straws to determine the length of the term of the commis sioners. The men who receive the highest vote should serve the long term. He approved the plan of hav ing a primary in whi h both parties primary in Ashevllle. and use llrst, sec ond and third choice system, to pre vent aecono primaries. In the meetings he would have all aldermen record their votes in the open. The minor officers, under con trol ol commissioners, can be remov ed at any moment, if they are not do ing right. He said that his experience had been that pretty poor aldermen sometimes made very good commis sioners when responsibility was thrown upon them. The Inltiulivc mid lleferenduin. Fxolniulnsr the initiative, be said that participated, in cltleB where there were ; lf a man wantt.a legislation enacted two sttong parties. In Columbia the whi.,h thp cnim..n rpfu.ed to enact, if democratic party was the only one ol consequence. Ha declared that it was a misfortune to any state not to have a strong opposition party. He believ ed it would be well to have only one he got 2 0 per cent of the voters of the lust election to sign a petition, the council would have to call an election; if Ihey refused, the legislation asked for immediately tjecume a law. The referendum was like this: If a man wanted to defeat some legislation passed by the council, if he got the signatures of one-fifth of the voters In the last election, to ask for it. the council would have to call an elec tion, lf n majority of the voters fa vored it. it was law. The recall system operated when one-fifth of the votes argued it petition asking for the removal of one or more rf the councllmen. The election must be held and If the councilman Is de feated, he is recalled and the man re ceiving the highest vote Is given his place. The Columbia form provided for a civil service commission which held examination and kept an eligible list from which policemen and other em ployes are selected. He said that In Columbia they went Into offices after the fiscal year, with u deficit of about $90,000: they link ed by the end of the year to be able to pull out of the hole and next yeaV to have B good margin. 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