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K*»™ffiB lOr^lUi PRICE FIVE GENTS COMMISSION psyu Wilmette Plans Commission Much Impressed by sZ Address of MayoRxiHastings and Attorney K- f-y - ;;:|^SgiHomles on GovernniejitlSoili;High^,,jll^'f^"^ rrircr~p«rrTr^ ^SM use A GENERAL MEETING FOR DISCUSSION TO BE HELD SOON At a meeting^ o£tli^Wniuellc Plans Conrinissioii,ilTitcs(lay^ night, there was a.,gcneralv:ctiireiSs1iJiri>r'tTie"nc\v **ComlmsstSlr^ Form of Mimjcipal (ioyea*nnipnt," The Plans Cbiumission is airAfjj unpuicial. body of fii'teei* men, appointed bv the village board, as g§ Trnvsti^ators and advisers^in .municipal matters. A number of p ittclT and were present to participate ■Hi'the informal discussion. __ Mayor Hastings and City Attorney Holmes, of Highland Park, Were present by .'special invitation, to address Hie people, and ex- plain the wurkiiigs of the commission' form of .government,-which Highland Park has had in operation about two years. Mayor "ttasti-ngs: g'avc^aceotrrrH+l--hfmH^^ R^plai»-\vas-\v<>rking W4t4i them; arid Attorney Holmes explained the JfegaL-asjectj of the new system,/_jEnd outlined fche method ,of procedure necessary to install the system,"under. :tlie-sta'tu.tes. of the state of Illinois.?^: '**.;v' Favors Commission Form* SSjspiS Conaidexjablel^lnterest was ,"&■ manl- fested in the proposition, and a great many, questions were asked by vari- ous parties, and there' appearb to be- a strong sentiment favoring the "Council Commission Form/V'A- c»m- mittee was appointed to calFa" general nfeieirhlpln the iim further cohsideration orrhtrnnitter big business concern. The '"Council;"as""a body, is substan- tially tire~saine=in=iiuties'and power-as the board of directors of a business corporation under the state laws. The-.^ Council ,has considerable poweiy and IS -yet^the^people-haye-tlie power of the initiative, referendum and recall. Ordi- nances- passed by the council/except i_iniergericy druinarices, are pUbnsueu in several issues of the paper, and the people have thirty days in whVch to initiate proceedings for a referendum. ate-futureMror-j^1^^ P60^18^*8^^ a referendum..' the ordinance becomes ■.'■'- .■'■'■- "■■';' a .law. Sonve_ of the more important tea- tures of the ComiciLCommission plan, different from the old aldermanic form, are these, as nearly as coukljbe ascer- tained from the discussion: The old ward lines and ward "heelers" arid fights are eliminated. The five-com- missioners, including the mayor, are~ allletected at large-, with no reference to ward -lines. Each, commissioner is made superintendent, or_general-maru, agerr^O fa "specific departmentr= the- operations of which cover the entire of Accounts and Finances, jhe^Depart- Tnent of Public Health and Safety, the Department ofHstreets and Public"Tm- p"roveme n t s. th e Department of Public Property, the Department of Publi* Affair-sT^This latter department^ is --r^* Could Pass Any Ordinance. 'T^lg Under our present village plan, the :f .Board of Trustees have the power tog pass an ordinance over any sort of "<- protest that possibly can be lodged*' and the people have absolutely no re- xoiiTBeT=^TMs^s~excessive~ttii07rdanger-- ous power to lodge with a small num- ber of men" and is undemocratic. Under-theJ_commission--System,__the- people-can initiate an ordinance, aricH- pass it over the heads of the council, g; limits of--the^jilty, asiJJi^eJepartmeht^l^rhe --system, therefore, puts the peo-i pie. in the. position to ruleV-TwfrichTs 3 thoroughly democratic. After flie~informaI discussion, Mayor 51 Hastings rose, and77~in a very few§§ words, made a mighty big speech^ which hit the "bull's eye" of nearly?^ rathex general, and .inclusive some- everyone present. . In substance, he what of the others, and the mayor is ht-^Ks-departmenE said: pr;; Commissioners Under Bond;k7#n Ea'ch one of the conjmissioners, as --"Qentlemenr-It's every man's dtfty_ to do his utmost for the public good.;: If we are ever to get into operation I the better- things of government--hm the state and nation, we must begin them in our home towns and cities. X n-thiB-gameJTor-a minute. manager of Jiis department, is - put under bond in the penal-sum of $3,000, for the faithful performance of- his -duties-, -and" for the prosper of the funds-put at his disposal, under the budget system, for use in the werk of his department. He is given control of^Ms department, somewhat as the manager of a department in a MEASLES AND SCARLET FEVER. --Several--weeks^agd.--there__were a numl>er-of^Gases-o£4neasles3nrthe vtl- lage, but the health commissioner soon controlled the matter so that it was ifLitlwere not that I feel that it is my^ -duty as ^-eitizeB;--If--you want true- democracy in the state, go to it in 3 your-own eityv" "■• P* :-;■■■' - .,■;'".?._:;■"■'... ;'^ Mayor Hastings and Attorny HolmesJ both testified to" the entire satlsfac-* tibn of the rnew system in Highland? after two years' experience with-it,] and=werebgenuinely: enthusiastteAbits= praise. ' - ■■ ■' •■■■■.-•■• - ---- ™- ------^ The committee, composed of Carl FUg thought to be about stamped lmTn^arthaD^'gftan^ These-cases, were~nconfined^to--the^ JI^B^-Gardlner and T. K IX-Bradley^ Logan school. ' During the last few days several new "cases have been re- ported, this time from the. St. Francis appointed to arrange for a. general Xavier school, 9th and Linden. -The cases are being quarantined as they come to the knowledge of the commit sioner. • .rffl-> ::^^->-f#|*5fti|i meeting in the' near future, will an-! nounce the same, and a ^ene^aTa?" tendance of the citizens will be ex-~ pected. At that .time a movement may Also, there nave been, or are, two or three cases of scarlet fever in the village, but they are well undr quar- anttn. ----: . _ gffbe-started to nutke^thelcnaaigejp_the: Commission Emm of ~ Government^ from'our present village, or trustee" form. Our present form has some of" the commission featorefc